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If Conor can maintain his drive and work ethic, there will be nothing stopping him from following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps to the NHL.

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frosh Follows Family Trade | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

The benefits of putting more people in college are also oversold. Part of the college wage premium is an illusion. People who go to college are, on average, smarter than people who don't. In an economy that increasingly rewards intelligence, you'd expect college grads to pull ahead of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case Against College Education | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

In the movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen's character, Alvy Singer, is standing in a movie line, listening to some blowhard intellectual hold forth about media scholar Marshall McLuhan. When the loudmouth cites his own academic credentials, Singer produces the actual McLuhan to refute him: "You know nothing of my...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Outrage Smackdown: Family Guy Defeats Palin | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

On Feb. 8, for example, Egyptian security forces arrested 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most popular opposition group. Those arrested included three senior members, including the deputy leader, Mahmoud Ezzat. More than 30 others had been arrested in the two weeks prior to that. "They were arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt's Crackdown: When a U.S. Ally Does the Repressing | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

Can Steitz's creditors accept Olympic medals as collateral? Prior to these Olympics, the U.S. had never won an Olympic medal in Nordic combined, a sport that has been contested in the Games since 1924. Countries like Norway (the sport's namesake), Finland and Germany have dominated the event. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How America Crashed the Nordic Party | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

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