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...hike through Kamchatka in Russia's Far East, you will probably come across more brown bears along the trail than of foreign tourists. The first bear we encountered, a ragged eight-footer, ignored us as it lumbered squarely in our path while foraging for blueberries. Our guide fired his rifle into the air to no avail. After an hour's wait in cold drizzle, we crept past the munching behemoth, which glanced at us indifferently. A kilometer or so later, a mother with two cubs charged at us from the far side of a stream but lost interest...
...enough for a few more days on the islands. I learned more from those trips than from years in school, and I'd begun to look forward to the day when my daughters would light out on their own adventures--to go see their relatives in Australia or hike in Tibet or do things in Bali that they wouldn't want to tell Dad about. But that was before our world was curdled. So add one more reason to hate what the terrorists have done: they've stolen our dreams...
...internalize the excess social cost of their habit. The debate within the economics profession on smoking’s health externality is far from settled. Besides, even if governments could accurately calculate the cost of the externality, they would almost certainly decide to increase the magnitude of the tax hike to deter smoking through punishing smokers rather than relating the tax’s magnitude to the externality cost. New York City’s decision to raise taxes by almost $1.50 (along with a nearly commensurate increase in state taxes) was not based off economic analysis of smoking?...
...most part, elementary and high school programs won't be touched, but state universities will see funding cuts, driving up tuition. Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond just raised tuition for the spring semester by several hundred dollars, a rare midyear hike...
...Nebraska, during the most recent session of the legislature, lawmakers increased taxes on retail sales (to 5.5%, up from 5%), cigarettes (to 64¢, from 34¢ a pack) and income (a new average rate of 5.1%, up from 2.36%, starting in 2003). The hikes were vetoed by Republican Governor Mike Johanns, but the veto was overridden. The sales-tax increase targets some services, including software training, pest control, automobile cleaning and roadside assistance. That tax hike is expected to raise $100 million a year...