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Actor Alec Baldwin, a self-proclaimed liberal, advocated for campaign finance reform and sustainable energy initiatives as solutions to the nation’s political and economic problems during a talk at the Institute of Politics last night...

Author: By Katherine M. Savarese, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Baldwin Draws Big Laughs at IOP | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

Henderson adds that he practiced this objective last year in a self-designed study. Traveling to Peru and China, he researched the perception of illness between traditional and Western medicine...

Author: By Juliana L. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Global Health Focus Grows at Harvard | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

There is no moral equivalency between Israel, a free and democratic country in which every citizen is equal under the law, and Israel’s neighbors, which are theocracies and dictatorships. Israel conducts its military operations in self-defense to secure its civilians and targeting terrorists while minimizing civilian casualties. Indeed, British Colonel Richard Kemp said, “The IDF did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in the history of warfare” regarding Operation Cast Led. I will add that instead of distancing from Israel...

Author: By Joseph Mandelbaum | Title: LETTER: Foreign Policy Cannot Survive a Double Standard | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

...pays for the bragging rights of having seen some hero of yours in the flesh. But there has to be more, for why is good close-up footage still less appetizing than nosebleed seats? The answer: Seeing events live brings the show alive. Good performances dissolve the space between self and other, so individuals can immerse themselves in experience rather than in deflating rejoinders and side notes...

Author: By Diana McKeage | Title: Against Interpretation | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

...tried to apply what you think you know, you’ve actually caused us more harm than good.  Sometimes in life, the best way of showing your affection is to keep your distance. It applies to Northern Ireland and Irish Americans, and it is a lesson self-proclaimed Jewish-American experts on the Middle East might note...

Author: By Felix L.J. Cook | Title: LETTER: Notes from Northern Ireland: Mind Your Own Business | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

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