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...produces fewer than 600 motorcycles a year, and some collectors can't get enough. Enthusiast Mark Meeberg owns 18 custom-made Bourget's, and his collection is valued at more than $1 million. Meeberg, who made his fortune as the owner of a commercial reconstruction business, speaks of the "freedom" he feels while riding. On his $135,000 Cobra, every piece of metal is streamlined to the machine so there is not a straight line on the bike, and that union of form and function takes his mind off everything else. "I have a real high-stress business, but when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two-Wheeled Ego Boosters | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...anyone without due process. For civil society to function again, the emergency must be lifted immediately, and these extraordinary powers must be relinquished. The deposed judges must be reinstated, and the censorship and harassment of the media must end. Draconian ordinances, passed by Musharraf during the emergency, curbing the freedom of the press have to be repealed. The recent amendment to the Army Act, which allows military courts to try civilians, must also be abolished. And most importantly, Musharraf must resign from the presidency. His recent actions have lost him all credibility in the eyes of the Pakistani public...

Author: By Shayan Rajani and Hasan Siddiqi | Title: A Coup Against the People | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...apart by the US-backed mujahideen. Mullah Mohammed Omar, the founder of the Taliban and ultimately the man who imposed the harsh religious law for which the Taliban became infamous, had fought against the Soviet Union in the 1980s with forces President Ronald Reagan lauded as “freedom fighters.” Gannon describes him as a man with no aspirations to government and his organization as one with no intention of ever becoming a terrorist harbor. She also refutes the commonly-held belief that Omar was close with bin Laden from the Taliban’s inception...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Infidel’ Offers Insights on Afghanistan | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...vote next month. The motion is not about protecting free speech, but privileging anti-Israel criticism, justified or not. In most Middle Eastern countries, the only permitted form of protest is criticism of Israel. Harvard must not allow itself to become the Western outpost of this false freedom...

Author: By Julia I. Bertelsmann | Title: Who’s Really Trembling? | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

...proponents say the best way for Colombia to continue to make progress on freedom and democracy is through economic growth and the engagement that comes with a trade deal. "The FTA allows internal observation of what's happening in Colombia," said Gutierrez. The agreement has special protocols that require Colombia to uphold international labor rights standards. "What I don't understand is how labor will be helped if there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: See Colombia. Ratify Free Trade | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

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