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Japan halts US beef importsFrom correspondents in TokyoDecember 24, 2003JAPAN has temporarily banned the import of American beef after the US reported its first suspected case of mad cow disease, an official said today. "We are now withholding the issuance of import permits" on US beef, said Japanese agriculture ministry spokesman Hiroaki Ogura. "That means for now, (beef) imports have been banned." He said the measure enacted early this morning was temporary until further information could be gathered. US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced that a cow from Washington state had tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad...

<p>Don't accuse Michael Moore of being objective.</p> <p>"I don't believe in objectivity," says the filmmaker. "I don't believe that any newspaper's objective. I believe there's subjectivity in every article, and where every article is placed. We're human beings, we're subjective animals, we're not machines."</p>

        Home           Join the ACU   Order The Book Introduction     Chapter 1      Chapter 2   Chapter 3    Chapter 4         Chapter 5             Chapter 6           Chapter 7     Chapter 8    Chapter 9       Chapter 10         Chapter 11     Notes Hillary Rodham Clinton What Every American Should Know Chapter 3 Cattlegate In 1978—as her husband was on the verge of election as governor of Arkansas—Hillary was dabbling in cattle futures. At the time, the combined income of the Clintons was around $60,000; so Hillary couldn’t risk a lot—a mere $1,000 to dip her toe into an uncertain stream. However, it turned out she was enormously lucky—so lucky, in fact, that a lot of cynics in Arkansas and elsewhere came...