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...relentlessly analyzed whether these men are so-called homegrown terrorists. But we've been looking at these cases through the same microscope, always asking the same question: Were these men infected by exotic terrorists from abroad? Which is why the tragic actions of Major Nidal Malik Hasan present a different model. What if the infection happens from within? Is that still terrorism--or is it more like insanity? Or something we can't even name? In Nancy Gibbs' moving and provocative cover essay on the Fort Hood massacre, she poses the new questions we need to be asking: Is this...
...three EC members who were present agreed they did not have any reason to believe votes had been changed but thought that since only Seiler had been able to monitor voting at the time and that no records existed that would allow EC members to review the process, there was no way of knowing if the results were tampered with...
Them Crooked Vultures are a bona fide supergroup. Consisting of Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Dave Grohl (Nirvana and Foo Fighters), and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), they form a formidable lineup of rock’s elder statesmen both past and present. Despite the impressive breadth of the band’s talent, however, it is Homme who controls the group. Dominated by aggressive and fast-paced hard rock, the band’s self-titled debut feels very much like a continuation of Homme’s prolific career, and that is precisely...
Organizers of the proposed Student Community Center, which would house space for student gatherings at the Democracy Center at 45 Mount Auburn Street, met in Boylston Hall last night to present their plans on the center’s construction, design, and finances...
...surprising that Stephen Sondheim, arguably the most influential living Broadway composer and lyricist, knows how to work an audience. Last Saturday night, he received a standing ovation as he walked into a packed Sanders Theatre to present “An Evening with Stephen Sondheim: An Onstage Conversation with Frank Rich,” an event organized by the Celebrity Series of Boston...