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...prime minister's lawyers described the police decision as "meaningless." A statement by Olmert's attorneys said: "We will wait patiently for the decision of the attorney general. Unlike the police, he is aware of the heavy responsibility he holds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olmert Charges Grow More Likely | 9/7/2008 | See Source »

...important (but ultimately meaningless) Iowa straw poll, Mitt Romney finishes first, Mike Huckabee comes in second and McCain 10th--second to last--with 101 votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...think it is absolutely meaningless," John S. Sheffield '09, a social studies concentrator in Pforzheimer House, said of the rankings in a phone interview. "Unless these indicators really mean something to students, these rankings don't really mean anything except hype...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Princeton, But Students Dismiss Rankings | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...larger problem is that the Presidential campaign has been captured by a mostly meaningless debate over offshore drilling, which is obscuring a far more relevant question regarding the energy crisis: how can America develop workable alternative fuels - right here and right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting US Energy in the Wrong Place | 8/20/2008 | See Source »

...Predator. If the purpose of the Olympics is to make the world more peaceful, maybe the reason it hasn't succeeded is that the Games aren't warlike enough. The ancient Greeks got themselves oiled up to wrestle for a good reason: to channel their bloodlust into something meaningless. Also because they were crazy gay. Globalization has made getting along with countries we've never heard of more important, and the best way to do that is to beat the crap out of them in sports we've never heard of and then rub their faces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising the Stakes at the Olympics | 8/20/2008 | See Source »

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