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...slaves like my grandfather George White expected to get after the Civil War to help them support themselves and make their new liberty real. For most of them, of course, the promise never materialized, even though the Freedmen's Bureau had the authority to rent abandoned or confiscated Southern farmland to freed slaves until they could afford to buy it. If that brave promise had been kept, Mr. President, you wouldn't be embroiled in the latest debate about a government apology for slavery. If the freedmen had become landowners instead of penurious laborers, their descendants would be prosperous enough...
...pump into the Treasury this year. Part of the damage results from the sale and breakup of thriving farms and businesses. The environment suffers too, in the opinion of the Environmental Defense Fund. It says lowering the estate tax "may be the most important reform of all" to keep farmland out of the hands of housing developers...
...beef? We could just as easily eat soy protein. What would we risk? Slimmer bodies, clearer arteries, healthier farmland and maybe even a clear conscience. There could be a spiritual benefit to re-examining our greed for meat. Maybe we're the mad ones. LAURA J. WALLACE Baltimore, Maryland...
...Pony Express and the Santa Fe Trail, is a microcosm of America. Politically, it has voted for every presidential winner in the 20th century except Dwight Eisenhower. Geographically, it is the center of the country, containing elements of Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western regions. Economically, it has rich farmland, thriving suburbs, big cities and impoverished ghettos. As farm communities die in the north, retirement and tourist centers like Branson flourish in the south. And it's a home to the great Mississippi and Missouri rivers, which have defined much of America's identity and destiny...
...17th District contains some of the most fertile farmland in the world. It also nurtures G.O.P. politicians--Republicans held the governorship for all but eight years between 1860 and 1934--and Gekas has not won with less than 70% of the vote since he was elected with 58% in 1982. The Democrats did not even field a candidate against...