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"Mr. Karzai is [not] a saint or even much of a statesman. But neither is he a despot, a fanatic, a sybarite, or an uncouth bigot--qualities that typify the leadership of countries for which the U.S. has also expended blood and treasure in defense of lesser causes. Our failures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

I didn’t reconsider my generalization until a lazy dinner late that night with a few buddies from freshman year. Somebody mentioned that a friend of ours had just been offered a job at a prestigious bank in New York that he had wanted for some time. He...

Author: By Benjamin P. Schwartz | Title: A Culture of Criticism | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

But the exhibition is geared towards Harry Potter enthusiasts, and those searching for a stronger link between the magic in the wizard world and the science in ours may be disappointed.

Author: By Jessica L. Flakne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harry Potter: The Exhibition(ist) | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Certainly, the parallels between Don Draper’s time and ours are unavoidable. There is the new, handsome, and inspirational President and the overwhelming sense of great change (and potentially, calamity) on the horizon. Direct comparisons fall short, however, if signaled by nothing more than the tragedy of President...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Mad Men’ Reflects American Spirit | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

All true - and all, for the most part, beside the point. After decades of investment in an educational system that reaches the remotest peasant villages, the literacy rate in China is now over 90%. (The U.S.'s is 86%.) And in urban China, in particular, students don't just learn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Things the U.S. Can Learn from China | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

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