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...that, while fundamental to societal preservation, don’t have a clear-cut harm, such as the keeping of profanity from children or the maintenance of monogamy. In matters such as these, this final stage in the historical process poses a danger by prioritizing liberty over any societal standard that’s not rooted in avoidance of concrete harm...

Author: By Gregory A. Dibella | Title: The End of History Redux | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...hands-on approach of seminars like Sifuentes’ offers a unique experience for freshmen, who may later grow jaded by the standard classroom methodologies at Harvard, he said...

Author: By James K. Mcauley and Julia L Ryan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Freshman Seminars Highlight Art-Making Opportunities | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...Hello to Kettle The patronizing comment in "Iraq's Messy Democracy" that Iraqi leaders have "not yet learned to compromise" is unworthy of TIME [March 15]. Against which standard have you measured Iraq's leaders? Obviously not that of current U.S. leaders, who have had centuries to teach them how to compromise but who still can't get it right. Merv Montacute Fall City, Wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...Hello to Kettle The patronizing comment in "Iraq's Messy Democracy" that Iraqi leaders have "not yet learned to compromise" is unworthy of TIME [March 15]. Against which standard have you measured Iraq's leaders? Obviously not that of current U.S. leaders, who have had centuries to teach them how to compromise but who still can't get it right. Merv Montacute, FALL CITY, WASH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History 2.0 | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

Given the problems with the Standard Model, some physicists have come up with elaborate alternatives to explain the workings of the cosmos, including the existence of multiple, alternate dimensions, or hidden "supersymmetric partners" to all the universe's particles. To them, failure to find the Higgs - or finding the Higgs among an ensemble of strange and new particles - would be welcome, since it would suggest that more ambitious theories are needed. (See the top 10 scientific discoveries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Collider Matters: In Search of the 'God Particle' | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

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