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...West Wing’ is an extremely naive entry into politics and political thinking,” he says. “When I was at Harvard, the thing that was the threshold that brought people into politics was the [Vietnam] war. I would be amazed if a TV drama would be the thing, with the war in Iraq and with Sept. 11, that would get students interested in politics,” he says. “Now is an extremely contentious time. It couldn’t be more interesting than...
...official number of signatures needed to place the recall on the ballot was 897,158—less than 2.6 percent of California’s nearly 35 million people and just 12 percent of the state’s voter turnout in November 2002. With this unbelievably low threshold, it is unsettling to think what would happen if the same recall policy was applied to a President whose approval ratings fell below fifty percent. As opinion polls often fluctuate with considerable volatility, a recall available at the federal level could easily allow special interests groups to manipulate the process?...
...most parts of the country to maintain a basic standard of living. Even though this number has been adjusted for inflation since it was first invented in 1963, the costs of transportation, housing and health care have outpaced inflation. The National Academy of Sciences estimates that the poverty threshold should be set 45 percent higher to compensate...
...walls. All the same, the first impression is of a place that's dark and impregnable. But as with the Elektra house, there's a surprise inside: the interiors are so filled with light that you could read a sundial in any of the rooms. To cross the threshold from the mildly forbidding exterior to the glowing entry hall is like removing Darth Vader's helmet to find that it was Tinkerbell underneath it the whole time...
...blood test, is already controversial because early detection does not necessarily translate into saved lives. Now a study reports that the test, which recommends biopsies for men with PSA blood levels of more than 4 nanograms per milliliter, misses 82% of cancers in men under 60. Lowering the threshold for biopsy to 2.6, the study's authors suggest, would double the cancer-detection rate. Critics, however, caution that lowering the PSA threshold could result in overdiagnosis and needless anxiety...