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...Red’s keeper, Megan Bartlett, stopped each attempt to keep the game scoreless entering the intermission...

Author: By Christen B. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Maintains 16-Year Streak | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...Germany, particularly in the run-up to the elections, there has been an unfortunate discussion about justice in the former G.D.R. The hard-left party Die Linke is driving a campaign to reject the term state of injustice when talking about the regime in East Germany. This is another attempt to play down a dictatorship that destroyed families and careers, killed people in jail and at the Wall, and built a monstrous system of control and terror with access to all sectors of daily life. Young Germans learn a lot about the crime and terror in Nazi Germany. Unfortunately, their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

Recently in Germany there has been a discussion about justice in the former G.D.R., espoused by the hard-left party Die Linke who are seeking to reject the term state of injustice when talking about the regime. This is another attempt to play down a dictatorship that destroyed families and careers, killed people and built a monstrous system of control and terror across all sectors of daily life. Young Germans learn a lot about the crime and terror in Nazi Germany. Unfortunately, their knowledge of the inhumanity of the former G.D.R. regime is often close to zero. Maik G. Seewald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany United | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

...palace. An adult Moses murders an Egyptian for beating "one of his kinsmen," then flees to the desert, where, later, a voice in a burning bush recruits him to free the Israelites. This moment represents Moses' first leadership test: Will he cling to his unburdened life or attempt to free a people enslaved for centuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Moses Shaped America | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

Third, the one on Sinai takes the heat. The Bible outlines at least a dozen rebellions in which the people attempt to overthrow Moses. In a striking parallel to Obama, the Israelites even question Moses' birthright: "Who made you leader over us?" God offers to destroy the people, but Moses brokers a compromise. The strongest leaders face the harshest criticism and hold fast against their naysayers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Moses Shaped America | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

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