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...even that is easier said than done. How can ordinary consumers be sure that their contributions toward, say, building solar greenhouses in the Himalayas is money well spent? Without global or even national regulators becoming involved, standards in the offset industry have become a free-for-all. It seems obvious, for example, that a project should reduce emissions below the level that would have occurred without that project, a condition known as "additionality." But that's not always the case. Thanks to hazy interpretations of that proviso, "at least half" of current projects wouldn't meet a uniformly strict assessment...
...apparently have no problem blacking out, puking in a toilet bowl, and hooking up with utter strangers—shudder with horror and righteous indignation when someone mentions smoking weed. Of course, this silly taboo among Harvard students is not surprising; it reflects the deep-seated double-standard about alcohol and marijuana use that exists in American society as a whole...
Despite what many people believe about the perils of marijuana use, the real reason for the double-standard is cultural, not rational or scientific. Alcohol is a deeply ingrained part of our culture. It has been around for thousands of years. It is indispensable to both blue-collar pastimes and polite society. Many of us even drink wine in church, believing that we are actually consuming—through a magical process known as “transubstantiation”—the mystical body of Christ. Marijuana does not enjoy the same totemic status. Largely because...
...completed two of his three passes--both for touchdowns--and is a garish seven out of 10, with six TD tosses, in his career. With the dazzling runs, sure hands and strong arm, LT, as he is known, has created the ultimate matchup problem. He has set the new standard for what a running back can do--and with his team-first attitude, how a great athlete should comport himself. "The best way to describe LT is in four words," says former Dallas Cowboys player personnel director Gil Brandt: "Player with no flaws...
...Furthermore, the incentive for instructors to maintain a very high standard of teaching will be much stronger when they know that their students’ comments will be moderated only for the grossest forms of indiscretion, rather than edited and condensed into a single sentence with a bunch of adjectives in quotation marks. When teachers are unexceptional, students’ complaints should get a full, public hearing. To simplify them is to make them meaningless...