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...question is: why? It's easy to understand that bailing out rich bankers doesn't feel super, but why, despite all the efforts of all the country's leaders to fill citizens with fear of an economic apocalypse, did they not see a failure to act as a serious threat to their livelihoods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Aren't Americans Buying the Bailout? | 10/1/2008 | See Source »

...addition to improving soil and tree health, the sustainable organic method is also more environmentally-sound as the organic plots are less dependent on nitrogen from fertilizers. “The amount of nitrogen being pumped into the ecosystem from fertilizers is having a very serious environmental impact,” said Peter J. del Tredici, a lecturer in landscape architecture and a senior research scientist at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum. “A lot agricultural nitrogen has run off into aquatic ecosystems and has destroyed the native ecology.” Valkenburg touts the success...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yard Makeover Features Compost | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

...decide to write this book now? All I wanted to say was, Guys, trouble is coming and we've got to take serious constructive steps to deal with the moment we're in. Period. I swept the decks, took off from work, sat down in July and wrote roughly 30,000 words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peggy Noonan | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

...book has a message of unity. Can we emerge out of this Presidential campaign as a united public? I certainly hope so. Looking at Washington right now, you see a lot of Senators and congressmen who I think want to do the right thing, but feel themselves under serious pressure in a highly political moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peggy Noonan | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

...concession by congressional Democrats to the Republican minority during an important election year in which gasoline prices skyrocket and the economy continues to stagger. While the pinched wallets of gas-guzzling Americans has sparked a political showdown over offshore drilling, the partisan warfare has unfortunately obscured a larger, more serious issue—the need for a comprehensive energy security policy. Fortunately, the Democratic majority has made a crucial strategic decision to rise above the partisan fracas and actually begin constructing a cohesive and sensible energy policy for years to come. While the concession to offshore drilling advocates is unfortunate...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Long Term Gains | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

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