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...working-class Democrats in that state said they understood what Obama was trying to say, even if the professional political class didn't. "I think them remarks is the absolute truth," said Bill Williams, 60, a bearded disabled veteran from Waynesburg who attended an Obama town-hall meeting near Pittsburgh. "We like our faith and our guns. I went to church when things were bad, and I went out and I hunted for my family food, where I didn't know whether to put the gun in my mouth or to shoot an animal. So, yeah, he was right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Bitter Lesson | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...lure students away from the so-called “sell-out” track.STICKING IT TO THE MANTo the delight of its administrators, HLS has actually seen an increase in the number of students who choose to pursue public service in recent years. But it is still nowhere near the majority of graduates, most of whom still take jobs at corporate firms.“The majority of the numbers of [HLS] graduates go into corporate work and always have,” says Joan E. Ruttenberg, director of the Heyman Fellowship Program (HFP). On the other hand...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Selling Out | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...they are withholding judgment until the University’s plans for the land become more definite. On Saturday, the Boston Globe reported that WBZ-TV President and general manager Ed Piette said that talks between the University and the station had intensified recently, although they were nowhere near reaching an agreement. The CBS-owned station, which lies a short walk away from Harvard’s athletic fields, has been in its current location since 1948. “Harvard has expressed some interest in our property, but we have no deal with the university...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard May Buy, Build on WBZ Land | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

After dropping out, Gilbert left his family home near Chicago and hitchhiked around the country, growing out his hair and strumming his guitar. While searching for his calling, he read Eastern philosophy, inspiring him to start asking what he terms “questions of the mind...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Happy Man | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...We’re almost near the termination of the school year, and there’s still work that you have to do,” he said. “It would be generous if you took all the information you get and put it on the school Web site...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Committee Stalled | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

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