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...insane, incapable candidates. Only new parties can break us out of dangerous paradigms. It was a recently formed third party that got rid of slavery, after all. That's because a two-party system is designed to eliminate extreme ideas--the Dennis Kuciniches, Mike Gravels, Ron Pauls and Tom Tancredos--much like the first few episodes of American Idol. The parties quickly get us down to two choices that we find acceptable but are just different enough to argue over: McDonald's and Burger King; Coke and Pepsi; Shi'a and Sunni...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Sorry Is This Guy? | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...Unger with another interception down low, heaves it Tom Brady style to McGeary who drops in the bucket for two. Columbia jump right back at the Crimson's throats and makes the quick basket. I don't how many points they've scored on fast break opportunities, but Amaker must be worried about Harvard's lack of hustle. [Columbia 39, Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON LIVE: Men's Basketball at Columbia | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

Between the hours of 12:45 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., there was a gap in security in the Houses, said Kirkland House Master Tom C. Conley...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 24-Hour Guards Hired for Houses | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...tickets punched translated neatly into superior performance? Then finding great Presidents would be a simple matter of weighing résumés. Take a Democrat like Bill Richardson - experienced in Congress, in the Cabinet, as a diplomat and governor - and have him run against Republican Tom Ridge, a former soldier, governor and Director of Homeland Security, with the winner chosen by a blue-ribbon commission of all-purpose elders. The Danforth-Mitchell commission, perhaps, or O'Connor-Albright. But it has never worked that way, which is why Lincoln's statue occupies a marble temple on the Mall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Experience Matter in a President? | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...outfits peddling books by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, inviting students to come learn more about the religion. While they do not approach passersby themselves, the Scientologists are quick to laud their faith to those who show interest. The religion recently became well-known thanks to celebrities like Tom Cruise and John Travolta, but leaves many wary because of its controversial views on a range of topics from anti-depressants to extraterrestrials. Some, however, for the very same reasons, may be curious. For those daring enough to approach them, the Scientology solicitors are more than willing to talk...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Invasive Evangelism | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

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