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Six and a half centuries ago, John Wycliffe translated the Bible into English. One year ago, a Wyclef Jean concert was cancelled at Harvard University.Wycliffe hoped to reform the Catholic Church. Wyclef, although he never intended to, helped spark a movement to reform another institution: the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC...

Author: By Andrew Nunnelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: With A Little Help From Their Friends | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

The main difference between the two consortiums is that the NEP employs two outside consulting firms - Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International - to conduct the actual exit polls. (The AP still compiles county-by-county voting results.) All of the data, including polling on 27 statewide referendums considered newsworthy by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Exit Pollsters: An Election Night Quarantine | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

Youth ministers have been on a long and frustrating quest of their own over the past two decades or so. Believing that a message wrapped in pop-culture packaging was the way to attract teens to their flocks, pastors watered down the religious content and boosted the entertainment. But in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Touch With Jesus | 10/31/2006 | See Source »

A woman walked into a polling place in Peoria, Ill. last week and proceeded to use one of the new electronic voting machines set up for early voting. She logged on, went through each contest and seemed to be making her choices. After reviewing each race, the machine checked to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Voting Machines Work? | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

The 2000 election reminded Americans that every vote makes a difference, and scrutiny of polling practices intensified. So just as America has moved to a process of electronic voting and tabulation intended to make voting more accessible, reliable and secure, trust in the system has actually gone down. Says David...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Voting Machines Work? | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

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