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...many twenty-year-olds have the chance—or the gall—to lei Karl Rove or to ask Steven Pinker about his favorite expletives. Enter Derek M. Flanzraich ’10: a boisterious, irreverent, and, above all, determined Harvard student who has led a movement on campus by launching “On Harvard Time,” a fake news program that puts a Crimson spin on a genre popularized by Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart...
...finds himself defending the historical accuracy of his own World War II movie, Miracle at St. Anna, and this time he is up against real-life fighters who may be even tougher than Dirty Harry. Surviving members of Italy's underground anti-Nazi resistance movement are angry over the film, a fictionalized account of the travails of the 92nd Infantry Division - the black GIs known as Buffalo Soldiers - as they helped liberate Italy. The film includes a portrayal of the Nazis' infamous 1944 slaughter of some 560 Italian civilians in the Tuscan town of Sant'Anna di Stazzema...
...does guarantee that your deposits or securities will be returned to you should an institution fail. The limit is $500,000 in brokerages for each unique account per institution, $250,000 on deposits in retirement accounts and $100,000 on deposits per person per bank, although there's a movement afoot in Congress to raise that limit to $250,000. With something like a revocable trust or POD (payable on death) account, you are guaranteed up to $100,000 per named beneficiary...
...that the purpose of “nationalistic” programs is “not service for its own sake, but service as a way to strengthen people’s ties to their government.” This is an unfortunate misconception of the entire service movement. The point of voluntary service—paid or unpaid—is to free citizens from reliance on government programs and solutions, provide ways for Americans to dedicate their time to helping others, and unleash citizen energy on pressing, persistent problems in education, our environment, and disaster relief. The growth...
Osborn Elliott, who died on Sept. 28, was one of the great figures of American journalism, a crusading campaigner for American cities, a visionary leader of the movement for voluntary service, and perhaps above all, one of those rare characters whose very presence lifted the spirits of those around him, convincing them that life could be meaningful, significant, and at the same time - and this was a key part of his appeal - terrific fun. His passing leaves his country and the world a little less bright...