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...crisis. Everything the government's tried for the past two years has been wrong. That's why the crisis continues. The idea that you can solve a problem of too much debt and too much consumption with more debt and more consumption is ludicrous on its face. What they should have done is just let everybody go bankrupt, let the bankruptcy courts reorganize everything. The Japanese tried this approach of propping up zombie banks and zombie companies; it did not work. And it's not going to work in America either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investment Guru Jim Rogers | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...sensual Latin number comes first, and Oppenheimer takes her position, intense focus evident on her face. She joins her partner and sways to the beat...

Author: By Laura M. Fontanills, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freshman Dances Off the Beaten Path | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...great, I didn’t see you there, but then I did. Your face disappeared for a few seconds because the connection was slow. We both look ridiculous looking down into a camera, our faces are a little grainy, and we have fish-eyes. But let’s chat. Now, I love talking at a two inch, two dimensional representation of a human face just as much as the next person, but can someone please tell me the purpose of the window in the corner where I can see myself? I don?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hate It: Video Chatting | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Some Harvard students studying in France may face the loss of a semester of education in the midst of a revolt that has gripped several of the nation’s universities since February. Schools in France have been forced to cancel classes and scramble for order while discontent with French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s handling of a bold higher education reform program has erupted into strikes and walkouts. For some of the 12 Harvard undergraduates who, according to the Office of International Programs, are currently studying in Paris, the situation has posed difficulties. French professors have used...

Author: By Marc G. Steinberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: French Strikes Hit Close to Home | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...Even after Prachanda did just that, however, the end of this dramatic series of events has left the Maoist leader facing the ire of his own ranks, who are getting edgy after being corralled into U.N.-monitored encampments around the country since they began their surrender over 2½ years ago. Nearly 20,000 PLA fighters have been verified by the U.N. and are ready to be inducted into the army if they meet the eligibility criteria. But that process has yet to begin, a stall that some have attributed to the opposition of the army chief and the Nepali...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nepal's Maoist Government Faces Unrest in the Ranks | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

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