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Despite all the publicity and media attention, Shaklee is still a secret to many people, perhaps because the company buys no advertising and its products cannot be found in supermarkets. According to the Kline Group, 89% of cleaning products sold last year in the U.S. were bought in food stores and from mass merchandisers. So why on earth hasn't Barnett moved away from the Mary Kay model and put Shaklee on the shelves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting the Green Into Clean | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...distracted by protracted anecdotes.Still, there exists a perverse preoccupation with “sharing our stories” and “putting a face” on an issue. For proponents of the loud and proud pro-choice movement, this means discussion of abortion in political arenas cannot be effective without emotional narratives from women who’ve experienced abortion. Yet keeping what is personal private does not run counter to a movement. In fact, there is something contradictory about tying personally speaking out to ensuring abortion rights. When Roe v. Wade was handed down...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Pro-Politeness | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...told the Crimson she often wondered: “Am I doing the right thing? Is this the most effective strategy?” Good questions. Unfortunately, she evidently arrived at the wrong conclusion. The severity of the hunger strike as a tool of political protest cannot be overstated; It ought to only be employed in matters of proportional gravity. By this criterion, the 10-day strike initiated by Columbia undergraduates, which ended on Friday night, was misguided in its methods, if not its professed aims. Seven students and one professor participated in the strike which, according to their blog...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Prudence in Protest | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...came up with is that we are ‘out of balance,’” Casey said. He added that the U.S. military is still the best in the world, but that “we are so consumed by the current mission that we cannot sustain and prepare our forces to do other things.” Casey, who was humorous at times, impressed some in the audience with his candor. “It was very surprising that he seemed very non-military, civilian easy-going,” said Henry Charrab?...

Author: By Daniel I. Brenner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: General Warns U.S. of Future Global Conflict | 11/16/2007 | See Source »

...would think it obvious that a room full of serious academics ought to support such a non-partisan, non-confrontational affirmation of free speech and academic inquiry. But on Tuesday, the motion was tabled. “People with a broad range of perspectives” now cannot “feel safe” here. Even as I write these words, I can’t help looking over my shoulder for the pack of torch-wielding, PhD-holding barbarians who are doubtless closing in on me, hateful of my broad range of perspectives...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Harvard Sucks | 11/16/2007 | See Source »

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