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Like Kol haKfar, many of the new communities thriving in cities across the U.S. are run by volunteers--with a healthy representation in their 20s and 30s--and offer religious services organized almost exclusively by e-mail. The groups tend to avoid denominational classification. At Kol haKfar, for instance, some participants use Orthodox prayer books while others follow along using more liberal Reconstructionist texts...
...said O’Riain. “They’re a good team, and to get our confidence, we really needed this so we wouldn’t go on a slide like last year.” It was an important victory for the Crimson to avoid a three-game losing streak after losses last weekend to No. 8 Northwestern and No. 15 Notre Dame. “They were good teams last weekend,” senior Eva Wang said. “But to play well and pull out a close match today was definitely...
...prices were safely below the line to allow synfuel producers to claim the maximum credit. The stealth amendment would roll back the calendar. (Sort of like your missing the deadline for your mortgage payment, then backdating your check to avoid a late charge. But much more lucrative.) The backdating clause was in a larger bill introduced in the Senate by Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican who heads the Senate Finance Committee. It was inserted in the Tax Relief Act, which provides aid for Hurricane Katrina victims and sets new policies for tax-exempt groups. With so many higher profile issues...
...what's called a community nexus. Each school would be part of a fabric of facilities that could include a library, recreation center, health clinic, performing-arts space and even a community catering kitchen. All of them would serve students and other people from the surrounding neighborhood. That would avoid the duplication of costs when cities build, say, public libraries and school libraries. Other cities, including Chicago and Providence, R.I., have adopted the approach in individual neighborhoods, but no other city has thought about attempting it across the board. "It will be a quantum leap," says Steven Bingler, head...
...Republicans and Democrats, regardless of who holds the majority-enforce the ethics rules each chamber sets up to govern members? conduct. This runs from governing the use of official expense accounts and payroll to determining when a congressman or an aide must recuse himself from official action to avoid a conflict (answer: rarely). The most basic stricture of House ethics guidelines gives the ethics committee leeway to act or not act in almost any case. It requires that a congressman ?shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.? In more...