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...first wild tiger, in a central Chinese wilderness he is playing an almost godlike role in creating. Thanks to a unique collaboration between Minnesota Zoo, China's State Forestry Administration (SFA), and a Bangkok-based environmental financier called International Consultancy Europe (ICE), a plan is under way to reintroduce the South China tiger, the rarest of the world's five surviving subspecies, back into its natural habitat. In this Year of the Tiger, the project has secured $3 million to restore a 250,000-acre (100,000 hectare) nature reserve straddling the borders of Hubei and Hunan provinces. (Read...
...economy flails, more cash-strapped consumers are embracing ye olde practice of bartering, often facilitated by that most modern of marketplaces, the Internet. Bartering is way up on Swaptree, Zwaggle and Craigslist, where, for example, a user in Memphis, Tenn., is looking to trade a new pair of boots for a kitchen faucet. But there's a complication to all this happy swapping: the IRS views bartered goods and services as reportable income. The agency has even set up the Bartering Tax Center. So does everyone need to report every little swap? "There are no tax implications for the type...
Jeffrey D. Sachs' article should be mandatory reading for all Americans. Brilliantly reasoned, beautifully written and tactfully presented, it is a powerful, balanced argument for regarding the T word--taxes--as one way out of this economic morass, not something to be avoided...
...will trust in government begin to rise, and only then will voters begin to respond. What I can't agree with is the notion, expressed by the Tea Partyers profiled in Von Drehle's terrific story, that government has no role in solving large national problems. And, by the way, to hear those voices, we deployed five reporters, a photographer and a videographer to Tea Party gatherings in five states...
...really looked like. I saw the back of the concert hall, the hotel and the airport. Now I really see America. The last time I flew was in '82. I had such a bad flight. A two-engine plane. The flight was dipsy-doodling up and down all the way home. I said, "Oh, my God, when I get to Detroit, that's it. That is it." And I have not flown since. But I intend to. It's been a long time...