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...that solutions are at hand, if old policies and mind-sets can be left behind. For years, environmental groups have lobbied U.S. and European lawmakers to shun agricultural projects that involve chemical fertilizers or genetically modified crops. Without those technologies "you cannot increase agricultural productivity," says Andrew Natsios, former chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and now a professor of international development at Georgetown University. A more flexible approach could dramatically improve the world's ability to feed itself. As proof, Natsios cites a USAID project that sent Afghan farmers a genetically modified wheat strain immediately after...
...always in danger of being overwhelmed by this one singular sensation. You get a much firmer picture of him in "Anish Kapoor: Past, Present, Future," an indispensable show that runs through Sept. 7 at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston. Organized by Nicholas Baume, the ICA's chief curator, it brings 14 Kapoors dating from 1980 to the present into a single long gallery that's also something of a fun house, assuming that a fun house can be smart, subtle and even a little haunting...
...While the hope of a new commander-in-chief brings with it requisite optimism, the process of electing a new president has not been free of scrutiny. Rather, the most recent cycle of caucuses and primaries has only underscored the problems with our election system. The staggered calendar has given undue influence to a handful of states with early primaries and caucuses—rendering the contests of states that vote late in the schedule almost meaningless. Most undemocratic has been the superdelegate system, which may, for the first time in recent electoral history, determine the candidate for the Democratic...
...that grand elections would be the least of my concerns. I would need surgery, be home for six weeks, on crutches for three months, and—if all went well—I would be off a cane in five. Forget sculling on the Charles—my chief concern suddenly was being able to walk at Commencement...
...that included Wright, several church board members and other senior leaders. According to those sources, Moss, 37, expected the meeting to finalize transition plans. Instead, Wright suggested the board merely declare Moss "senior pastor-elect" because the younger cleric needed "supervision" - effectively ensuring Wright remains Trinity's preacher-in-chief. Wright's essential argument hinges on a technicality: Moss is an ordained Baptist minister who has yet to be fully ordained in the United Church of Christ, the predominantly white protestant denomination of which the roughly 8,500-member Trinity is the largest congregation...