Walk by the Latter-day Saints church on the Upper East Side of New York, and you will see only images of Jesus and scenes from the Gospels, even if the Mormon Jesus looks more corn-fed and burly than the gaunt, ascetic one in the Protestant church around the corner.

NEWYORKER: I, Nephi

Meanwhile, to keep the corn-growers well fed, the government has been levying a tariff of 54 cents a gallon on imported ethanol.

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