You gotta look at the source of this horse manure. The New York Times and Harvard.
The New York Times is infamous for conducting a political opinion poll where 48 per cent of the poll sample were Democrats, only 24 per cent were Republicans and the remaining 28 per cent were Independents who had voted for Obama. The Sunday Magazine issue of the NYT this recent July 4th Weekend had an article that alluded to "Green Is Now The New Red, White, And Blue"; don't use those evil carbon fired or gas powered grills, stay away from those awful red meat hot dogs and ground beef sandwiches and join our First family dining on wholesome arugala instead.
Harvard, dear old Hahhvahhd. Remember several years ago when then Harvard President Lawrence Summers suggested that perhaps by thinking out of the box about real differences in the way the genders are physiologcally and anatomically constructed might account for the disparities in test scores and performance between the genders in some fields of endeavor. Suddenly some of the faculty members listening to Mr Summers began hyperventilating uncontrollably, bizzarely running in circles, and screaming hysterically for airplane vomit bags. Harvard is also the University of Distinction that published a study the Thursday before this last Fourth Of July that said their research indicated that attending too many Fourth of July Parades, too many Fourth of July Fireworks displays, too many family cookouts replete with hotdogs, hamburgs, and cold beer had a pronounced tendency to turn ordinary, honest, hard working, everyday Americans into those Evil Republicans.
There's a question to be asked. What are they smoking up there on the banks of the River Charles, or do they have an agenda?