Daily Archives: August 5, 2003

An earlier posting concerning dozens of Massachusetts school teachers who were about to lose their jobs after having failed a new, state-mandated English fluency test (Teachers Fail Fluency Test, Lose Jobs, Sue) takes on a new dimension today with the … Continue reading →

The Harvard Law School Library has approximately one million pages of documents relating to the trial of military and political leaders of Nazi Germany before the International Military Tribunal. Now Harvard has started putting the entire collection on line. article … Continue reading →

Few things exemplify the chaos of Liberia more than the sight of doped-up, AK-47-wielding 15-year-olds roaming the streets decked out in fright wigs and tattered wedding gowns. Indeed, some of the more fully accessorized soldiers in Charles Taylor’s militia even … Continue reading →

Perhaps the most spectacular of modern morality plays is the saga of Mike Tyson, mythical in his abilities and his appitites. It is the contradictions in the man which fascinate; his beefcake physique and squeeky voice, his obvious intelligence and … Continue reading →