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Betty Ford, Pioneer
Betty Ford’s historical importance may well have been greater than her husband’s.I think I agree.I had given up awareness of the greater world.I was not paying attention to much outside my direct experience.She was a professional of modern dance. That is a very strange world to many. -
Sherwood Schwartz Dies at 94; Created ‘Gilligan’s Island’
Mr. Schwartz created two of the most affectionately ridiculed and enduring television sitcoms of the 1960s and ’70s.Brooklyn has produced a great many persons. I suspect that it still does. Company towns like Los Angeles do not do that as well. -
Gordon Brown Says Newspaper Hired ‘Known Criminals’
The accusation by the former prime minister of Britain against The Sunday Times broadened the scope of the scandal enveloping the Murdoch media empire.Endless distraction.The problem is The News Corp. has owned the that government. -
Koolhaas’s CCTV Building Fits Beijing as City of the Future - Review
Rem Koolhaas’s CCTV building in Beijing, headquarters of China Central Television, has a beguiling and powerful design and is a metaphor for a country racing headlong into the future.There is no bad art. There are only uncomprehending observers.See it as art.As a building it is a disaster. -
More Medical Schools Are Screening Applicants Closely for People Skills
A new admission process at medical schools involves a series of encounters meant to examine aspiring doctors’ ability to communicate and work in teams.Good people skills are required for medicine.Distributed responsibility is usually a disaster. -
Fan May Owe Taxes For Claiming Jeter’s 3,000th Hit
Christian Lopez, the fan who gave the ball in Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit back to the slugger, may owe stiff taxes on tickets and memorabilia bestowed on him by the Yankees.Usually value must move through cash to owe taxes. Unrealized capital gains are not taxed. It is part of what keeps me invested. -
When Fatty Feasts Are Driven by Automatic Pilot
“Bet you can’t eat just one” (as the old potato-chip commercials had it) is, of course, a bet most of us end up losing. But why? Is it simple lack of willpower that makes fatty snacks irresistible, or are deeper biological forces at work?"Scientists in California and Italy reported last week that in rats given fatty foods, the body immediately began to release natural marijuana like chemicals in the gut that kept them craving more."Here is an addictive mechanism for fats. It does not work for pot. -
With Chevrolet Sonic, G.M. and U.A.W. Reinvent Automaking
General Motors and the United Automobile Workers are cooperating to build the Sonic subcompact at a smaller plant using new methods while paying lower wages to most workers.The choice between some jobs and no jobs is an easy one. -
Rare White House Ceremony for Medal of Honor
President Obama awarded Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan.Petry received it in person. -
Vocationalism, Academic Freedom and Tenure
Stanley Fish battles with definitions.
A university education was a priestly education.These days we have little call for a priesthood. The defences against doctrinal faction are little exercised for their original purpose yet they are still much needed.The disputes have moved toward the nature of Shakespeare and the industrial revolution as well as the usefulness of the digital millennium copyright act and the limits of patent law.
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Scientists Turn to the Web to Raise Research Funds
As research budgets tighten, a new crop of Web-savvy scientists is hoping the wisdom and generosity of crowds will come to the rescue.A fine idea. It might work for me.Sex is something that sells itself. I had not intended to go that direction. I will hold it in mind. -
Visa Delays Imperil Iraqis Who Helped U.S.
Terrorism fears in the United States are all but halting visas for Iraqis, even those who risked their lives aiding the U.S. war effort, making them vulnerable ahead of the U.S. withdrawal.The Republicans among us are forever looking to externalize costs. -
The Magic Lever
Any banker, Democratic Keynesian or staunch Republican who thinks he’s found the tool to master today’s economy might instead consider a range of competing options.We do understand the situation and there are things we can do about it.They have not been done, in part, because the wrong people would benefit. -
The Good Short Life With A.L.S.
Living with Lou Gehrig’s disease is about life, when you know there’s not much left.I have no problem with skipping a long helpless exit.There is joy to be had and I would share mine. Sooner is better.As soon as you can is best. I LOVE YOU -
McConnell Proposal Gives Obama Power to Increase Debt Limit
The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said Tuesday that a bipartisan budget deal with President Obama was probably out of reach, and he proposed a plan under which the president could increase the federal debt limit without Co...“After years of discussions and months of negotiations, I have little question that as long as this president is in the Oval Office, a real solution is probably unattainable.”The Republican caucus wants to crash the system.They will play Sampson. -
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Drought Spreads Pain From Florida to Arizona
The middle men will do fine. Farmers and cities suffer.
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14 States Suffering Under Drought
A drought that some say could rival the Dust Bowl has spread from Florida to Arizona.Atlanta should be rationing water. -
In Debt Ceiling Fight, Obama Has the Edge
Last year, President Obama and House Republicans managed to reach a last-minute accord on preserving the Bush tax cuts, and then in April they just barely averted a government shutdown. But now, in this debate over the debt ceiling, each side seem...The decent solution to the problem is not on the table at this point.The unspeakable is struggling with the unthinkable. -
Effort in Senate to Close Offshore Tax Havens
Two senior Democratic senators are pushing to help reduce the federal deficit by tightening rules that allow hedge funds, derivatives traders and corporations to skirt federal taxes.It looks good but the details are not in evidence. I want to know how it would work. The situation exists because there has been no way to shut it down. -
In Midwest, Monarch Butterflies’ Flutters May Be Far Fewer
While the evidence is still preliminary and disputed, some experts say the growing use of genetically modified crops is threatening the butterfly by depriving it of habitat.The "Roundup Ready" gene is spreading into the weed population.I hold great hope for the butterfly.Commercial cropping of milkweed is another possibility
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