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...opposition. IRELAND Ahern vs. Apathy Prime Minister Bertie Ahern picked up enough support from voters to win a second term. His Fianna F?il party rode a strong economic performance to secure the most seats in Dáil Eireann, Ireland's House of Representatives. But wealth and bad weather bred apathy: turnout fell sharply. Attention also focused on seats won by members of Sinn Féin, the political wing of the I.R.A. Their election could help seal the organization's shift from violence into mainstream Irish politics. MIDDLE EAST Election Talk Under pressure from all sides to broaden political...
...with the exception of all poodles and the occasional sissy hamster - are not absolutely controllable. We do maintain sway over cats and dogs, primarily because their social hierarchy allows us humans to neatly insert ourselves in the dominant position. But while domesticated pets have had much of the wild bred out of them, they are still, at heart, animals - something your dog or cat is happy to remind you of, with a sharp nip or bark, should you ever forget, and try, say, to dress little Mitzi in a sweater. (If you are the kind of person who makes your...
...Harvard students know the city to Cambridge’s northeast as anything other than a place of cheap housing and people with funny Boston accents. FM puhsuaded—sorry, persuaded—born-and-bred Somervillian Michael A. Capuano ’03-’04 to show us the city’s hidden side. In this exclusive driving tour, we answer all your burning Somerville questions: Which video stores have gotten run out of business by the cops? Where do high school kids go to drink? And which Dunkin’ Donuts rooftops are occupied...
Like its namesake, Seabiscuit has been a prolific sire: its success has bred a Seattle Slew of horse books. If you have read the story of Seabiscuit's unlikely rise, you will appreciate the utter foolhardiness of James Squires, who, when he lost his job as the editor of the Chicago Tribune, blew his golden parachute on a tiny horse farm in the green heart of Kentucky. In Horse of a Different Color (PublicAffairs; 320 pages; $26), Squires tells the story of how, as a relative amateur, he bred an undersize gray foal who made his way through the maze...
...tests. Among other misdeeds, she scanned Justin’s name into another student’s SAT score results and allowed him to memorize answers to an IQ test. Ms. Chapman’s deceptive actions are clearly worthy of scorn. But our current education system, which bred Ms. Chapman’s behavior, is just as worthy of criticism...