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...thousand times as I was growing up and reading to him all the time: "The foundation of the United States is due process of law." I hear that thundering in my head every day of my life. And then when I see due process of law being thrown out the window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Gore Vidal | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

...recent Free State Project meet-and-greet in Deerfield thrown by Helwig and his two housemates, also Minnesotan émigrés, it was clear that 20,000 is an ambitious goal. No more than a few dozen movement members from around the state showed up for the beer and pizza. In all, fewer than 200 have moved to New Hampshire in the past three years. "Getting libertarians to do anything together is like herding cats," groused a partygoer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter From New Hampshire: How to Stage a Coup, American-Style | 11/9/2006 | See Source »

...Quakers’ best weapon, running back Joe Sandberg, will be neutralized by the nation’s leading run defense (53.25 yards allowed per game). And their young quarterback Robert Irvin, who has thrown for an impressive 1,648 yards in his sophomore campaign, will be harried all afternoon by the most prolific sackers in the country (5.13 per game...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rushing Record On Tap In Philly | 11/9/2006 | See Source »

...palindromic song title, but that seems like an ad hoc explanation more artistically palatable than the truth: it looks cool. It opens with shots of hair-pulling and punches, only to turn into a fight abated. Brawlers fly out of swimming pools, piñatas are thrown into trees, and the cake smeared all over poor Lovefoxxx’s face is put back on the serving plate. Wounds are healed and hairdos recoiffed through liberal usage of stop-motion footage. Everyone gets de-uglified. Even with all of the mangled faces, there’s still something inherently cute...

Author: By Alexandra M. Gutierrez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: CSS | 11/8/2006 | See Source »

Indeed, there's little sign that the monkey menace is receding. As the monkey population has increased in recent years--owing to the growing number of urban feasts as well as to scientific laboratories that use monkeys for experiments and then abandon them--the natural balance has been thrown off kilter. Hungry monkeys attack people and snatch food when they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Way Too Much Monkey Business | 11/6/2006 | See Source »

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