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...Given the driving patterns of most American consumers, which is more likely to be suburban travel, clean diesel has advantages. Because this technology holds so much promise, it's our task to inform the public and policymakers because it's clear that public [opinion] will have to embrace all available technologies to move things forward. I also listen to all of our dealers, and it's very clear that those consumers who are informed about the technology have really embraced it with great enthusiasm. (See the best cars from the 2009 Detroit Auto Show...
Trojan commissioned the survey—which collected data in 13 categories, ranging from student opinion about the campus health center to condom and contraceptive cost—“to initiate dialogue and provide a benchmark for student health center across the country,” according to Sperling...
Will Detroit ever really recover, in your honest opinion...
...applaud TIME's decision to spend a year in Detroit looking at the city's and region's challenges and efforts at revitalization [Oct. 5]. However, I find it curious that you start intensive research into the city with an opinion piece by a resident of New York who left Michigan four decades ago. With all due respect to the acclaimed Daniel Okrent, simply reciting old grievances repeatedly rejected by voters, such as my having "resisted ... more stringent mileage standards," seems counterintuitive to the magazine's mission. I would ask that Okrent take another look at my work...
...most pernicious implications of hate-crimes laws, however, are those tied to freedom of thought. America is a country in which everyone is entitled to his opinion, no matter how odious that opinion may be. People have the right to be offensive, so long as their views do not lead to actions that extend beyond speech or thought. But this premise complicates the legitimacy of hate-crimes laws. If racism is permitted legally but murder is not, then how can it be justified for murder borne out of racism to be treated more severely than any other kind of murder...