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...departure could make a big impact on Chinese society. It is all too easy to underestimate how much Chinese citizens actually know about the doings of their government, and Google’s disagreement with internet censorship will not go unnoticed, even if government officials continue to insist that there is open internet in China. Google’s actions therefore could help bolster human rights causes in China by bringing such issues to the forefront of people’s minds...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Don’t Be Evil | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...insist that your employees wear all black...

Author: By Charles A. Lacalle, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Kelly Cutrone | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...cause of these problems and the source of the nation’s anger. Obama responded to their claims with an appropriately combative tone in order to show that he is listening closely to the Americans’ concerns and will not ignore public sentiment, but also to insist that the Democrats do not deserve all of the blame for the current problems afflicting Americans...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: State of the Presidency | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

Plus, officials insist that the nonchalance of the past was almost ridiculous. "We joke about it," Jackson says. "There's this wonderful old cartoon of a Canadian athlete with an international president who was handing out medals. It was sort of this Tiny Tim thing. 'Please sir, may we have a medal? Oh no? Well then, thank you for your kind consideration.' That was the Canadian motto. It was hilarious because it was mostly true. We just said, Look, this is nonsense. Let's have some fun with this; let's try to improve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Canada Wants to Kick Olympic Butt | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...French, however, do not quite feel humiliated. Wronged, perhaps, but not humiliated. In a trial that opens outside Paris on Tuesday, French officials will try to pin the blame for the Concorde's demise on Continental Airlines. It was not, they insist, the Concorde's design that led to its demise; indeed the plane still has cherished status among many in France as a feat of engineering and aesthetics, hence the monument at Charles de Gaulle. (See four decades of the Concorde's supersonic magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fault of the Concorde: An Icon's Day in Court | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

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