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...more and "weigh in on national policy," as O'Rourke, the city-council member, puts it. Talk of legalizing marijuana is growing; the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March heard prominent drug researchers argue that cannabis should be sold legally and taxed like tobacco. Ernesto Zedillo and César Gaviria, former Presidents of Mexico and Colombia, respectively, have said the same. And Mexico's Congress is again debating decriminalization of marijuana use, after backing off the issue a few years ago under intense pressure from the Bush Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Bloody Border: Mexico's Drug Wars | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...Blanc’s arrangement was effectively portrayed but simply lacked the daring of the original ballet. The second piece of the performance, entitled “Anomie,” was the hidden gem of the entire performance. The music was a piano piece written by CĂ©sar Franck and featured some professionally trained dancers and other undergraduates. The piece, choreographed by Claudia F. Schreier ’08, focused on various leg movements and lifts by performers Puanani H. Brown ’12, James C. Fuller ’10, Amanda C. Lynch...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Rite’ Isn’t Quite Right Without Innovation | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...national banks like JPMorgan Chase the first overseer is the Department of the Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of Currency. OCC examiners conduct on-site reviews of national banks and provide supervision of bank operations. For OCC to investigate, it must first get a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), also part of Treasury. But for FinCEN to act, it must receive a confidential SAR from a bank. No report, no investigation. In the case of JPMorgan Chase, SARs are issued by the director of global anti-money-laundering, William Langford. Langford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madoff's Banker: Where Was JPMorgan Chase? | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

...Most definitely not, has been the answer of many bullfighting insiders ever since Spanish Culture Minister César Antonio Molina announced on Feb. 27 that this year's prestigious Fine Arts medal for bullfighting would go to Francisco Rivera Ordóñez. The 35-year-old matador has killed more than 2,000 bulls, but because of both his family ties - he descends from Spain's most important bullfighting dynasty and was briefly married to the Duchess of Alba's daughter - and his abundant good looks, Rivera is as well-known for his presence in the gossip rags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain's Bullfighters Turn on One Another | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...students and faculty of the Harvard Foundation to individuals who have exceptionally contributed to the humanitarian cause and whose works exemplify the mission of the foundation. No one fits that description better than Dolores Huerta. Like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi, Dolores Huerta and CĂ©sar ChĂĄvez mobilized a massive nonviolent movement that empowered impoverished, abused, and disenfranchised people to fight against injustice...

Author: By RaÃÂșl A. Carrillo, Miguel Garcia, and Eliana C. Murillo | Title: Yes, She Did! | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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