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...Take biologist Paul Ehrlich’s popular Malthusian broadside, “The Population Bomb.” Farsighted Ehrlich predicted that a “population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make,” causing world-wide famine and the death of “hundreds of millions of people” annually from starvation. Oops—in the subsequent 35 years, increased agricultural productivity exceeded population growth and the total amount of cultivated land barely increased...
...Ehrlich is hardly alone; the environmental movement has spawned a remarkable number of would-be Cassandras. Between...
...Carl D. Ehrlich ’09 learned on Wednesday that he would never have to consume another Harvard chickwich or dining hall special dish again. Instead, he’s got an unlimited supply of burgers from Harvard Square’s newest restaurant at his disposal. Ehrlich won the lifetime supply of burgers from b.good, the new burger joint on Dunster Street that opened yesterday, by writing an essay professing his love of burgers and lack of girlfriends, which he says enables him to be more committed to fast food consumption.“My blatant lack...
...Steele was virtually unknown nationally before he was selected as the running mate of Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich in 2002. But after Ehrlich and Steele surprised the political establishment by winning the Maryland statehouse, Steele became an asset, as one of the few African-American Republicans in the country elected to statewide office. He landed a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention last year, and once incumbent Democratic Senator Paul Sarbanes announced he would not seek another term next year, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who recruits candidates for the GOP, aggressively pursued Steele...
...motto of Wyoming is "Equal Rights," which suits Gretel Ehrlich just fine. The handsome, clear-eyed Californian went to the state in 1976 as a documentary filmmaker, and recalls that "I had the experience of waking up not knowing where I was, whether I was a man or a woman, or which toothbrush was mine." The 100-mile vistas and scouring winds leveled differences. In these sketches of Western life, she tells of burying herself in work: sheep-herding, cattle ranching and collecting sensations. Cowboys strike her as "androgynous at the core." It has something to do with a life...