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...Darfur clearly spelled out how climate change can generate conflict [May 7]. I don't understand why it is so politically incorrect to say plainly that the world is getting overpopulated and more people need to use birth control. And if the oceans are rising even as various regions lack potable water, why isn't there more discussion about building desalination plants around the world? The U.S. National Security Council and the U.N. always respond to crises like Darfur by sending peacekeepers and money. Why don't they try the more viable solutions of birth control and water desalination? Linda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

Kinsley's commentary was full of words deploring Jones' dismissal on the basis of her having falsified her résumé, but only three of his words had any substantial relevance: "she did lie." It wasn't her lack of ability to do the job, which she apparently did very well. It was the lack of character in committing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: May 28, 2007 | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...million today. Meanwhile, nine private airlines have started up in recent years. Some, like Kingfisher Airlines, are full service, but most are low-cost carriers that have wooed millions of travelers away from India's sluggish train and bus networks--and into its sluggish airports, which lack sufficient gates, baggage-handling equipment and other facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Altitude Adjustment | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

These are self-centered ruminations, however—what leaves us even more distraught is the lack of effect we’ve had on the student body. Nine months of peddling genuine Wisconsin-made wisdom butter in Harvard Yard may have been one human gestation cycle wasted. Had we had access to amniocentesis for our column, we would have had aborted it faster than DA’s parents chose him over the less developed fetus he shared a liver, kidneys, and large intestine with. Our sales pitch, “Let us butter your domes...

Author: By Peter J. Martinez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Final Bell Lap: Reflections on Harvard | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...clear that the Ivy League’s numbers do not reflect active discrimination, or even a lack of commitment to diversity...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How Fair is Fair Harvard? | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

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