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...Pelosi has been happy to let Travis be Travis. She let him carry a bill to protect gun ownership in the District of Columbia as well as an amendment to restrict the hiring of illegal immigrants. "She's never tried to arm-twist me, and I appreciate that," Childers says. "She told me when I was sworn in, You represent north Mississippi, and you answer to nobody else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Dog Democrats on the Prowl | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...organic food, cage-free eggs, farmers’ markets, alternative energy, and global warming, then you should get off your high Prius because the Swiss have put you to shame. Last April, the Swiss government advanced the Green Movement light-years beyond the realm of sound judgment by establishing protection for the dignity of plants. Yes, that’s right, Switzerland—a country run by adults—has granted the right of dignity to plants.The Monty-Pythonesque task of defining plants’ dignity was given, of course, to a twelve-person committee of scholars?...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Considering the Lilies of the Field | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...risks of sharing one’s genome sequence are significantly lower than they were last spring, when the PGP-10 agreed to embark on this project. In May, Congress passed the first piece of legislation to protect against discrimination based on an individual’s genetic information for health insurance and employment opportunities...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Prof's Personal Genome Project Reveals DNA Secrets | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

Just who are these bookish rascals? As FM’s resident “meddling kids,” we knew we had to protect the English concentrators and Signet hopefuls who would fall prey to the allure of such clandestine clubs—they wouldn’t be safe outside of 21 South Street. It was time for some serious sleuthing...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper and Charleton A. Lamb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Mission Impossible: Elusive Literati | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...country. The government has to respond to public sentiment, leading to harsh, uncompromising language from political and military leaders. General Ashfaq Kayani, Musharraf's successor as military chief, has publicly railed against U.S. operations on Pakistani soil, saying they help the cause of the militancy; he has promised to protect the borders from such incursions. After the September 25 incursion, chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told TIME that Pakistani troops would hereafter shoot at any force "seen as hostile or in an offensive posture," coming across the border. Any Americans making the crossing, he warned, should not expect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The US vs. Pakistan: With Friends Like These | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

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