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Parents criticized the Cambridge public schools’ controlled choice system, a placement program that attempts to increase diversity based on socioeconomic status rather than race, in a hearing last night. At the meeting, held by the school community relations subcommittee, parents pleaded for more access to information and a...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Parents Criticize 'Controlled Choice' at Cambridge Public Schools | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

There's an argument to be made that if this kind of regulatory approach had continued into the Bush years, some emerging financial market excesses might have been nipped in the bud. Until very recently, the Bush Administration has showed no interest whatsoever in tightening financial regulation, and at the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: While the Regulators Fiddled ... | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

A genius makes his own rules; a soldier isn't supposed to. Before examining the suspect car, James doffs his space suit; at this close range it won't offer much protection. ("If I'm gonna die, I'm gonna be comfortable.") More recklessly, he tosses his headset on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hurt Locker: A Near-Perfect War Film | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

Mulvihill claims to have 41 audio recordings and eight videotapes to play at trial; and the Maionica and Kauffman guilty pleas suggest that evidence may be as potent as he suggests. Then again, Duran and Wanseele might be risking a trial partly because they know Mulvihill also charged Fidel Castro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chávez and the Cash-Filled Suitcase | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

Karadzic, who is representing himself, said he has doubts that his trial can go on at all given what he calls its "errors." Judge Iain Bonomy assured him his concerns - all filed to the court and made public - will be addressed. Friday, though, the judge was interested only in Karadzic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "Not Guilty" Plea Entered for Karadzic | 8/29/2008 | See Source »

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