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...paper has also dispatched general-assignment reporter Dan Richman to cover the story, with Andrea James pitching in. Richman declined to discuss his plans, though some of the columnists have not been so coy. The news "hit like a chunk of loose viaduct," wrote sports columnist Art Thiel. "I expected to react to this somber state of affairs by getting drunk, but I haven't," wrote fellow sports columnist Jim Moore. Editorial cartoonist David Horsey, who, as McCumber puts it, legally owns two Pulitzers, observed that owning a newspaper is "quite suddenly a sucker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Seattle Newspaper Writes Its Own Obituary | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...universally rational” values which ultimately rest upon Western liberalism—toward intercultural and intracultural pragmatism. Article 7 of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders asserts that “everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to develop and discuss new human rights ideas and principles and to advocate their acceptance.” The HRW notes that LGBT activists, such as Mr. Diadji Diouf and his colleagues, have a high propensity for victimization via violation of Article 7.But what does this mean to the Senegalese state and the 94 percent...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Human Rights 2.0 | 1/13/2009 | See Source »

...accomplished in Denizet-Lewis' attempt to expand the definition of addiction, to truly show it as the disease its victims see it to be rather than as a failing of morals or of willpower. Of course he's far from disinterested, as he uses part of the book to discuss his own addiction. Still, he ends on a thought-provoking note. Again, the words come from Jody, the afflicted, conflicted addiction counselor. "We don't have nearly enough people out there screaming until something changes, until we start devoting real money and resources to fighting this disease ... When will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Many Faces of Addiction | 1/12/2009 | See Source »

...Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Mass. From there, he hoped to apply to an American university.“That’s why I was playing basketball 100 percent and going to school at the highest level I could,” he says.Yelbi is hesitant to discuss details of his time at Notre Dame. He says that he prefers to focus on his life after entering the HSHS. But Ganong says that at Notre Dame, Yelbi received little support for his college aspirations. “Even though he’s got a lot of drive...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom and Gordon Y. Liao, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Student Finds Home At Harvard Shelter | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...full-length albums,” Spaniola said.Another central architect of this expansion has been Powers. With five years of experience as a recording engineer, Powers came to Spaniola last fall interested in joining the label. He began running recording workshops, and met with Spaniola over the summer to discuss Veritas’ direction.“We all wanted to turn this into a legitimate label where we signed artists,” Powers said. “Once we’d set down that model for the label, we asked ‘How are we going...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Veritas Aims for the Stars | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

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