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It was during the late 1840s that the archetypal American migration, wagons of pioneers rolling into the West, began in earnest. What had been an insignificant trickle of immigrants in the early '40s, only dozens a year, increased 10 or 20 times during the middle of the decade, and then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1848: When America Came of Age | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

Though the aspirations of Harvard students may make it difficult for us to imagine a time when people desired to be “average,” the social history of public opinion polls tells a different story.The acceptance of the idea that an individual needs quantitative data in...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Igo’s History Scores Above ‘Average’ | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

Well they might, for there is no evidence that incoming workers have systematically displaced locals or stolen their jobs. Unemployment is higher in France, from which Poles were turned away, than in Britain where they were welcomed. The jobless rate in Ireland is just 4.5%, and job vacancy rates reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How The West Was Won | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

Compared to latkes—which Dershowitz said are also highly addictive—it is possible to just eat one hamantash, a triangular cookie often containing poppy-seed filling.

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Latkes vs. Hamantashen: The Promised Food | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

The Human Swarm As the debate on carbon emissions and climate change heats up [Jan. 29], I am amazed that a lot of discussions ignore one of the main causes of environmental degradation: overpopulation. We have been breeding like locusts, filling every available space and devouring all available resources. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

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