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...didn’t take a storm to take everything away from them,” Beasley said of the low-income victims in New Orleans. “Not only did it destroy the nicer parts of the city. It also destroyed the bad parts of town. Are we going to rebuild those parts? We cannot allow this possibility of a blessing to pass...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vigil Spotlights Student Volunteers | 9/20/2005 | See Source »

...synagogues in the evacuated settlements. The synagogues were deconsecrated before the last Israeli soldiers withdrew. Still, Israelis are reminded of tragic episodes in Jewish history when they see a synagogue burning. Certainly, the synagogues have been a problematic issue. Many rabbis argue that it's forbidden for Jews to destroy a synagogue, unless another is being built. The chief rabbi of the army was able to find a rather hair-splitting justification for dismantling the synagogues entirely, which the army went to Israel's High Court to defend. After doing so, the army found itself undermined when Defense Minister Shaul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Controls Gaza? | 9/13/2005 | See Source »

Though academics who research New Orleans culture and history say they believe Hurricane Katrina did not destroy evidence important in their work, the hurricane may change the way their research will be received by the scholarly community...

Author: By Sara E. Polsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Storm Recasts Study of Gulf Coast | 9/12/2005 | See Source »

...drug rehab four times and now has a very modest job and apartment. In writing our wills (assets about $3 million), we are unsure how to leave a medical trust for her. Any money she receives will be ill spent. If her sister is the trustee, that will destroy what's left of their relationship. My accountant says his firm does this service. But how can I be sure the fees won't eat up the trust? Also, the accountant is in his 60s. If someone else ends up handling this, how will I know she is receiving money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Francine | 9/4/2005 | See Source »

...GOOGLE ANNOUNCES PLAN TO DESTROY ALL INFORMATION IT CAN'T INDEX." --Fake news headline from THE ONION...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: Sep. 12, 2005 | 9/4/2005 | See Source »

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