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...life their philosophical conversation. Even though Nadler does not truly make an argument for any of the ways to view the world or fit them within a larger argument of his own, he offers the reader an introduction into the world as the three philosophers saw it.The three philosophers focus on questions of God’s identity and his intentions in creating the world the way it is. Is this the best world that God could have created? If it is, why does evil exist? If God could have created better worlds, why would he have chosen to create...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Book Reveals World of Philosophers | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...That's where the focus of investors ought to be: not on bailouts or the economic stimulus package du jour, but on the economy itself. All over the world, indicators are flashing red. American consumer confidence and spending have plunged. China's Guangdong province, the boiler room of the global expansion earlier this decade, recently reported its economy in the first nine months of 2008 grew at the slowest pace in 15 years. Most of the G-7 economies have already experienced one quarter of negative growth and will likely experience a recession. Small emerging economies are under serious strain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for the Bottom | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...We’re going for the win and Columbia is our only focus,” he added...

Author: By Nico S. Theofanidis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Enters Weekend in Three-Way Tie Atop Ivies | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...prestigious university may stay and finish the final two years, taking a second, more difficult set of exams senior year. "We want students who are ready to be able to move on to their higher education," says Lyonel Tracy, New Hampshire's Commissioner for Education. "And then we can focus even more attention on those kids who need more help to get there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Be Able to Graduate After 10th Grade? | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...cold January night in Iowa that he calls the highlight of the whole campaign, he offered a glimpse of the possible. Caucus-night victory speeches are usually sweaty affairs in crowded rooms full of debts to pay off. But Obama got up in his tightened tie and with total focus, in front of a teleprompter so he'd be sure to get it exactly right, delivered what even skeptics called one of the great political sermons of our time. "They said this day would never come," he declared. "They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama Rewrote the Book | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

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