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...well: it's not just that we're too lazy to check a box but also that we assume the default is the accepted thing to do. Obama's push to weatherize millions of homes - another stimulus bonanza - will require new norms. In Oregon, a countywide program to upgrade windows and insulation at almost no cost to homeowners got a tepid response. But after an intense mobilization campaign - through citizen councils, churches and Girl Scouts who went door-to-door asking residents why they hadn't weatherized yet - 85% of the county enrolled. "What worked was creating a sense that...
Bill James The baseball historian and statistician has enlightened fans about sabermetrics My nominee is Jim Lehrer. Not only has he been anchor for many years of a news program that actually cultivates respect from its viewers but Lehrer is also the author of many books, including a long series of quiet, dignified and compelling novels...
...needs to grow sustainably and efficiently, getting more out of less while improving quality of life. PlaNYC could be a model for megacities from Tehran to Tokyo. "If we can solve these challenges here, we can solve them anywhere," says Ashok Gupta, the air- and energy-program director for the Natural Resources Defense Council...
...wife. Analysts say that before she died of breast cancer in 2004, she pushed Kim to name one of their two sons as his successor. (Kim's third son is by a different wife.) By 2007, Jong Un and his older brother Kim Jong Chul were enrolled in a program created specifically for them at Kim Il Sung Military University. Kim is said by his former sushi chef, Kenji Fujimoto, who wrote a memoir of his days in the North, to think that Jong Chul was "soft and effeminate." But he adores Jong Un, who Fujimoto says...
...with a little time to spare, trade your Starbucks grande macchiato for a Dunkin Donuts iced coffee, hop on the T and walk the Freedom Trail, or catch a free concert at the Hatch Shell. Go alone or with one friend, not as a part of an organization or program. Although it is not something shiny to put on your resume, leaving Harvard to explore New England is a conscious decision that we should all make at least once during our four years here...