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...anointed before I was born, to come here and change the world,” Brother Blue says. Blue took his message of love and kindness into prisons during the 50s as part of his doctoral work with the Union Institute and continued to spread the word to all who would listen while he stood barefoot on sidewalks in the Square. Brother Blue will tell you the story of how the universe was created in the Blue Period, a time before the possibility of time, and is willing to give a rendition of King Lear in under five minutes...

Author: By Bora Fezga and Melanie E. Long, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard Square Center of Performing Smarts | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...ahead with infrastructure improvements and plans to woo foreign investors. Michael Wareing, head of the Basra Development Commission, reports that "about $9 billion" of proposed foreign investment is on the table, with just half of that interested in Basra's oil and gas industry. "There really is a significant spread, and it's increasing as the security improves," Wareing says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebuilding Basra | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

Troops alone won't do that job, and Obama knows it. "I am absolutely convinced that you cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban, the spread of extremism in that region, solely through military means," he told an interviewer. But more soldiers are needed, if only to stop the grim litany of bad news from Afghanistan getting worse. With sanctuaries across the border in Pakistan--which the government there seems in no hurry to close down--and with a growing acceptance of the Taliban's strength in Afghanistan, militants have the wind at their back. They welcomed U.S. envoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...weakest part of the market has become gangrenous. Unless it is removed, this infection will continue to spread to the rest of the body. Housing prices have to get to the bottom as fast as possible in order for buyers to enter the market of their own accord. In a economically rational market, people can then have the opportunity to own homes that they can actually afford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving the Housing Market By Speeding Up Foreclosures | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...Obama is keenly aware of the limitations on what his reinforcements can achieve. "I am absolutely convinced that you cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban, the spread of extremism in that region solely through military means," he told an interviewer on Tuesday. But more troops are needed simply to arrest and begin to reverse a perilous slide in NATO's fortunes in Afghanistan. (See "Hidden Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Yes-We-Can War: More Troops to Afghanistan | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

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