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Perhaps. But absent a remarkable change in human nature, it seems unlikely the American multitudes, more concerned with "Survivor" and stock options than with the details of Al Gore's prescription drug plan, will suddenly bestir themselves, flip on CNN, and catch up on all the politics they have missed during our comfortable, decade-long Gilded Age. More likely, a sudden and artificially induced increase in voter turnout would only mean an increase in the number of ill-informed, poorly thought out and just plain stupid votes. To be blunt, most of the people who don't vote, shouldn...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: In Praise of Low Voter Turnout | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

Moral issues aside, TF can make or break a student's experience in a course. Currently, undergraduates can choose courses based on the professor. In introductory language courses, where the professor is often absent, or in larger Core classes and intro courses, a student deserves to know who might be grading his or her work, and who will be answering questions...

Author: By John M. Destefano, | Title: Revealing Our Invisible Guides | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

Conspicuously absent from the bitter end were Pop's architects: Spielberg, Howard, DreamWorks pals Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen and Howard's partner Brian Grazer. Pulling the plug and skipping the farewell party were among the few things in Pop's short and troubled history that found all five in agreement. "Thank God I've got another occupation," says Grazer. "I love going from foxhole to foxhole in movies and television, but the Internet space is Vietnam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tinseltown Titans Caught in a Web | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...Absent clear guidelines about the status of private college police agencies operating in municipal areas, Harvard administrators are often left to define the depth and breadth of the department's authority. They must judge whether HUPD should police private property such as the final clubs, student organizations like the Lampoon or even frequent student haunts like The Crimson Sports Grille...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad and Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Crossing the Line | 9/15/2000 | See Source »

...when pop culture raises the dead, it also raises a tension between faith and logic. Even for the secular, accepting death often involves a belief, absent proof, about the undiscovered country beyond life. These programs fill a hunger, sneered at by hip media insiders, for soul food, but they also risk oversimplifying an eternal conundrum. Offering easy evidence of something beyond, however heartwarming, runs counter to faith. And faith--religious or otherwise--is all most of us have to make do with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Ghosts in the Machine | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

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