By Mar 05,2007

Apophis Now

Odds of dying in a plane crash: 1 in 5,051. Odds of dying in a car accident: 1 in 237. Odds that asteroid Apophis will strike Earth in 2036: 1...

By Feb 25,2007

Harvard’s Madame President, Fit to Season

In the May-June 2003 issue of Harvard magazine, Drew Gilpin Faust wrote an article titled “Living History,” detailing her personal investigation into a letter she wrote to President Eisenhower as a nine-year-old...

By Feb 25,2007

Ban Lawmaking, Not Spanking

Congress has been out of session for a week, and I feel better already. It doesn’t matter which party is in power — late at night, when I stroll home...

By Feb 20,2007

Haiku Brew: Presidential Surge Edition

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES 1.) What does he stand for? Maybe just a pretty face But he’s bright and clean. 2.) Like Hillarycare? She’s “Chavez in a pantsuit.” Your business is next....