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...long dedication to fighting imperialism, his later rejection of totalitarianism of all kinds - and denunciation of Soviet oppression that ran him afoul of contemporaries like Jean-Paul Sartre - don't exactly make him a perfect icon of the left, says Cusset. "Though he was courageous in refusing to be shut away into any political or philosophical category, Camus never really said what camp he belonged to, meaning his legacy is open to lots of interpretation," Cusset says. "Camus was indeed one of the most famous figures and beloved writers in the postwar period, but Sarkozy's embrace of Camus seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reburying Albert Camus: A Political Ploy by Sarkozy? | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...producing exhibitions of what he hoped would be seen as apolitical abstract work, but it was no use. In 1933, with Hitler firmly in power, Mies arrived one morning at the converted factory where the school was housed to find it surrounded by black-uniformed Gestapo. Soon after, he shut it down for good and made for the U.S., where Gropius, the Alberses and Moholy-Nagy would also end up as hugely influential teachers and practitioners. The Bauhaus was gone, but its gospel would go on. Decades later, Tom Wolfe would call his lightheartedly reactionary takedown of modernism From Bauhaus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haus Beautiful: the Impact of Bauhaus | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

Yale’s less restrictive rules allowed for kegs at the tailgates, which were not required to shut down until the third quarter...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tailgate Rages Forth At Yale | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...telling CNN that he does not believe Democratic moderates will allow the bill to pass without significant changes: "I believe there are a number of Democratic Senators who do care what the American people think and are not interested in this sort of arrogant approach that everybody sort of shut up and sit down, get out of the way, we know what's best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans Plot Their Health Care Attack Strategy | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...public option and whether to help pay for the whole enterprise by raising taxes on the rich or taxing high-end, so-called Cadillac insurance plans, just to name a few - everyone knows that the real test will be the moment, weeks from now, when Reid attempts to shut down debate and bring the measure to a final vote. (See 10 players in health care reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans Plot Their Health Care Attack Strategy | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

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