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...half of U.S. couples had only one child, and the rest none, two or more, then, says McKibben, the population would plateau around 2020, and drop by 2050 to about 230 million, which was the figure two decades ago. McKibben says this plan would require cuts in immigration too. And it wouldn't save the world, but in McKibben's view it would give the nation some breathing space in what he sees as the cramped and critical next half-century. He cites familiar horrifying statistics: each year the nation paves over an area the size of Delaware; the average...
...None of this, you can imagine, made bookstore chains very happy. But they held back on the Net. For years the buzz in the book industry was all about building new megastores, where shoppers could sip mochaccinos and chew over big ideas while they sat on comfortable couches. And in the two years that Barnes & Noble and Borders were focusing on what kinds of vanilla-sugar cubes to put in their coffee bars, Bezos was building an empire. B&N has tried to catch up, forging close ties with the gigantic online service America Online and suing Amazon.com over...
...unintended consequence: legal marriages between people who have become the same sex.) In Missouri, the house judiciary committee met in March to discuss the state's first civil rights bill to include "sexual orientation"--defined to include gender "self-image or identity." Illinois and Pennsylvania considered similar bills. None passed, but "we were happy to get the issue out there," says activist Ware...
While the CDP's rivals, the Social Democrats, won the most seats, none of the political parties achieved a majority, which means no group has full control of the government...
...secret playoff is on for a successor to Ryutaro Hashimoto as the next Japanese prime minister. Whoever he is -- and there is a short list of front-runners, none of whom have Hashimoto's dynamic reputation -- he'll come from the ranks of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. And that's part of Japan's conundrum. Traditionally, there has been no serious alternative to the LDP. The Japanese public has been willing to elect members of rival parties into the weak Upper House as a form of protest, as they did on Sunday, but they're still reluctant...