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...complicated one. As Ireland shrewdly observes, the way a girl sees herself is more powerful than what she sees in magazines. But here's the rub: what she sees in the media does affect that self-image, especially in terms of her body. Some experts recommend media-literacy classes--as early as kindergarten. "Children need to learn how to dissect and understand this pervasive aspect of their environment," says Gigi Durham, author of The Lolita Effect, "just as they learn to understand the seasons or Newton's laws of motion...
...ways you can save the environment, but relying on individuals to voluntarily change their behavior is nowhere near as effective as political change aimed at speeding the transition to an economy far less carbon-intensive than our current one. So, by all means cut back on the burgers - I recommend a nice deep-fried scorpion - but remember that your choices from the takeout menu will matter less than the choices made by those who inherit the White House next January...
...none of that fertility was in evidence today. This was the most sterile Apple event since Jobs returned from exile, unified Apple and brought the company back from the brink of ruin. He actually spent 15 minutes on a new iTunes feature called Genius that does little more than recommend playlists of music you might like based on music you're listening to, with one click. These if-you-like-that-then-you'll-like-this music discovery services have been around since the mid-1990s. It's hardly the kind of zowee innovation we've come to expect...
Even with a new President inclined to increase spending, throwing money at the problem isn't the answer. "There is no strategic plan," says former Senator Bill Frist, a heart and lung surgeon before he entered politics. Frist voted to double NIH funds in 1998 but wouldn't recommend it again without a better road map. There are numerous federal agencies that cover cancer, for instance, and less than complete coordination among them...
That was my biggest influence, and that's the book I recommend to people. If someone says, Oh, American Wife makes me curious to learn more about Laura Bush, I would definitely urge them to read Ann Gerhart. I read another biography of Laura Bush by Ronald Kessler. I read a book by Frank Bruni called Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush about Bush's first presidential campaign. I read Hillary Rodham Clinton's autobiography, which I enjoyed much more than I thought I would. I read a book called For Love of Politics: Inside...