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...recent Friday when their country's election crisis continued to unfold, a clique well to do Afghans flew kites on dusty Nadir Shah Hill in Kabul. The hill is famous for this - sometimes it is simply called Kite Hill. It is a dusty, rutted place, overlooking the city. "This isn't proper," says Mohammed Ushan, 54, who works at the ministry of construction. "The Municipality of Kabul ought to take better care of this hill." His friend, Aziz Ullah Kukchar, 37, adds that the whole place ought to be developed. "If there was a proper park, and restaurants, and billiards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On a Kabul Hill, the Dogs and Kites of War | 10/25/2009 | See Source »

President Barack Obama flew into Logan airport, visited a bunch of famous MIT professors, and pushed for the passage of his energy and climiate bill at MIT this morning. Oh, and he dissed Harvard, much to FlyBy's chagrin...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Obama Disses Harvard, Pushes Clean Energy | 10/24/2009 | See Source »

President Barack Obama flew into Logan airport, visited a bunch of famous MIT professors, and pushed for the passage of his energy and climiate bill at MIT this morning. Oh, and he dissed Harvard, much to FlyBy's chagrin...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Obama Disses Harvard, Pushes Clean Energy | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...balloon flew last Thursday, rabid coverage filled the airwaves and the Internet. It was forced into the public consciousness and crowded out almost all other news for hours. While Balloon Boy’s father and his convoluted morality may have sparked the media fire, lingering on the hoax itself should not distract from identification of the other, larger, problem at issue—that is, the essence of Richard Heene’s plot was to exploit a sensationalist media. He knew his story would explode as soon as the media caught wind, giving him all the attention...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Sailing Away With Balloon Boy | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...while already under government investigation, flew from Washington's Dulles International Airport to an unnamed foreign country, according to the affidavit. Security inspectors found two small computer "thumb" drives in his luggage. When he returned three weeks later, U.S. agents searched his luggage again and, according to the affidavit, did not find the drives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Accused Spy Stewart Nozette | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

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