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...really begin to get befuddled—you’re not just insecure and attention-hungry in the same way that people who wear neon clothing are (and hey, we all have). You specifically want to be noticed in a suit. Why? So that a few naïve people wrongly infer that you own a hedge fund, or a trust fund, or are going to a fancy party, or are somehow a “classier” person? Everyone wants to be noticed sometimes. Dear dressy freshmen, please choose a less offensive and stupid way of being...

Author: By Alexander J. Ratner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bad Trend Alert: Suiting Up | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...You’ve also written a book called “Sex and Social Justice.” Can you tell me a little about the basic premise behind that book...

Author: By Jose A. Delreal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Martha Nussbaum | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...hours per week in her capacity as president of the Tea Party Patriots of Scottsdale, which has divided itself into committees - including a finance team and a research and investigative unit - to spread its message and vet candidates. "We're trying to compete with the left. They've got a shotgun, and we've got a little BB gun," she says. (See pictures of Tea Party protests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the Tea Party Movement Take the Next Step? | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

...clear than the group's makeup is the role it will play in November's midterm elections and beyond. "The real test is whether it's an electoral phenomenon or a social-protest phenomenon," says Isaac Wood, an analyst at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "They've been very successful at garnering headlines. What they need to do is prove they can garner votes." Yet to do so entails diving into a political process whose perversion has been an organizing principle for the Tea Party. "They are kind of anti-politics, not just anti-government," Wood says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the Tea Party Movement Take the Next Step? | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

...this violence is still happening? Absolutely. There have been many times I've heard people frame Congo like it's post-conflict. Congolese people find that idea really offensive. I've talked to a number of women who have been raped by the Congolese army. Security is all relative and things may shift in terms of what militia is doing what at any given moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Oprah to Congo: One Woman's Attempt to Save Thousands | 4/7/2010 | See Source »

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