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...biography, is a teacher of nonfiction creative writing at Columbia University and the author of “Jesse James: The Last Rebel of the Civil War,” a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Stiles said he chose Vanderbilt as the subject of his book because Vanderbilt’s “is an important life but it is important because it is woven into so many other things than just business.” “It was woven into the course of American events,” he said. Cornelius Vanderbilt...
...cover of someone 'venerable' - Sumner Redstone? Barry Diller? Really? - I thought about what could have been," says Jeff Chu, a writer who left TIME to work on the Portfolio launch and jumped ship after the first eight months. But more daring editorial choices, like December's cover subject of Dov Charney, the controversial CEO of American Apparel, came across as ill-timed and wrong-footed. "[Newhouse's] best editors in chief all have one thing in common," wrote former staffer Paul Smalera, on the Portfolio-obsessed website Gawker.com, "which is they know how to channel and predict the predilections...
...Roberts works with artifacts hundreds of years old, she’s in no danger of gathering moss herself. As the Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of the History of Art and Architecture, specializing in American art from the colonial age to modernism, she constantly strives to enliven her subject, locating art objects in vibrant contexts. “It’s important for students to understand that art objects are very dense objects, just as dense as a novel or scientific treatise,” says Roberts. “These are real historical documents that are filled with...
...really tries to engage the class even though it’s really difficult to do so considering the subject matter,” says Sisi Pan ’11, who is currently enrolled in Tian’s Foreign Cultures 68: “Authority and the Claims of the Individual in Chinese Literary Culture.” “She’s so incredibly supportive,” Pan adds...
...second day as President, Barack Obama ordered the agency to use the Army Field Manual as its interrogation playbook. The manual, originally written for Cold War prisoners but updated in 2006, states that "no [detainee], regardless of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment as defined in U.S. law." It also categorically states that harsh interrogation techniques are essentially useless. "Beyond being impermissible, these unlawful and unauthorized forms of treatment are unproductive because they may yield unreliable results, damage subsequent collection efforts, and result in extremely negative consequences at national and international...