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...Whatever a customer wants, we provide," says Roger Bourget, CEO of Bourget's Bike Works in Phoenix. "We build egos for guys." Bourget and other motorcycle craftsmen tailor bikes like fine suits. For speed demons, that might mean top suspension and a light chassis. For touring long distances, the custom biker will ask for an intercom system and heated seats and handlebars. Just cruising? He can do that on a chopper or a bagger with a hand-painted body and intricately detailed metalwork. The American artist Michael Godard ordered an $85,000 gangster-themed chopper with images from his collections...

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

President George W. Bush has long been against Kyoto and any form of mandatory carbon-emissions cuts, making the U.S. a roadblock at past U.N. climate meetings. But a Democratic Congress and increasing green action at the local level could mean a more cooperative U.S. at Bali...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting a Climate Deal | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...trying to get the latest gossip on her own daughter, until finally she turned on the girl and told Megan she was “a bad person and everybody hates you.” The pain was too much, and Megan killed herself shortly after receiving these very mean messages...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein | Title: Criminalizing Meanness | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...fact is that there are many people in the world; some lie, some are very mean. Legislation “protecting” us from these types of people is excessive and panders to an emotional story at the expense of the individual’s right to free speech...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein | Title: Criminalizing Meanness | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...Those are really the only skills that Harvard will really provide,” Barnhill says. “I mean, the education is great, but it’s impractical...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Holding Old Ties, Wearing New Ones | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

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