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  • Meet the Parents

    “Natural family living” is a growing trend Parents of today’s youngest generation are increasingly choosing to raise their kids in more natural, even old-fashioned, ways, say supporters of a lifestyle called “natural family living.” This parenting approach involves trusting instincts over published experts and using more natural means to feed, medicate, and nurture children, which […]

    Grist staff Culture

  • The Shallow End of the Secretarial Pool

    Senate confirms Bodman to head Energy Department Sam Bodman’s nomination to serve as energy secretary sailed through the Senate yesterday, despite his having little to no experience working on energy issues. Now he can get to work pushing Bush’s big energy bill through Congress, fighting for the opening of the proposed nuclear-waste repository at Yucca […]

    Grist staff Politics

  • The Truck Stops Here. Please.

    Celebrities popularize commercial extreme truck Move over Hummer. The hip new thing in celeb vehicle bling is the International CXT, or commercial extreme truck. The hugemongous pickup weighs more than twice as much as the Hummer H2 and sits at the height of an 18-wheeler; more important, it can tow a 20-ton yacht and lug […]

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  • Yucca, Who Needs Ya?

    Nuclear advocates take back the whole “Yucca is a necessity” thing Nuclear advocates have long insisted that the planned nuclear-waste repository at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain is necessary before new nuclear reactors can be built, because on-site storage of waste is just too dangerous. But with Yucca’s prospects (at least in the short term) looking dim, […]

    Grist staff Politics