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That mistrust provides fertile ground for the Kaczynski brothers' conspiracy-minded brand of politics. Founded in 2001, PIS promised to rid Poland of what it calls the uklad, a supposed cabal of former communist officials and businessmen who they claim have controlled the country since 1989. Radek Sikorski, a former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Relative Values: The Kaczynski Brothers | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

In the spring of his senior year of high school, Marco A. Morales had to make a choice between a number of excellent schools. One was the historically elite and notoriously expensive Harvard, with its total cost per year surpassing $41,000 in 2007. Another was the Franklin W. Olin...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Why Can't Harvard Be Free? | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

Except that's not exactly what the data shows. It's true that controlling for socioeconomic status (SES) eliminates most of the public-school/private-school differences in achievement-test scores in math, reading, science and history. But even after you control for SES, Catholic schools run by holy orders (not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Private Schools Really Better? | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

This week the Catholic News Service reported that the cause for the canonization of Mother Teresa could "cross its last hurdle" if the Vatican validated a cure reported by a priest in Guwahati, India, on Sept. 5, the 10th anniversary of the beloved nun's death. The cure in question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mother Teresa and the Kidney Stone | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

A Catholic convert who grew up in a Hindu household, Jindal has made his name by aligning himself with the cultural conservative wing of the Republican Party, fiercely opposing stem cell research and abortion while favoring the teaching of Intelligent Design in public schools. The strategy has helped his standing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Coming of Bobby Jindal | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

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