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That part of Compton's rant is familiar territory for those caught up in the modern Sagebrush Rebellion, a land-rights movement that is spreading rapidly in Western states. Over the past few years, offices of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service have come under increasing attack by ranchers, farmers and loggers fed up with federal rules about land use, water rights and endangered habitats. In Nevada, where more than 80% of the state is public land, federal employees have been refused service in restaurants, taunted at public gatherings and harassed with vulgar gestures. In March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Threat from the Patriot Movement | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...prove the show must go on, Merkel hosted another meeting of her coalition partners in Berlin late last month. Westerwelle called the talks "constructive," but just 24 hours later, repeated his controversial rant against the welfare state and said that he'd provoked a "necessary debate." In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Merkel accused Westerwelle of repeating the obvious. Of course those who work should get more than those who don't work, the Chancellor said. The message: I'm in charge. (Read: "Angela Merkel's Moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Tensions at the Top | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

Currier, Leverett, and Pforzheimer have already sought to whet the appetite of freshmen with videos ranging from musical homages to “C-Haus,” to an extended rant from Adolf Hitler about the pains of living in Adams...

Author: By Tyler G. Hale, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HoCos Gear Up for Annual Housing Day | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...wish the real Kevin Smith had made this movie - the man of wit, passion and sidewise humor who could turn a rant about airline personnel into an ad-lib apologia for being a tad on the heavy side. I wish he'd made that movie; I'd sure rather see the comedy thriller South by Southwest than the drab, flabby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kevin Smith's Cop Out: Too Flabby to Fly | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

...emotional rant, Hitler slumps into his chair exhausted. With a soft voice, filled with sorrow and loss, he utters these bitter words: “I might as well transfer to Yale?...

Author: By Sophie T. Bearman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: There Are Twelve Houses and I Got Stuck in Adams. FML. | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

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