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While You Were Sleeping

A study links child abuse to military deployment; 1,000 seals wash ashore in Kazakhstan; a spill of 7.5 million gallons of sewage contaminates the Hudson;and other news you may have missed.

The Corn Conundrum

By C. Ford Runge, Benjamin Senauer

Ethanol may not be the solution we think it is.

The Corn Conundrum Sidebar: Farmers Just Can't Win

By Cliff Bradley

Cliff Bradley, an expert on biofuels and sustainable energy, responds to Runge and Senauer’s article.

The Corn Conundrum Sidebar: Reducing Poverty and Hunger With Biofuels

By Cliff Bradley

To reduce poverty, global trade and foreign aid need to strengthen rural economies, not flood markets in poor countries with subsidized grain.

Beinhart's Body Politic: Capitalism 105

By Larry Beinhart