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...pulls out the disease card. Not to sound like Michael Savage, but these days every bad attitude is rationalized by being given its own disease. Ronnie, you see, is not a violent jerk; he's suffering from "just a little bipolar disorder," and he has the prescription medication to prove it. The film drops its Taxi Driver reverberations and heads for My Left Foot territory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Observe and Report: Travis Bickle, Mall Cop | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...Sophomore Dillon O’Neill had the best day at the plate for Harvard, going 3-for-4 after replacing sophomore Sam Franklin in center field. Sophomore catcher Tyler Albright also collected a pair of hits. But the main threat for the Crimson in the mid-week tuneup proved to be senior slugger Tom Stack-Babich, who continued to torment opposing pitching with a solo shot to right field in the sixth.The Harvard bats were silent early, however, as the visitors found themselves in a big hole. Bryant tagged freshman starter Will Keuper with six runs on eight hits...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Second Inning Woes Doom Crimson Against Bryant | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...jolt at the ballot box might prove a much needed reminder to the ANC that it is there to serve the people, and not the other way around. In addition, a weakening of the ANC and a strengthening of the opposition would help redress the one-party domination that has hitherto undermined Africa's proudest democracy. Lekota says that this election may be the "maturing" of South Africa's democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why South Africa's Over the Rainbow | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...Sean Hannity. But to Hannity's tax-cut Republicanism and O'Reilly's grumpy social conservatism, Beck adds an au courant strain of grievance. Beck had a similar program on Headline News (which I appeared on once), on which he at one point asked a Muslim Congressman to "prove to me that you are not working with our enemies." After he moved to Fox in January, his audience exploded to 2 million-plus viewers - unheard of at 5 p.m. His hook, for the age of economic anxiety: whereas O'Reilly embodies anger and Hannity brashness, Beck embraces fear. (See pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glenn Beck: The Fears of a Clown | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...Winthrop’s new housing rule, which no longer guarantees seniors “n+1” housing, has led its residents to fear the possibility of being sexiled well into their senior year. Some residents who are granted a stroke of luck prove this myth to be false. “We had the last senior housing lottery number and still ended up with ‘n + 1/2’ housing,” says one anonymous senior, who offers a solution to fellow residents who find themselves without luck...

Author: By Anna M. Yeung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Explained: Rooming Myths | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

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