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...Technical College, which is a made-up school. The bit was me pretending I was a jerk, but no one in their right mind would think I would actually say it. But they used it to say how much of an élitist I am." To say what a pervert Franken is, Coleman alluded to a smutty humor piece about virtual sex that Franken wrote for Playboy eight years ago. Of course, Franken has said much worse, especially if you repeat a joke in the stentorian voice of a political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not So Funny | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

...wrong. Fundamentalism and religious extremism—regardless of the specific faith that they spring from—have the potential to be oppressive and harmful. Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, however, does not only condemn Islamic fundamentalists, it also launches an attack on Islam itself by conflating those who pervert Islam to excuse unspeakable acts of violence with the faith on the whole. TAP’s Web site makes a host of sweeping generalizations, over-dramatizations, and mis-interpretations of Islam. From the suggested film clips (entitled “The Islamic Mein Kampf...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Just Say ‘No’ to Bigotry | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

...whole event had a peculiarly Victorian feel: the Prowler, a ruthless, soft-voiced pervert victimizing defenseless women in their own homes. It didn’t seem strange to anyone that some of these empowered, independent women, singled out purely for their sex, had felt shattered by his words. And many found it perfectly reasonable that, despite the lack of any apparent danger, the police should be called upon to take action, to come down hard on this creep, and stop...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Don't overreact | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

...would grow the House of Burgesses, the elective house of Virginia's colonial legislature and the political academy of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. In their rough-and-ready way, the Jamestown settlers had planted the seeds of a dynamic system, democratic capitalism, along with an institution that would pervert it, chattel slavery, and a force that would supply the cure, the goal of liberty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jamestown: Inventing America | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...than $10,000 must be declared, has been broken. In recent weeks, police appear to have shifted the focus of their investigation to attempts to withhold information by Downing Street employees. On Dec. 19, Ruth Turner-Blair's director of government relations-was questioned on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Turner also denies any wrongdoing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UK Cash for Honors Scandal: A Guide | 2/2/2007 | See Source »

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