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...chance that eventually we'll return all this kindness with the profligate spending the government once decried but now would like to harness to restart the economy. But human nature is funny that way. In dangerous times, we clench and squint at the deal that looks too good to miss, suspecting that it must be too good to be true. Is the store with the supercheap flat screens going to go bust and thus not be there to honor the "free" extended warranty? Is there something ... wrong ... with that free cheese? Store owners will tell you horror stories about shoppers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In a Recession, the Consumer Is Queen | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...child-rearing. Kreuzer has explained to his children that they must abide by their grandparents' rules, e.g., no roughhousing indoors. "My in-laws really help out with the kids while my wife and I are working," he says. "I know that once we move out, my children will miss their time together with Grandma and Pop-Pop." Once we move out? That brings up one last point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bunking In with Mom and Dad | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...crystal clarity, if people notice it, might actually detract from their involvement in the film. And the majority of movies can't be called visually sumptuous. You could watch a Will Ferrell or Adam Sandler picture on the oldest TV set, with tinfoil on the rabbit ears, and not miss the important stuff: the comic spectacle of men behaving like boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Blu-ray Worth Getting? | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson really should have won this game when the two met in Cambridge earlier this month. Harvard will have senior forward and Palestra favorite Evan Harris back, but junior Doug Miller will probably miss out. Guard Harrison Gaines is back for the Quakers after being sick for the earlier fixture. Advantage Penn. The Crimson must wait another year to win a game on this road trip. Penn 67, Harvard...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Nothing Clear in League Picture | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...Gund, the Guardhouse was constructed to monitor and regulate the flow of traffic in and out of the Yard. “There was no control. The gate was just open.”Holden ChapelIt is easy for frequent visitors, and even residents, of the Old Yard to miss the the small chapel nestled behind Hollis Hall and Stoughton Hall. Holden Chapel, tucked between these two dorms and the Phillips Brooks House, was built in 1744. The chapel is the third oldest building in today’s Yard. While Holden Chapel is no longer used for religious purposes...

Author: By Synne D. Chapman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What You Didn't Know About the Yard | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

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