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While this complex can certainly apply to guys as well, it seems to be most common among female undergrads. This is the kind of girl who never received anything below a 100 percent on any school assignment. Ever. But the complex goes beyond grades; it’s the kind...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Avoid These Crazy Harvardians | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

But that in and of itself seems to violate the AEDPA, which specifically bars the district judges from having anything more to do with this case. This wrinkle sent Justice Antonin Scalia to his writing desk. In a dissent joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, Scalia noted the odd fact that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Davis Ruling Raises New Death-Penalty Questions | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

Earlier this year, Ethiopia's parliament passed a tough new law seeking to regulate charities and foreign humanitarian groups in the country. The law, which labels as foreign any local organization that gets more than 10% of its funding from abroad, restricts charity work on issues related to gender, ethnicity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drought and Famine: Ethiopia's Cycle Continues | 8/15/2009 | See Source »

In face of the challenge, U.S. officials have earmarked $4 million to help bolster Mexican prisons, part of an aid package to support the fight against the drug armies. Calderon has also promised to build more pens to cope with the burgeoning numbers. But some working in the prison system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Think California's Prisons are a Problem? Look at Mexico's | 8/14/2009 | See Source »

Criminals still run their operations from behind bars. They communicate with their colleagues by way of visiting family members and lawyers; but the crooks have often been found with cell phones smuggled passed the barbed wire fences and watch towers. Phone calls have even been traced to attempts to extort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Think California's Prisons are a Problem? Look at Mexico's | 8/14/2009 | See Source »

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