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Founded in 1996, the program now helps about 4,000 families a year in clinics where social workers are few or nonexistent. Says Onie: "We're an example of how a very simple solution can have a real impact on health...
TIME's promotion of a pension-based retirement system scares me. Private pension plans are only as good as the insurer that backs them--in many cases the federally run Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The PBGC's future solvency, like Social Security's, is dubious at best. Say what you will about market-based retirement vehicles, but it will be a cold day in hell before I relinquish the security of my nest egg to a government with an uncanny ability to mismanage everything...
...James Poniewozik's Commentary on Glee [Oct. 12]: Comparing Glee and High School Musical is like comparing apples and pineapples because both are fruits. While the HSM franchise is built around the preppy, perky and preposterous perspective of the "average American high school," Glee seeks to poignantly tackle social issues like teen pregnancy, sexuality and infidelity. Besides the leap in demographics (would you let your third-grader watch Glee?) and the show's many talented rising stars, Glee strays from the squeaky-clean Disney dogma and gets gritty, gruesome and, most of all, real. Sorry, Troy and Gabriella...
This past weekend, over 200 Harvard University Band alums flocked to campus to celebrate its 90th anniversary, trumpets and French horns in hand. The weekend’s festivities, meant to recreate for grads the unique social and musical experience of being in the Band, included a number of events, such as the annual montage concert on Friday night in Sanders Theatre, the halftime show at the Saturday afternoon football game against Dartmouth, a post-game concert at Dillon Field House, and a special Sunday brunch in the band room...
...Harvard University Band is not only one of the largest student organizations on campus, but it is also one of the most tightly knit. “People have said that the Band is a social group first, and a musical group second,” Oppenheimer says. “That’s not to undermine the musical quality of what we do—it’s just to show how close the friendships are within Band...