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French journalist and philosopher (apparently still at least a part-time profession in the 21st century) Levy is in full finger-wagging mode in this latest polemic. Unlike the grounded, tangible arguments of 2006's excellent American Vertigo--in which he roamed the U.S. à la Tocqueville and painted a portrait of a nation both majestic and mad--there's an intellectual ranginess to Dark Times that makes it difficult to pin down. The object of Levy's ire is the left, or rather, "the monsters that the new laboratories of what we in Europe call Leftism and what Americans...
...potential ally against Murkowski, who was negotiating behind the scenes with major gas producers to build a pipeline across Canada--a move that critics feared would give too much away. Palin doubled down on her support for her friend's "all-Alaska gas line," and she soon appeared in full-page newspaper ads across the state, standing between a pair of popular former GOP governors who were also wary of Murkowski's ties to the Big Three. "There was Sarah Palin running with the big dogs," recalls John Bitney, a longtime GOP operative in the state. "It elevated...
...first clues into how genes can be turned on and off. And since many diseases are caused by a malfunction of specific genes, the ability to control their expression through RNAi has enormous therapeutic potential. "As soon as we identify what gene to target, our pipeline could be full of new medications for any number of conditions within a few months," says John Reidhaar-Olson, a genomics researcher...
...pipeline remains one of the industry's most promising. In the past, Roche always applied a light touch to this golden goose, but this summer it became too tempting for Schwan. On July 21, in what will probably amount to a hostile takeover, Roche offered $44 billion for full control of the San Francisco--based firm...
From his humble beginnings as an organizer of farmworker families, Dionicio Morales, who died Sept. 24 at 89, clearly defined how the Mexican-American community must work together in order to take full advantage of this great nation. He founded the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation in East Los Angeles to empower Mexican Americans to get better jobs, a better education and better opportunities for themselves and their families...