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For Sting, a singer who grew up delivering milk early mornings with his father in the coal mining and shipbuilding town of Wallsend, England, those themes of class struggle drew him to his character. "There's the Dionysos archetype from Greek mythology, and then there's this communist steelworker who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Night at the Opera with Sting and Elvis | 11/25/2008 | See Source »

Given the shifting character and unpredictability of land use and tenure it is difficult to predict how the needs of farmers will change in the future. Thus, turning over large tracts of “free” land to biofuel production is risky for local populations who may otherwise...

Author: By Megan A. Shutzer | Title: Only in America | 11/25/2008 | See Source »

But how long can a practice languish in obsolescence and still be called a tradition? If anything, Harvard has proven itself actively hostile to the notion of a Game-inspired festival of self-celebration, a surprising counterpoint to the self-obsessed character many ascribe to our student body. Whether this...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: Pep Poise | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

Kyle Q. Haddad-Fonda ’09 and Malorie N. Snider ’09 have been named among the 32 American men and women chosen as Rhodes Scholars, according to a press release issued by the Rhodes Trust Saturday. The Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most widely recognized...

Author: By Michael A. Sun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seniors Named Rhodes Scholars | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

"My favorite ad of the campaign was as simple as it could be," Davis said. "And it started out something like, 'Long before the world knew of John McCain or Barack Obama, one of them spent five years in a hellhole because he refused early release to honor his fellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Anti-Obama Campaign That Didn't Happen | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

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