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...theory. Every time something goes wrong in politics, he consoles himself by telling me that we are just one step closer to the revolution—an event that, in his mind, entails a drastic but completely nonviolent shift towards a more tolerant and compassionate public policy. I tend to disagree. I’ve never had that much confidence that people will eventually get fed up enough to actually change the status quo.But the recent fight over stricter restrictions on immigration has given me some cause for hope. While the revolution—or anything like it?...
...immigration supporters spilling out into the streets, the latest TIME Poll finds a lopsided majority of the American public, 72%, favor a "guest worker" program in a head-to-head match-up over a House bill that would criminalize illegal immigration. Only 1 in 4 (25%) supports the more drastic House version that would make illegals felons, allowing no illegals into the country, with no guest worker provisions...
...sells to China, a situation economists (and many politicians) say cannot continue indefinitely. The U.S. current-account trade deficit reached $805 billion in 2005. That amounted to 6.4% of GDP, or more than twice the size of the trade deficit in 1985, when the U.S. took the drastic step of devaluing the dollar?and the rate at which the gap is expanding is accelerating. China trade alone accounts for more than one-fourth of the deficit. That's why U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has bluntly warned Beijing that something has to give. "China's failure to address economic frictions...
Bostonians may “love that dirty water,” but the Charles River may be running a little clearer by 2013. The river will see a drastic decrease in contamination—specifically, “over a 99 percent reduction in combined sewage overflow,” the executive director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), Frederick A. Laskey, said yesterday. Combined sewage overflow (CSO) refers to the contamination that enters the river through pipes containing both storm water and sewage spillover. The move, slated for completion by 2013, could “perhaps make...
...recreationally to produce feelings of euphoria, Concerta does not have the same effect, although it is equally effective in treating the disorder, according to the study published in this month’s American Journal of Psychiatry. ADHD is a neurological disorder associated with inability to focus, hyperactivity, and drastic mood shifts, generally treated with the stimulant methylphenidate. In the past, however, drugs containing methylphenidate—of which Ritalin is best known—have been quick-releasing, therefore causing an immediate strong high. People frequently abuse the drug by crushing tablets and snorting them. To test Concerta?...