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...certainly not our jewelry - that define us as patriots. The flag pin on your cover has been a lightning rod for controversy during the presidential campaign, but it is not a litmus test for patriotism. Francis Scott Key wrote of the Stars and Stripes waving "o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave," not o'er the Brooks Brothers lapel. Tracy Leverton, Vienna...
...Rosen and other activists can attest, horticulture--with its regular, seasonal rewards--is also an ideal vehicle for community-organizing. For instance, in Portland, Ore., where vacant lots are scarce, an ad on Craigslist asking for unused land gave rise to City Garden Farms, a quarter acre (0.1 hectare) spread out over 12 backyards. Not much arm-twisting was involved. "This adds to the value of our community," says co-founder Martin Barrett. Indeed, edible gardens have become so trendy that in St. Louis, Mo., a housing developer is including an organic farm as a subdivision amenity, and in Queens...
Meanwhile, Dickson Despommier, a public-health professor at Columbia University, is pushing a way to get population centers to produce a lot more of the food they consume. His Vertical Farm Project envisions hydroponic skyscrapers that would be as productive as 588 acres (238 hectares) of land. A 21-story farm is expected to cost about $84 million to build. That's a lot of cabbage to grow some lettuce, which is perhaps why the first tower in the works is in Las Vegas. In a city that already has a giant pyramid and mini Eiffel Tower...
...Persian Gulf and of changing the approach to fighting Islam's enemies. "[Bin Laden] said we must carry out painful attacks on the United States until it becomes like an agitated bull, and when the bull comes to our region, he won't be familiar with the land, but we will," al-Bahri told me in Yemen...
...over the 11th century Preah Vihear temple on the countries' shared border. The feud follows the temple's designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site in early July. Thailand says the map used in Cambodia's UNESCO application improperly places some 1.8 sq. mi. (4.7 sq km) of land near the temple in Cambodian territory. (Cambodia legally owns the temple itself.) Opposition leaders are using the issue to pressure Thailand's embattled government, which initially endorsed the application, and the Foreign Minister has resigned as a result. Cambodia, calling the situation an "imminent state of war," has asked...