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...spends almost twice as much in health care as the next most costly nation, and our system is not even close to the best on earth. The assertion that making health care a human right isn't feasible - isn't affordable - nearly makes me mad. It's just not true; in fact, we are the only developed Western country that fails to view health care as a human right. Leadership for change must come from the President and Congress. Without the promise of health care for all, we aren't likely to muster the energy and political will we need...
More than 20 student groups and neighborhood organizations transformed Winthrop’s courtyard Saturday into a celebration of Earth Day. Everyone from the Harvard Cycling Team to student representatives of the Environmental Science and Public Policy concentration set up booths to welcome both current students and prefrosh attendees. “It’s really exciting to see all the student groups out here celebrating environmental awareness and involvement,” said Faon M. O’Connor ’08, co-chair of Harvard’s Environmental Action Committee (EAC). Neighborhood establishments such...
...nominate Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is an economist who has committed himself to the concept of economic development as a method of reducing poverty-related disease. His latest initiative, Breaking the Bottlenecks, aims to cut through the red tape that slows the creation and distribution of malaria-prevention and -treatment programs in 10 African countries...
...Thank you for good, timely coverage of global warming. It is beyond my comprehension how the world's leading democracy and sole superpower can be so ignorant and not endorse the Kyoto treaty. Each of us, however, must make an effort to show our respect to Mother Earth. I do my part by driving an electric car in town, and there is no sacrifice in that. Emil S. Werring Oslo...
...TIME's report painted an alarming picture of what will happen to our Planet Earth within the next few decades as India and China increase greenhouse-gas emissions. Yet the West, led by the U.S., is pushing us to produce more greenhouse gas. Multinational corporations are prodding China and India to adopt the luxurious Western lifestyle so that they can sell us more of the goodies of modern life. But then the West points an accusing finger at us for doing just what it wants us to do. A little deeper thinking would show that unrestricted consumerism and sustainable development...