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Nevertheless, high-speed rail is an idea whose time has come - at least for environmentalists. According to Environment America, high-speed rail uses a third less energy per mile than auto or air travel, and a nationwide system could reduce oil use by 125 million bbl. a year. In addition, high-speed rail represents the kind of long-term infrastructure investment that will pay back for decades, just as the interstate highway system of the 1950s has. "This is a down payment on a truly national program," said Biden, who has logged more than 7,900 round trips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can High-Speed Rail Succeed in America? | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

...solution from politicians in Washington has been to allow people to be covered by their parents’ insurance until age 26. While this proposal would reduce some the impact of the mandate on the youngest age groups because they tend to be the healthiest and the least prone to high-cost diseases, it is not the cure-all for healthcare that some politicians have claimed it to be. The proposal may actually make sense in the current economic climate—the employment rate for people aged 16-24 has fallen to a low of 51.4 percent. But this...

Author: By James L. Wu | Title: Obamacare Good for Us? | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

According to my conservative estimates toilet paper-less defecation occurs at a rate of at least 40.5 freshman tushies and 23 upperclassmen tushies a day. Comfort and peace of mind demand that we take action. The first step that must be taken is to provide a brand of toilet paper that is both comfortable enough to accommodate the discerning buttocks and durable enough to prevent messy private failure. Quality toilet paper can be consumed like caviar—in smaller amounts than fast food but with greater amounts of utility...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu | Title: Tools of the Stool | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

...bill the House passed in December closely tracks the Treasury proposals; Geithner's aides say they got at least 80% of what they wanted, including the stand-alone consumer agency, an easy-to-understand innovation for Americans who think mortgages and credit cards should be as safe as toasters. Many of the differences were technical or turf-based: how to structure the resolution authority and regulate systemic risks, a loophole exempting "industrial loan companies" from various regulations, more loopholes shielding community banks and auto dealers (known for their pull with local Congressmen) from the new consumer agency's direct oversight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Bashing the Banks Help Obama? | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

...anonymous. Now "de Villepin will be gunning for" the president "with his honor restored and with his hatred magnified by 10. From here out, de Villepin will attack every move Sarkozy makes and position himself as a rival candidate in 2012 to defeat Sarkozy for the presidency - or at least guarantee he thwarts his re-election by dividing the right." (See the top 10 political sex scandals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy Foe de Villepin Free of Smear Row | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

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