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...overall popularity is high, German farmers, even organic ones, have reservations. "We're very happy with what she says, less happy with what she's doing," says Thomas Dosch, president of Bioland, the largest association of organic farmers in Germany. Their complaint: Künast has done little to reform the Agriculture Ministry, which stayed in Bonn when the government moved to Berlin. As a result, Dosch says, the ministry remains dominated by old-style officials who give short shrift to new farming methods...
With the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill finally up for debate in the Senate next week, the nation's attention has turned once more to soft money. Like any salient Washington "hot topic," the question of who can donate how much to political campaigns is busy making the Sunday morning talk-show rounds, where the pundits explain the basics: that "soft money" consists of unregulated donations to political parties, funds that individuals and organizations can contribute in unlimited amounts to the party of their choice, provided that the party does not then earmark that money to promote specific candidates...
...drama shows the Supreme Court's wisdom in advising against excessive entanglement with religion. Ever since President Clinton signed the 'charitable choice' provision of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, we have seen religious groups vying for government funding in specific areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health and Human Services. Bush, however, seeks to expand this concept widely across the federal government, including the Departments of Education, Labor, Justice and Housing and Urban Development. But difficulties have arisen in determining which groups are "too religious" to receive government...
Forces of Habit affords the reader an in-depth understanding of the history of drugs in society, not tailored to a specific platform or program of reform. In fact, Courtwright mentions little about the future of drugs and the drug trade in his accounts, and when he does veer towards moral judgments, he states them simply and concisely. But if you're looking for a serious emotional scrutiny of present day drug issues, you'll have to go see the movie Traffic. Courtwright sticks to his historical format until the very end, taking only the final few paragraphs...
With all our reform in the name of diversity and progressivism, Harvard has lost the characteristic alumni-student back-scratching that made this place so special from the first. Sure, students will always be able to expect a solid education and an impressive diploma from Harvard. But 50, 40, even 30 years ago, they could also expect a wink and a nudge when it came to employment as well...