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...Candidates for high office have to have a theme and a reason for running. If ever a man has met his moment, Giuliani has. You can bet the farm that he will be elected by an overwhelming majority and prove to be one of the truly great Presidents - and world leaders - we have ever known. Just as he was in the face of his opponents when he was mayor of New York City, as President he will confront all the U.S.'s enemies - domestic and foreign - and he will ride roughshod over them, doing whatever it takes to secure America...
...asked if there are real benefits to organic fruits and vegetables [Sept. 3]. He answered the question in typically contemporary fashion by analyzing only nutritional value - in other words, How does it affect me? A different answer might be reached if we look at the health of factory and farm workers who manufacture and apply chemical fertilizers and pesticides and of those who live downstream and downwind of chemical plants. How about the nutritional value of fish living in rivers or ocean dead zones polluted by agricultural runoff? What if we take into account the myriad species of native insects...
...Goldman Sachs six years down the line. In fact, you should probably just log onto Facebook right now and download one embarrassing photo of everyone in your class, because at least eight of them will make a run for president at some point. And when they do, guess whose farm will be subsidized on that next congressional pork bill! Many of you will be busy this week trying to procure alcohol, but you don’t have to be 25 like McLovin to get yourself on the fast train to Drunk-town. In fact, tickets to D-town...
...years past, former New York Knick and New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley talked about being a "small-town boy" from Missouri; Gary Hart launched his 1984 bid by describing himself "as the son of Dust Bowl farm parents who never finished high school"; and in the opening paragraph of his announcement in 1974, Jimmy Carter said "I am a farmer, an engineer, a businessman, a planner, a scientist, a governor and a Christian." In this approach, biography is destiny...
...that Congress appears as tied in knots as usual. Its approval ratings hovered around 18% in a mid-August Gallup poll, making even Bush's dismal numbers seem positively sparkling. But does Congress deserve such low marks? Democrats and Republicans will spend the fall tangling over Iraq, the farm bill, energy policy and other contested issues. As members of the 110th Congress head back to work after summer vacation, we take a hard look at their record thus...