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Freshman Congressman Heath Shuler (D-NC), a former quarterback for the New Orleans Saints in town for the Democratic National Convention, was one of the many in attendance and applauded the effort to spread financial literacy...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Denver Students Play 'Financial Football' | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

...would never admit this, and my dad warned me of this, but the libido does lose a little as you get older. Nature is cruel! As you get older, as you get into your 50s, it is more effort to get into liftoff. I'm 55, and it's a bit of a strain, but it's not to the point where it's a chore because then I just wouldn't do it. I don't have to do porn anymore for economic reasons. However, I like to stay current. I don't want to be an ex-porn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ron Jeremy: My Life as a Porn Star | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

...recent effort among some college leaders to discredit the rankings is part of a long history of attacks on what The Chronicle of Higher Education has termed "higher education's favorite punching...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Princeton, But Students Dismiss Rankings | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...know that Obama was far from a city pump operator with regular hours, nor did she show any real inclination to be a stay-at-home mom. But it is her connection to traditional middle-class values that drives her still to make an effort to put her children first and seemingly removes any desire to run for public office herself, though many have suggested it over the years. Her hint of nuclear-family nostalgia is also what helps make this very strong woman a much less threatening figure to the audiences who have throughout the campaign warmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michelle Obama's Savvy Sacrifice | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...Paul Thomas Anderson, of There Will Be Blood renown). But the movie is less a one-man show than a highly complex, finely tuned product, manufactured by an army of geek specialists and cyber-grease monkeys. What Death Race loses in soul - which would be extraneous baggage in an effort like this - it gains in group ingenuity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Race: Worth a Test Drive | 8/24/2008 | See Source »

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