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...several economic sectors, creating a $10-billion fund for clean-coal power plants and 12 new nuclear power plants, and providing incentives for building nuclear power plants. Although we can only speculate as to its full impact, the proposed bill with the aforementioned specifics is a step in the right direction—even if the measures inside of it may not go as far as all environmentalists would like. Although some environmentalists believe that the current bill is not strict enough, especially since it strips the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon pollution, this opportunity...
...place. There is no identifiably “Asian” issue to advocate, and even if there were, Asians are unlikely to think it important enough to leverage resources on it. This political complacency could also be explained by the fact that Asians have been traditionally denied the right to participate rigorously in their government as a result of a caste-centered history, and this culture persists today. Eastern philosophy, which stresses obedience to authority and family ties over individuality, is yet another explanation for Asians’ political timidity...
...Sometimes it can be incredibly misleading,” Jillson said of “Empty Mass Ave” and similar blogs. “Look at the photo right at the top of her page of the former Bowl and Board. If one looks at that, one says, ‘Oh my god, Harvard Square? What’s going on? It’s urban blight...
...Right now they operate somewhat independently from each other, but I think there’s a lot they can do across their departments,” Lapp said...
...Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, a conservative public policy organization, argued against the idea that gay marriage is a civil right. He said that civil rights must come from the democratic legislative process and not from court decisions. A civil right cannot be taken away if it did not exist in the first place, he added...