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Roger Clinton has always borne a resemblance to Fredo Corleone, the hapless brother in The Godfather. Sources tell TIME that more than a year ago, after the FBI learned of Roger's attempts to influence the U.S. Parole Commission on behalf of heroin trafficker Rosario Gambino, the bureau wanted to...
Luckily, I got an offer from Palo Alto High School in California. But when I got there on a recent Sunday morning, I learned that it wasn't so much a graduation as a baccalaureate, which is some sort of religious ceremony. This did not work with the remarks I...
A breakthrough came after she met alto saxophonist Steve Coleman, the guru of a group of young musicians in Brooklyn who were trying to find new ways of playing. Coleman got his followers interested in African music, in unusual harmonies and novel forms of organization. "From Steve Coleman," Wilson says...
Since his first breakdown, Solomon has suffered two relapses, one while writing this book. Depression is "always there, waiting in the wings." Yet he has learned to embrace his suffering, citing the Russian proverb that "if you wake up feeling no pain, you know you're dead." Depression has taught...
More important, there's no evidence the federal government, regardless of how much it spends, can make sure these traits actually get taught (and learned). Thousands of schools have already introduced character education programs, in many different forms and with varying results. The most popular program, which now reaches more...