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But as the great geneticist slunk back to the U.S. on Friday - his sold-out U.K. tour for his new book called Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science canceled after the apparently racist remarks he made to Britain's Sunday Times Magazine last weekend - it's clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mortification of James Watson | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

Libertarians and communitarians (to continue this unjustified generalizing) are different character types. Communitarians tend to be bossy, boring and self-important, if they're not being oversweetened and touchy-feely. Libertarians, by contrast, are not the selfish monsters you might expect. They are earnest and impractical--eager to corner you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libertarians Rising | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

Welcome to Harvard, where the students are terrified of making a scene. (We’re also really boring apparently.) Of course people should say controversial things in public—yes, even at ceremonial events. Good heavens, what else are public speeches for?

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: The Virtue We Forgot | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

I don't know. I'm actually not exactly sure if that was the reason. I suppose it could be. I remember my coach, Carlo Fassi, always saying to people, 'Oh, Dorothy's mother makes her nervous and Dorothy never skates well when her mother is in the arena.' It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Dorothy Hamill | 10/8/2007 | See Source »

When a director says her play is about “The Gay Holocaust,” it’s tough to know exactly what the audience is in for. Rachel E. Flynn ‘09, a comparative study of religion concentrator from Quincy House, is directing Martin...

Author: By Scott A. Zuccarino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Rachel E. Flynn '09 | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

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