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Recycling: Are the Benefits Worth the Cost?
Mandatory recycling has become a way of life in more and more places, but critics dismiss it as an easy way for politicians to make guilty consumers feel better about themselves. We hear both sides as the holiday season gets underway.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenMandatory recycling has become a way of life in more and more places, but critics dismiss it as an easy way for politicians to make guilty consumers feel better about themselves. We hear both sides as the holiday season gets underway.
Later on the program, nine years of personal interviews with George H.W. Bush.
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3 storiesWill Amazon Thwart Black Friday Retailers?
The day after Thanksgiving has been the biggest shopping day of the year. Last year, Black Friday saw sales of $2.4 billion -- a 24% increase over the year before. Will that happen again today? Not if Amazon, the giant of online shopping, has its way, says Marcus Wohlsen, who covers business and technology for Wired magazine.
Read the story7 minRecycling: Are the Benefits Worth the Cost?
It's been 20 years since John Tierney first argued in the New York Times magazine that the benefits of recycling were not worth the cost. Since then, the recycling movement has vastly expanded. But, this past weekend, Tierney wrote that it's as inefficient as ever — and he compared the movement to a "religious ritual."
Read the story34 minJon Meacham on the Destiny and Power of H.W. Bush
Nine years of personal interviews with America's 41st President have produced 900-pages of sometimes intimate revelations about George H. W. Bush. The 41st president is the subject of the new book Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush .
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