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Allston residents said last night that Harvard’s proposal for community benefits was insufficient and demanded that the University commit to providing the neighborhood with a community school and health center before the construction of its multi-building science complex commences this spring...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allston Residents Demand Benefits | 12/11/2007 | See Source »

...genocide that’s going on and the infanticide in our own country with the slaughter of millions of unborn children.” Certainly Huckabee faces many hurdles. He personally intervened to let a convicted murderer and rapist, Wayne DuMond, out of jail, only for DuMond to commit rape and murder again. He has also been heavily criticized by groups like the Club for Growth for an extreme number of tax increases as governor. Finally, he has nearly no foreign policy experience, and his vague statements on Iraq coupled with his ignorance regarding the recent National Intelligence Estimate...

Author: By Jarret A. Zafran | Title: Mike and the Chocolate Factory | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...group therapy. At a town hall focused on global climate change in Portsmouth, McCain called on a severely disabled man who identified himself as Greg. He brought one of McCain's books to sign, but his rambling preamble took a dramatic turn: He asked McCain if he should commit suicide. "Wouldn't it be better to let me die and let others consume?" Greg asked, "I really don't see any point in continuing because... it's hard to support me. And it's pointless to sit here and use the resources when they could go someone to else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Town Hall Comeback? | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

Couples can commit to each other even if they live far apart or the law bars same-sex marriage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wedcasting | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...among historians it is customary to present facts to bolster an argument. I defy Professor Dershowitz to cite any statement of mine that is “against Israel.” My criticism of President Bollinger revolved around the part of his speech that seemed to commit Columbia University to support of the Bush administration’s war in Iraq, and to blame Iran for the violence there. When introducing a foreign head of state, the president of a university is not simply expressing his “personal views,” as Dershowitz claims, but speaking...

Author: By Eric Foner | Title: Criticism of Speech Does Not Equate to Silencing | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

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