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...look: It actually comprises two machines. One resembles an industrial-sized copier, and the other reminds me of that baroque execution device from Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony.” A transparent casing surrounds the latter half, affording a view of the various gears, clamps, trays, and rollers in action...

Author: By Charlie E. Riggs | Title: Dream of a Universal Bookstore | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

Last year, various Harvard organizations hosted events throughout Election Day, including the Democrats, the Harvard Republican Club, the Institute of Politics, and the Queer Students and Allies (then known as BGLTSA...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Little Interest On Election Day | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

Pamuk concluded his Norton lecture series with a discussion on the “secret centers” of various literary works, ranging from “Moby Dick” to “Crime and Punishment...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pamuk Gives Last Norton Lecture | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...they all, in these unsettled times, have various issues with the centrist establishment - which has its own permutations and camps. All of this promises wild and interesting times for journalists to cover, but they won't be able to do it from the neutral center. Because there isn't one, and there never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Polarized News? The Media's Moderate Bias | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

Suicide bombing is one of the trickiest and least understood methods of modern warfare. The tactic has existed in various forms since the 17th century, when Dutch soldiers used gunpowder to blow themselves and their enemies up to avoid being taken prisoner in Taiwan. Since then, suicide attacks have steadily been on the rise, surging more than 300% since 2001, leaving defense experts and government officials struggling to effectively counter their devastating spread. In his new book Dying for Heaven, Georgetown University religion professor Ariel Glucklich describes the religious, social and psychological motivations behind this disturbing phenomenon, the frightening ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Mind of a Suicide Bomber | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

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