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...this an elitist attitude? Absolutely. The United States is a democratic republic, not a pure democracy, and our system of government was designed to blend popular passion and elite wisdom --not to rubber stamp the whims of the ignorant and the apathetic. Americans are a remarkably free people, and part of that freedom is the right to tune out the noise from the public square. But those who choose political ignorance should not, through the good offices of 21st century electoral puritanism, be encouraged to cast votes on matters they know nothing about...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: In Praise of Low Voter Turnout | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...time for Stone to put his stamp on the University once more, as he is faced with an unparalleled opportunity: sitting at the helm of the group that will choose the 27th president of Harvard...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Kingmaker: Robert G. Stone Jr., `45 Leads the Presidential Search Committee | 9/19/2000 | See Source »

...that the audience just isn't there yet. Even brief online movies require hefty broadband connections such as a cable modem or a DSL. Most of us are still chugging along on 56-K modems, and would rather watch TV than wait half an hour for a jerky postage stamp-size short to load. So until broadband goes mainstream, online entertainment networks have the near impossible task of building a brand in a near vacuum while burning as little cash as possible. "It's like Survivor," says Kevin Wendle, co-founder and CEO of independent-filmmaker site iFilm.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tinseltown Titans Caught in a Web | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...STAMP OUT THAT PHRASE The Dictionary of American Slang defines "to go postal" as "to succumb to tension and fatigue; lose it, stress out." Sound harmless? Not to the U.S. Postal Service, which is doing its best to send the phrase packing. A history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deliverance | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...Republican Convention was a rubber-stamp, candidates-in-place and platform-all-but-cast-in-concrete event [CAMPAIGN 2000, Aug. 7]. The words in George W. Bush's slogan, compassionate and conservative, are mutually exclusive. Conservatism suggests that one must leave well enough alone. That is in total contrast to compassion, which requires a liberal approach to problems and sensitivity to other people's needs. DAN GOOR Colorado Springs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 28, 2000 | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

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