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...young man at the airport approached me with a nervous smile and a hint of hesitation. He was from the Ministry of Tourism, he explained. Would I be so kind as to fill out a survey on my stay in Pakistan? The previous week had been eventful, to say the least. I landed in Lahore on Thursday, Dec. 27. As I left the airport for my hotel, my cell phone pinged with an SMS from my wife: "Bhutto dead in Rawalpindi blast." The following few days were a bit of a blur, and then on New Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Pakistan | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...fuel, but Vogel points out that as the crop is more widely adopted on farms, we can expect the yield to grow - perhaps even double, as corn yields have over the past few decades. But there's still a long way to go before you'll be able to fill your tank with switchgrass. Getting energy out of the tough cellulose molecules in a stalk of switchgrass is much more difficult than distilling it from corn, or better, sugar cane. Both the Department of Energy (DoE) and private companies like Broomfield, Colo.-based Range Fuels are developing the technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solving the Biofuels vs. Food Problem | 1/7/2008 | See Source »

It’s exceedingly rare for an athlete in this day and age to say what’s on his or her mind. With the media vultures circling about and radio pundits with hours of talk-time to fill, no one wants to become tomorrow’s overblown story. This is why 99 percent of press conferences have been reduced to the same buzzwords like “team chemistry” and “hard work” and “focused on (insert next game...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: More Than A Game | 1/6/2008 | See Source »

...young man at the airport approached me with a nervous smile and a hint of hesitation. He was from the Ministry of Tourism, he explained. Would I be so kind as to fill out a survey on my stay in Pakistan? The previous week had been eventful, to say the least. I had landed in Lahore on Thursday, Dec 27. As I left the airport for my hotel my cell phone pinged with an SMS from my wife: "Bhutto dead in Rawalpindi blast." The following few days are a bit of a blur, and then on New Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan Tourism: Still Trying | 1/4/2008 | See Source »

...economic or cultural grandeur of California or New York and become little more than whistle-stops in the general election. This is, of course, the problem to which the Electoral College is the hapless, nonsensical solution. Better that the self-styled salt of the earth in Dubuque and Davenport fill that role when the time to vote finally arrives than that same Geffen-and-Soros cabal that donates millions in the months beforehand and afterward. If there’s one thing keeping the race for the White House from becoming one long black-tie fundraiser in a polished banquet...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: In Defense of Pig Farmers | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

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