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...wrote that TIMEwould sponsor a presidential debate in New Orleans. I'm delighted to join hands with a local organization spearheading that effort: Women of the Storm, a nonpartisan group of women whose families were affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They have already persuaded six candidates to write a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates supporting the idea. "A debate would keep a spotlight on New Orleans and the challenges we face," says Anne Milling, founder of Women of the Storm. "We're not whole...
...News That Was Fit to Fake I am happy to see that such a highbrow publication deigned to write about the passing of the Weekly World News, a tabloid that will truly be missed by individuals stuck in the checkout line [Aug. 27]. But I disagree with Joel Stein's claim that it's "a sign of progress for a society to go from inventing gods and monsters to seeking catharsis in the real life of Paris Hilton." That's as laughable as Bat Boy running for President. The Weekly World News lost readers because people turned to the Internet...
...human rights related internships, Marks said that the committee will seek to enlist several departments to create a Harvard College Human Rights Fellowship Program for undergraduates. These fellows would be able to take intensive junior seminars taught by faculty members throughout the University and would ultimately go on to write senior theses on human rights issues. Citing the larger curricular reforms currently underway, Marks told the crowd that “the time is right for this.” In addition to launching the committee’s agenda for the year, the event served to introduce this year?...
...reduction translates to a 15% to 20% decrease in heart attack and stroke risk and a 25% to 40% lower risk of diabetes-related eye or kidney disease. "To envision the importance of exercise, imagine an inexpensive pill that could decrease the hemoglobin A1C value by 1 percentage point," write Dr. William Kraus of Duke University Medical Center and Dr. Benjamin Levine of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, in an accompanying editorial. "Diabetes experts would be quick to incorporate this pill into practice guidelines and performance measures for diabetes...