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...both the U.S. and the European Union, the farm lobby is powerful. In the U.S., for example, domestic producers have long succeeded in imposing quotas on sugar imported from the Caribbean, though it is one of the islands' crops of comparative advantage. European governments, with the French at the fore, have always sought protection for their farmers as a way of preserving the rural environment and village life. Nick Stern, chief economist of the World Bank, recently estimated that total agricultural subsidies in the rich world were worth $300 billion a year--about equal to all the economies...
Those incentives, however, often do not outweigh the negatives, including a troubled school system, fewer flights in and out of the city and a reputation for official corruption - a lingering problem brought to the fore in recent weeks by the indictment of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of New Orleans on bribery and corruption charges and the guilty plea of a former Orleans Parish School Board president, Ellenese Brooks-Simms, who admitted in June to taking more than $100,000 in bribes in exchange for her support of a multi-million dollar public school system contract...
...devastating side-effects of a professional football career are already in the works. Yet as the NFL devotes funds to researching and treating brain disorders after the fact, the question remains whether the league is willing to make sacrifices to take the safety of its players seriously from the fore. As attention to the relationship between athletics and brain injury is on the rise, now is the time for the NFL to set a valuable safety precedent...
...make a difference [April 9]. In my workplace, a green proponent started a campaign to do away with paper cups and get everyone to use coffee mugs. While convenience will take precedence over environmental correctness more often than not, it is heartening to see such issues come to the fore. Someday, Time will insist that letters to the editor be sent only by e-mail. Vivek Mehrotra, Santa Clara, California...
...make a difference [April 9]. In my workplace, a green proponent started a campaign to do away with paper cups and get everyone to use coffee mugs. While convenience will take precedence over environmental correctness more often than not, it is heartening to see such issues come to the fore. Someday, TIME will insist that letters to the editor be sent only by e-mail. Vivek Mehrotra, SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA...