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...complicated. Although colleges are in part to blame for accepting athletic prodigies with the knowledge that they will leave after one year—taking them for athletic success and not academic potential—they are not the root of this issue. As backward as it may sound, the NBA should re-allow players to enter the league directly from high school. Rather than letting the small number of high-profile players publicly act as college students for a year and thus set an example to young fans that college is a one-year stop, let them go directly...
...Whether it’s wind, sound, or reflection, or wildness, I think that Michael’s work focuses mainly on qualities of landscape and by exaggerating or by emphasizing, he brings them forward so that people see them in a way they had never seen them before,” Hilderbrand said...
While some may argue against Cape Wind because of their ties to Nantucket Sound, these individuals will also reap the benefits of widespread alternative energy usage. Moreover, Cape Wind will help far more people than it hurts. While it will restrict relatively few residents’ view, its economic benefits will reverberate throughout New England. Furthermore, its environmental benefits may be felt worldwide, if other wind farm projects follow the Nantucket example. The collective good, therefore, must be prioritized over localized interests, and such individual sacrifices are necessary in the global fight against climate change...
...residents. By reducing Massachusetts greenhouse gas emissions, Cape Wind would contribute to a global effort toward sustainablilty—a move that could eventually help reduce the rise in sea levels that contribute to erosion. Although it will undoubtedly be hard for many residents of Nantucket to see their Sound visually altered, alternative energy will help prevent the destruction of other historic areas in the long...
...whole notion seems rooted in some visceral need for foes with diabolical destructive abilities. There's something almost pathetic about cowering in the shadow of such a threat, instead of shrugging it off with the resilience that was typical on the American frontier. (See "Scrapping the Missile Shield: Militarily Sound...