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What does it take to be important in America?
BY LEE H. HAMILTON Maybe it’s the perspective a long life brings, but I eye with some skepticism the glut of “personal brands” that assault us every day. Celebrities, politicians, journalists—all are “important” in terms of the attention they garner. But who’s really important, and why? My own list would start with some obvious choices.
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Global food shortages: How does your garden (or pantry) grow?
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP “President Joe Biden and other leaders of the world’s major industrialized democracies pledged action March 24 to address food shortages caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine,” Politico reports. Biden says food shortages “are going to be real,” although he seems to see them as an opportunity to increase US grain production
