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Roscoe Bartlett

I was supposed to go somewhere yesterday afternoon when I turned on C-Span and saw a somewhat stooped old guy on the House floor talking about the end of oil supplies, whipping out one chart after another. The guy was obviously too scientific to be a politician. He looked and sounded like a cross between Mr. Wizard and Johnny Appleseed, as he explained that the depletion of oil will cause great economic and possibly civic disruption unless we get on the stick now.  read more »

As I soon discovered, this prophetic figure is Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland, who turns 80 in two weeks. ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33177#comments Bart Anderson Bartlett Johnny Appleseed Palo Alto Wed, 17 May 2006 09:37:11 -0400 Observer Staff 33177 at http://www.observer.com A Polymath in the Garden Contemplates Codependency http://www.observer.com/node/44502 The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World , by Michael Pollan.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/44502#comments Arts & Culture Johnny Appleseed Michael Pollan Monsanto Company Random House Inc. Sun, 27 May 2001 20:00:00 -0400 Ursula Buchan 44502 at http://www.observer.com