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...served only to divide us. I have no desire to continue this stale and fruitless debate.” In this claim Obama is half-correct. He has indeed avoided a nuanced debate on this controversial policy, but his firm, agonistic posture on the issue is likely to trip up efforts to provide workable reproductive health services to women abroad and common ground on the question at home...

Author: By Roger G. Waite | Title: The Road Down from Mexico City | 2/8/2009 | See Source »

Since he took office Obama has reached out to the GOP, even though the Democrats hold large majorities in both chambers of Congress. The President made an unprecedented trip to the Hill to meet with the Republican conferences, invited select GOP Senators to meet him with him in the Oval Office, at times one-on-one, and called numerous senators to convince them to come on board. In recent days, though, as the bill languished before the Senate his tone turned sharper. "The American people did not choose more of the same," Obama said at a White House meeting Friday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barely Bipartisan, a Stimulus Deal Is Done | 2/7/2009 | See Source »

...made up of four students each, wolfed down four of Qdoba’s 18-ounce vegetarian burritos in hopes of landing a place in the final round of the contest next Tuesday. The fastest team in Tuesday’s final round will win an all-expenses paid trip to Mexico. Harvard will be represented by ‘Team Marvel’—Kenneth I. Brewer ’11, Morgan T. Pope ’11, Philip M. Ngo ’12, and Brandon J. Hopkins ’11—who consumed...

Author: By Shan Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Qdoba Hosts Eating Contest | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

Before leaving for his first trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Holbrooke began recruiting a team of experts drawn from the State Department, think tanks and colleagues from his Balkan days. But what do you do in a place that presents no good options? Here are three choices that are before the new Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Prospects | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...organization provides a centralized hub through which its approximately 3000 members can forge new connections, facilitating the transition from the classroom to the studio. Harvardwood arranges conferences and seminars while compiling alumni contact information in an online directory, accessible to all members. Harvardwood 101—a yearly trip to Los Angeles over that takes place over intersession—offers two dozen current students a glimpse at the industry they hope to enter. Last month, students on the trip met with a wide range of professionals—from agents and writers to Robert M. Kraft...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Reel World | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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