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...magazine. (She is however featured in black and white photos on pages 8 and 11, but that’s not the point.) Like me, Elizabeth F. Maher generally prefers the relative anonymity of a signature at the bottom of an editors’ note to the self-aggrandizement writ large we’re featuring in this issue. But we’ll usher her center stage for the moment, just as we’re taking this curtain call...
From Alaska's Arctic Organics to West Virginia's Flying Ewe Farm, CSAs have sprouted across the nation. Call the trend antiglobalization writ small, a way to connect with neighbors, help small farms and combat the energy waste and pollution of hauling food long-distance. Also, CSAs tap into concerns over homeland security. Says Brian Halweil of the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington think tank: "Knowing your farmer brings peace of mind, especially in the face of terrorist threats to the infrastructure, and food-contamination recalls...
Various peace plans have been suggested for turning things around in Chechnya. One of the most detailed, put forward by Khasbulatov, speaks of giving Chechnya autonomy "under international supervision" within the Russian Federation. But Putin is opposed to anything that weakens Moscow's writ. And many Chechens believe with equal force that their only hope is independence...
...Moore: Whether I do or not, I have none at this time. I have only one object in mind and that is to go to the United States Supreme Court and fight this case on a petition for writ of certiorari and to prove the right to acknowledge God under the First Amendment and to retain my job as Chief Justice...
From the time he was a law clerk, Rehnquist has advocated limiting the ability of state prisoners to argue in federal court that their convictions violated the Constitution. Rehnquist's views have now become the law, and the once "Great Writ" of habeas corpus--the right of the accused to be released from unlawful detention--has been gutted and is rarely available to state prisoners. This year, in a case I argued and lost 5 to 4 in the Supreme Court, Rehnquist was in the majority in holding that habeas corpus relief was not available to a state prisoner...