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Blood flowed as election day dawned in Barack Obama's ancestral village in western Kenya. The presidential candidate's half brother, Malik, tied a bull to a tree, then hobbled it and asked me to hold the beast's head to the ground as he drew a machete across its jugular. "Hold this guy down now," said Malik, 50, eyeing the animal's horns as blood poured from its throat. "He could kill me." After five minutes, the blood flow began to slow, and the fight went out of the animal, which stopped kicking and lay still, breathing heavily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Kogelo | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...been jumping on the solar-powered band wagon of sustainability. That is, until the sun runs out! [Insert Nobel Peace Prize here]. But who is really taking measurable steps? Prestige and Mobility care about sustainability and are putting our carbon credits where our mouths are. We plant a tree each time we kill a dolphin or eat a Panda Burger (mmm... Panda Burgers, only $4.95 at b.good when also presenting a copy of The Harvard Voice). We tried to start a wind farm in Adams A, using fans all powered by other fans plugged into the wall. (The data...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: A Harvard BeTRAYal | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama Elected President with Mandate for Change | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

Blood flowed as Election Day dawned in Barack Obama's ancestral village in western Kenya. The presidential candidate's half-brother Malik tied a bull to a tree, then hobbled it, and asked me to hold the beast's head to the ground as he drew a machete across its jugular. "Hold this guy down now," said Malik, 50, eyeing the animal's horns as blood poured from its throat like an open tap. "He could kill me now." After five minutes, the blood flow began to slow, and the fight went out of the animal, which stopped kicking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Obama's Kenyan Village, an Election Day 'Bloodbath' | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Obama's Kenyan Village, an Election Day 'Bloodbath' | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

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