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...just a minor role in.” Curll said she wanted the book, her first, to “level the playing field,” and give guidance to individuals without access to pre-law advising. Another of Curll’s Law School admits, David S. Friedman ’93, the first assistant to the Massachusetts attorney general, said her book stands out from the plethora of admission-advice guides. “Joyce knows about the subtle differences that tip the scales,” he said. “To have an insider?...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former HLS Dean Gives Advice | 11/11/2008 | See Source »

...their work.On the other hand, Poundstone’s politicos, with notable exceptions, tend toward corruption and megalomania. He spends ample time discussing the stranger-than-fiction behaviors of Nader and Ross Perot, and also sheds light upon more obscure third-party candidates. Perhaps most memorable are Kinky Friedman, a Jewish country singer who made a run for Texas governor in 2006, and Ilona Staller, an Italian porn star who was elected to Italy’s Parliament in 1987.The author further enlivens his text by employing clever examples. Many concepts of voting theory are quite difficult to understand...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pundit Finds Voting To Be Flawed | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...peek at Suskind’s author photo, but then I remembered that incandescent wisdom-auras can’t be photographed. They can only be basked in. HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED: WHY WE NEED A GREEN REVOLUTION—AND HOW IT CAN RENEW AMERICA by Thomas L. Friedman The painting that stretches across the top and bottom thirds of this hardback is the middle panel of “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” a 16th-century triptych by Hieronymous Bosch. The painting depicts, among many other things, naked people and imaginary creatures fiddling around...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: By Its Cover | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...plays is its rather disjointed plot line and lack of a coherent narrative structure. However, the basic story revolves around Raymond (Alex R. Breaux ’09) and Dora (Sarah A. Sherman ’09), an ostensibly typical married couple raising their teenage daughter Susanna (Tali B. Friedman ’10) in blissful ignorance of the bizarre tragedy that will soon threaten their familial ties. This semblance of peace is soon disturbed by the emergence of Mr. William Hard (Jack C. Cutmore-Scott ’10), an enigmatic foreigner dressed all in black who confronts...

Author: By Eunice Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hyacinth Macaw Impresses Again | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

...control inflation of the 1970s wreaked havoc with Keynesian fine-tuning and seemed to confirm the criticisms of Lucas and Friedman. But their victory was never complete. The U.S. economic boom of the 1980s was at least partly the result of deficit spending. As financial crises battered much of the world in the 1990s, governments turned to tools devised by Keynes simply because other approaches didn't work. And behavioral economic research has since shown that most humans are awfully shortsighted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Comeback Keynes | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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