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...fading) liberalism that students have criticized Vermont's gay civil union legislation as not going far enough. They claim that gays deserve nothing less than the right to marry. But that belief misses the very significance of Vermont's recent actions. Instead of criticizing the law for being too narrow, we should rejoice that it happened at all. As 22 other states, like California, have moved backward by expressly prohibiting gay marriage, Vermont alone moves forward and only Vermont has done the right thing...
...long term, I am convinced, the quenching of life's exuberance will be more consequential to humanity than all of present-day global warming, ozone depletion and pollution combined. Why? For practical reasons, if nothing else. Humanity's food supply comes from a dangerously narrow sliver of biodiversity. Throughout history, people have cultivated or gathered 7,000 plant species for food. Today only 20 species provide 90% of the world's food and three--maize, wheat and rice--supply more than half. Tens of thousands of species of the world's still surviving flora can be bred or provide genes...
With a strong boost from Stanford donors--say, a capital campaign similar to that run by Harvard over the last six years--and strong markets, the gap between Stanford's $6 billion endowment and Harvard's $14.4 billion might narrow considerably...
...group claimed Burton had given Gattman inadequate notice that he was in jeopardy of expulsion. And by a narrow margin in a formal roll-call vote, the council rebuffed Burton and decided to let the ex-member vote...
...eight hours a day, four out of every six days, David Gamble is a citizen of Area 4. From behind the wheel of his Ford Crown Victoria patrol car, the CPD officer cruises the narrow residential streets and wide commercial boulevards of Area...