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If growers of food paid the full cost of soil erosion, water pollution, adverse health affects on farm workers, organic food would cost half the price of traditional food.
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"How many more spills do we need? How many more earthquakes do we need, or volcanoes, or hurricanes? ... The earth, in a sense, is telling us, 'You can’t keep […]
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The car company was running ads about the Prius and their commitment to the environment while secretly lobbying in California against increased gas mileage standards.
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A conversation with co-founder and CEO of Seventh Generation
France's lower house of Parliament voted yesterday to ban the wearing of veils that cover the face in public places. Aimed at the burqas worn by Muslim women, the legislation […]
What makes a great software developer? Legendary programmer and designer Justin Frankel says the most productive programmers have an ability to cut through to what’s really important, focus on that, […]
Here are some of the what I consider to be this year’s essential rnreadings on politics. In particular, today I want to look at some of the crucial rnissues that underlie domestic politics in America.
IN what will be seen as a significant ratcheting up of the pressure on isolated North Korea, South Korea is considering major changes in its relations with China – up […]
“Mad, bad and dangerous”, these are the epithets apparently attached to Gordon Brown, our previous Prime Minister by Tony Blair our previous Prime Minister but one. They form the centre […]
"Journalism should be more like science," says the founder of Wikileaks who has drawn the ire of many political authorities for exposing various cases of corruption and fraud.
"While I do not mean to let bad parents off the hook, the fact remains that perfectly decent parents can produce toxic children." A psychiatry professor on why parents aren't always to blame.
Two English health scholars have written a book called 'The Spirit Level' which locates the cause of social ills in income inequality. The Boston Review unpacks their arguments.
"Students are taking out loans that they may not be able to repay, and some fear massive defaults." Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says for-profit colleges may be doing a public disservice.
"We were promised a life of leisure thanks to hard-working robots and fiendishly clever cyborgs. But the android fantasy has largely been terminated," says The Independent.
"An online game that tasks players with reining in government spending suggests the public is more willing to make hard choices than they get credit for." Miller-McCune on the deficit question.
"The fiscal 2010 deficit—$1 trillion and counting—is an encouraging sign," says Daniel Gross at Slate. The business columnist says worries about a short-term American debt crisis are unfounded.
Al-Shabaab, a brutal Somalian insurgency, has attacked inside Uganda. How much should this international Islamic terrorism concern the U.S. and how can, or should, the U.S. respond?
Hendrik Hertzberg at The New Yorker looks on the bright side of life: despite unprecedented world problems, the author appreciates the good food and good cooking culture in America.
Computing speed doubles once every year and a half, and so does the electrical efficiency of processors, from laptops to servers. The pattern makes our computing lives more convenient.
It’s not Shakespearean. It’s not eloquent. It may not even be meaningful as anything other than today's shallow distraction. Yet Gibson's hate-laced phone porn has captured our attention. Is it […]