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"More schools are joining the rebellion against the rankings because more people are realizing that the rankings are a ridiculous sham that wastes colleges' money and resources," Alexandra Robbins, author of "The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids" wrote in an e-mail.
The exposé on New Orleans was one of the most naive I have ever read. To think this city will rise again because of the "resilience of its people" is a fairy tale. To believe this city can be made safe in the face of warming global temperatures, powerful...
The graffiti war continues unabated in other cities. New York City recently doubled sentences for graffiti offenders. Peoria, Ariz., has placed surveillance cameras in graffiti-prone areas. Philadelphia doesn't keep exact stats on graffiti crimes but says the mural-as-peacemaker model has proved its worth. In the late...
"We aren't saying that cooking is a new art form," says Ruth Noack, Documenta's curator. "We're saying that Ferran Adrià shows artistic intelligence." That distinction is lost on Spanish artists, who feel underrepresented at Documenta and have long toiled in obscurity even as Spanish chefs became international...
WHAT TO THINK The rules seem ridiculous, but they aim to prevent the exiled Dalai Lama, 72, from helping identify newly reincarnated Buddhas, allowing China to handpick people loyal to Beijing.