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...Right Stuff? I am encouraged by your choice of Bernanke as Person of the Year. He continues to do extraordinary things for this country, and he has used his position to avoid a potential disaster for the global economy. In your words, he acted on our behalf when others sat on their hands. Shanel Pontigo Ponte Vedra Beach...
...civil and governance sectors, even if a robust army suits the U.S.'s immediate goals in Afghanistan. One need only look across the border to Pakistan, where 60 years of weak civilian governance interspersed with frequent military coups have created a nation perpetually in crisis and a haven for global terrorism. One of the best ways to encourage a strong and stable civil society is through education - not just basic literacy, but a thorough grounding in fundamentals such as mathematics, history, religion, literature and politics. (See pictures of the U.S. Marines' offensive in Afghanistan...
...Right Stuff? I am encouraged by your choice of Bernanke as Person of the Year. He continues to do extraordinary things for this country, and he has used his position to avoid a potential disaster for the global economy. In your words, he acted on our behalf when others sat on their hands. Shanel Pontigo, PONTE VEDRA BEACH...
...taken an increasingly hard rap. At first, it was just vegetarian groups that used the U.N.'s findings as evidence for the superiority of an all-plant diet. But since then, a broader range of environmentalists has taken up the cause. At a recent European Parliament hearing titled "Global Warming and Food Policy: Less Meat = Less Heat," Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, argued that reducing meat consumption is a "simple, effective and short-term delivery measure in which everybody could contribute" to emissions reductions. (See the top 10 green ideas...
Martek and others are also developing oilseed-algae hybrids that are packed with a larger array of fatty acids, according to Adam Ismail, director of the Global Organization for EPA & DHA Omega-3, a Salt Lake City trade group. "This is a really interesting new area we're heading into," he says. And given consumer demand for omega-3s, it's likely to be a booming...