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...states have their own definitions; 19 don't have any rules at all - the U.S. Agriculture Department finally knows what it isn't: Anything that's been genetically modified, irradiated or grown in the sewage sludge that is sometimes used as fertilizer. Mostly, anyway. Raw, straight-off-the-turnip-truck foods have to be 100 percent "organic" to get the designation; processed foods can be as little as 50 percent organic and still receive a "made with organic ingredients" label. The decision comes two years after bushels of protest letters flooded the farm bureaucracy when it at first proposed allowing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feds Now Firm on What's Organic | 3/5/2000 | See Source »

Guns & Ammo: Ever wished you lived in Texas? A vote for George W. Bush is a vote for concealed weapons nationwide. So put those rifles in the back of the truck and drive to your nearest polling place this Tuesday...

Author: By Noelle Eckley, | Title: Like Fly Fishing? You'll Love Gore | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...matters have been further complicated now that Vancouver police have decided to investigate whether or not the incident warrants criminal charges. Criminal charges--do they take the monster truck folk to court for damaging property? Does a quick leadoff man go to jail for stealing second...

Author: By Brad R. Sohn, | Title: How to Not Stick it to Them | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...Literature, 41-year-old Pleun Bouricius is just now realizing that the intrigue of Harvard has all but disappeared. Her decision: next year she will gather her things from her Massachusetts nest and head where the wind takes heroover the open road and behind the wheel of a Mac truck...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Taking an Education Outside the Box | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...ithink freely,i Bouricius has accepted the position of a cross-country truck driver this summer. After sending out her resume to more than 30 universities in the Northeast region in a job-hunt process she described as iboot camp at best,i Bouriciusomuch to the chagrin of her colleaguesohas decided to take a career plunge. The evidence is everywhere in her life. An archeologist friend has already helped her to gain proficiency in gun marksmanship, and her coffee table contains flashy fliers from Schneider, Swift and Werner, some of the largest trucking firms in the U.S. She will enroll...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Taking an Education Outside the Box | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

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