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...Bush Administration has also ruled that the more than 15,000 factory farms across the nation can avoid oversight by the Clean Water Act as long as they claim they don't discharge animal waste into streams or rivers. Environmentalists say that self-regulation will lead to worsening nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, which can poison drinking water and worsen dead zones in coastal areas...
...years old, devoid of military or appointed-office experience, Obama seems to fall most easily into the last of these categories. But it's not a perfect fit. For one thing, Obama seems to have far more self-control than Roosevelt, Kennedy and Clinton. He also has less high-level political experience. Kennedy had already served 14 years in Washington (six as a Congressman, eight as a Senator) before ascending to Camelot. Obama, as pre-Palin Republicans once enjoyed pointing out, has yet to complete his first Senate term...
...Mayer, executive director of Harvard University Dining Services, moved from Middlebury College to Cambridge to direct one of the country’s oldest (and largest) self-operating collegiate dining services. He sits down with FM to dish about his plans to make Harvard sustainable, forty thousand pounds of local squash, and traveling to Tokyo to talk about college cafeterias. Dying to get a taste of Mayer’s next moves? Read on, ’cause your order’s up. 1. Fifteen Minutes (FM): If you were stranded on a desert island for one month...
...believed that Barack Obama was too smart, too black, or even too “Muslim” to be accepted by voters from New Hampshire to Nevada, but the American voters have proven them wrong. As Barack Obama frequently says, his is a uniquely American story. That this self-described “skinny kid with a funny name” can rise to the highest office in the nation is a testament to the power of the American Dream. That said, President Obama will face profound challenges when he comes into office, ranging from a stagnant economy...
That news came around the same time the pro-amendment forces were running a devastating ad showing a self-satisfied San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom shouting wild-eyed at a rally that same-sex marriage was inevitable "whether you like it or not." The announcer then said darkly, "It's no longer about tolerance. Acceptance of gay marriage is now mandatory." Many fence sitters were turned off by Newsom's arrogance; blogger Andrew Sullivan attributed mid-October polls against the gay side to the "Newsom effect...