Power, money, and science.
Discover has received quite a few letters recently asking us not to get political. It started in January when we listed Bush's dustup with scientists over stem cell research and other items as the fifth (out of 100) most important science story of 2003. That spilled over into a...

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Bush promotes support for `all religions under the Almighty God': (People and Events).
President George W. Bush continued to lobby on behalf of his controversial "faith-based" initiative in April, urging the Senate to pass legislation dealing with the issue by Memorial Day. At a White House event April 11, Bush said he remains committed to expanding support for religious charities...

Threats to Stock-based Benefits.
Popular with both employers and employees, stock-based benefits are now offered by nearly 56 percent of all U.S. employers, according to the Washington-based American Benefits Council, an employee benefits industry group. And somewhere between seven and 10 million employees participate. But unless the Bush Administration makes some...

A world industry.
The motor car was the one of first major consumer products to be both mass produced and mass marketed, and was the basis of the West's economic growth and industrial preeminence. It could also be argued that the automotive sector was the first manufacturing industry to grasp the concept...

Top companies: charting the course of the region's top-grossing businesses.
"We all thought we saw recovery happening last year," says Kathy Baylis, vice president of the Sarasota County Committee for Economic Development. Now, she says, "The whole landscape has changed. I don't consider the forecast bleak, I just don't think it's going to get much better too soon. This...

Wind farming: a business opportunity for rural America.
Wind energy development in rural America expanded at record rates during the first two years of the twenty-first century and is catching the eye of many business leaders. In 2002, wind electric generating capacity expanded by 10 percent with 410 megawatts of new equipment going into service. This new...

A growing presence in a green state. (Vermont).
CLF is stepping up its efforts to promote the welfare of Vermont agriculture. We're bringing together legislators, government officials, and farmers and their advocates to develop policy changes that improve economic conditions for the state's farmers. We recently organized a meeting of 25 farmers and advocates that...

President Bush's `faith-based' initiative fails in senate. (In The Capital).
The two-year fight over President George W. Bush's controversial "faith-based" initiative came to an anticlimactic ending in November with the derailment of a compromise version of the bill in the U.S. Senate. For months, the White House and supporters of aid to church-based social services have backed...

Family planning: social engineering tempts the right.
For years sentiment has been building on the American right for an official "pro-family" policy. Such a policy would deploy some purposeful mix of social spending, tax incentives, family law reform, and miscellaneous regulation to encourage citizens, or at least parents of underage children, to take part in the traditionally...