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In a city where 47% of adults are functionally illiterate and only 25% of high school freshmen make it to graduation, U of D is the chute through which bright young men can get to college. The school boasts a near perfect graduation rate and sends 99% of its graduates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesuit Message Drives Detroit's Last Catholic School | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Grayson kicked off his big controversy by taking charts to the floor of the House, which makes for better video. Republicans, he said, have a "health-care plan for America: 'Don't get sick.'" He then added that they also had a plan for the sick: "Die quickly." It was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to the Fun House | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

The Jesuit ideal can also be found in more recent graduates like Will Ahee and Tom Howe. Both grew up in tony communities - Grosse Pointe and Birmingham - that may be geographically close to Detroit but are worlds away culturally. Through U of D, they volunteered with Earthworks, an urban garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesuit Message Drives Detroit's Last Catholic School | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Civility is so 20th century. In today's Congress, the propriety of a gentleman and $5 will get you lots of committee work and a ham sandwich. Embrace the new media landscape, however, and you can break out in the national media fun house as an Internet and cable-news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to the Fun House | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Populists have been doing it for years--telling the common man that politicians are against them or that the political process is a farce. The difference today is that politicians no longer need to broaden their appeal beyond a committed, activist base. And they know more precisely than ever what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to the Fun House | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

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