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...myths of Watergate look a bit different now that we have a name and a biography to attach to Deep Throat. The real man had scores to settle as a thwarted bureaucrat as well as principles to defend. He is at once a narrative hook for a complicated story of political intrigue and a marketable commodity in this age of celebrity. Yet to look at his record is to realize a deeper truth about Watergate: it was less about one character than about the process working the way it should. And as everyone has long accepted, it wasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Watergate's Last Chapter | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...question-and-answer session after the speech, a student asked Frist why—given the urgency of the bioterror threat—Congress has focused funding on efforts to defend against nuclear attacks. The most recent Pentagon budget, which Frist helped steer through the Senate, allocates $10 billion toward the so-called “Star Wars” ballistic missile shield...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frist Calls for 'Manhattan Project' To Combat Bioterror | 6/1/2005 | See Source »

...willing to learn from HarvardI mean this in the broadest possible sense. Take courses that will challenge your intellect and your conceptions of the world. Participate in discussions that force you to defend how you think, and never be afraid to change your mind. Most importantly, understand that Harvard draws from two different pools of peoplethose who want to be the status quo and those who want to change it. Far too often, those who come to Harvard to change the world have their idealism and creativity sapped by what they feel to be a suffocating atmosphere. Instead of thinking...

Author: By Brandon M. Terry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goodbye... | 5/27/2005 | See Source »

...business. What most journalists are trying to take away from the debacle is a clearer sense of how best to report the news. It appears that some lessons, basic as they might be, need to be relearned. As a chastened Whitaker told TIME, "You have to be prepared to defend the accuracy of everything that appears in the magazine--no matter how short." --With reporting by Sean Gregory and Barbara Kiviat/New York and John F. Dickerson and Douglas Waller/ Washington

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a Story Goes Terribly Wrong | 5/24/2005 | See Source »

...little girl. Nobody ever hurt me or any of the other kids who worked with me on my antibully patrol. Somehow my parents helped me know that I could and should do that. Parents should teach their children to be protective of those youngsters who can't defend themselves. Then maybe there would be fewer incidents in which kids take guns to school to wreak vengeance on their bullying tormentors. Margaret Hill Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

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