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...modern criminal have not advanced very much in that time. As evidence we might consider Ridley Scott's American Gangster, which is based on the true story of a drug lord named Frank Lucas, who in the 1970s cornered the Harlem heroin market and thereby made millions upon millions. He is a black man, no less a member of a struggling underclass than his Italian and Irish movie predecessors, and he has a couple of gimmicks that they (who were never drug dealers) didn't have. For one thing, he eliminated the middle men; he bought his smack directly from...
Maxworthy is part of a small movement of folks leaving a solid career at mid-life to rediscover a sense of purpose. They could work longer and possibly stash away enough to enrich a favorite charity upon their death. But rather than leave a legacy at life's end, they choose to live their legacy now. For Maxworthy, that meant using his connections to reclaim tons of fruit destined for the dump because, though perfectly edible, it wasn't supermarket grade. "There's plenty of fast food," he says, "but [those with low incomes] have very limited access to fresh...
...Harvard football team,” Ferrara said. “We’re taking a medical device approach.” Unlike traditional foam-lined helmets, Xenith’s helmet is lined with 18 “Aware-Flow” shock absorbers, which release air upon impact and compress more completely than foam, minimizing impact force. Laboratory tests also reveal that the disks are sturdy and show few signs of wear after impact, according to the company’s Web site. As a football player, Ferrara had an impressive record. Despite a serious ACL tear...
...hollowness of the representative ideal, the second embodied the kind of conception of democracy we urgently need. The contrast between campaign politics and grassroots organizing is particularly instructive in highlighting the follies of working within the system in order to change society. The conventional defense of this tactic rests upon its pragmatism: Based on the idea that positions of power enable the powerful to affect policy in substantive, lasting ways, the argument is that good people can rule in good ways. A willing and intelligent leader, we are told, can rescue us from all that currently ails us more immediately...
...sign treaties like Kyoto that do not demand emissions limits on developing countries (like China) and that would result in harm to the U.S. economy. Both points are flawed. While it is important that developing countries are, in the future, subject to the same rigid emissions caps currently imposed upon developed nations, developed countries—the countries that historically have “caused” global warming—cannot afford to postpone action. If the U.S., a rich country with advanced green technology, does not make a commitment to reduce emissions, how can we ask developing countries...