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...hard to avoid the conclusion that this is agribusiness as usual. That said, there are reasons to be cautiously hopeful. Vilsack's spoken encouragingly about capping subsidies and using that money to drive a conservation agenda...On the other hand, he presided over the biggest expansion of feedlot agriculture in Iowa." - Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and a sustainable agriculture advocate, on Vilsack's prospects for bringing about change, National Public Radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Vilsack | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

...here's a challenge. Start a new tradition in the New Year: a regular Sunday-night Scrabble smackdown; a spring clothing drive; a rule that every time Mom or Dad swears, they put a dollar in the charity box that gets distributed on New Year's Eve. At their best, traditions make us better; at the very least, they remind us how far we've come and how lucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Listen to the Kids | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...font coloring and holiday banners, Flier prefaced his invitation to the “more conservative holiday celebration” with a pointed reference to the economic climate.And in tune with the season’s giving spirit, the Medical School will also be running a non-perishable food drive for the nonprofit Greater Boston Food Bank. Flier added in the invitation that he intends to leave a box outside his office until Friday for collection purposes.Charged with planning a frugal gathering for 500 expected attendees, Margaret Solon, director of administration, said that she slashed the holiday party budget...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Holiday Cheer Sees Cutbacks | 12/16/2008 | See Source »

...Randy manage to connect with his estranged daughter (Wood), who hasn't forgiven him for abandoning her? (That's Act Two, where the only innovation is that the girl's mother is never mentioned.) And will a local stripper, well played by Tomei, respond to his plaintive love and drive down to see what may be Randy's last fight? (Can't have a fight movie without a "Yo, Adrian!" moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wrestler: Mickey Rourke's Comeback Fight | 12/15/2008 | See Source »

...shaped and informed by their TFA experience. TFA has projected adding over 1,000 people to the program this year. Even so, with sizably more applicants, there will be difficult decisions to be made during the application process. In the end, though, greater competition and increased acceptances will hopefully drive the selection of the best and most qualified people for TFA, whether teaching was their first choice or their second. After all, simply having an interest in business and the corporate world does not indicate that one is unqualified or inadequate to teach; rather, it is one?...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Teach for What? | 12/14/2008 | See Source »

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