Change the voting age to fifty to curb campaign excess
Bob Greene argues the voting age should be raised from 18 to 50 to ensure a calmer, more thoughtful presidential race. He cites 21 as the historical standard and contends older voters bring skepticism toward TV hype, endorsements, and candidate promises, arguing the idea could improve electoral process quality.
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Recording Industry to shrink CD packaging to save waste
The Recording Industry Association of America announced a plan to replace the longbox with a 5 by 5 inch jewel box style container within a year. The move aims at reducing 23 million pounds of waste amid rival cardboard Eco-Pak and Digi-Trak options and potential $100 million retailer costs.
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Weekend! entertainment events and recycling truck out in Cedar Rapids
Weekend magazine lists events for February 28 including entertainment listings. A Cedar Rapids recycling truck will be at Hy-Vee on Mount Vernon Road SE from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Linn County Board of Supervisors meet in a work session at 9 a.m. in the Administrative Office Building. Cityline calendar info is available with local phone numbers.
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The New York Times Book of Science Literacy
The anthology from the Science Times explains science as a process and cites current evidence, not simple facts. Essays cover Newton, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, passive smoking dangers, and fetal viability, with notes on biology education and evolution debates.
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Grant’s Pioneering Dental Work and Tee Patent
This feature highlights George Franklin Grant, born circa 1846 in Oswego New York, Harvard Dental School graduate of 1870 and first black instructor there. He specialized in cleft palate treatment and the oblate palate, and earned a 1899 patent for the golf tee while serving as chair of the mechanical dentistry department.
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