The university, which recently cut hundreds of jobs and such perks as hot breakfast at dining halls in the wake of a 30 percent drop in its endowment,...
Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books
Why do we sell books as if they were potatoes when many of them are actually more like truffles? Hard coal, everyday sea salt, water, topsoil. They go for the same price, everywhere, because it's all the same.
Telegraph | Published: 7:00AM GMT 13 Nov 2009 | Posted 11.14.2009 | Technology
A Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak could be created by scientists who have been given a £4.9million grant for research aimed at "bending light" ...
people.com | Stephen M. Silverman | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment
Under the headline "Harry Pothead", Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe's mug is splashed across Friday's front page of a British tabloid showing him ...
Daphne Oz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
I was very lucky to attend the Summit Series in Miami, FL. Imagined by four twenty-somethings, the Summit Series brings together young business leaders in an effort to promote collaboration and learning.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media
The GOP has been making great hay out of the length and size and weight and page count of the House Health Care Reform bill. Apparently intimidated b...
Regina Brooks | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books
Hollywood continues to bring out the movies based on popular YA books, because the guarantee of an audience is just too good to pass up.
Regina Brooks | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books
The role models teens look to for their fashion trends are not only found inside glossies, but also in the pages of books!
The Wall Street Journal | DALYA ALBERGE | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books
In a success story reminiscent of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's, Ms. James is a mother and first-time author who is going from nothing to becomin...
Andrew Slack | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
If Maine's Proposition 1 (aka California's Proposition 8) passes on November 3, the movements for intolerance and bigotry will gain momentum, and same-sex couples will lose more rights.
The Daily Northwestern | Luke Siuty | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
Northwestern students may soon be able to pass quaffles and dodge bludgers on their very own intramural Quidditch team....
The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York
Harry Potter has a nice new West Village house. According to city records, a brownstone on West 12th Street that was apparently built 162 years ago by...
Mail Online | Posted 10.03.2009 | Entertainment
He might play second fiddle to Harry Potter in the wizardry department, but Rupert Grint has proved himself no muggle when it comes to property deals....
Posted 09.29.2009 | Technology
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has finally gotten a Twitter account-- but don't expect her next novel in Tweets. The Telegraph reports Rowling deci...
My Fox Phoenix | FRANK CARNEVALE | Posted 09.29.2009 | Books
(MYFOX NATIONAL) - A new book by a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush includes a report that White House officials did not want to give ...
Think Progress | Zaid Jilani | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or nationa...
Kim Mance | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
Universal Orlando Resort, and Warner Bros. today revealed first-ever details about the incredible scope of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media
Joyous news for Harry Potter fans everywhere! The Harry Potter theme park-- AKA The Wizarding World of Harry Potter -- is set to open this spring. ...
people.com | Monique Jessen | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment
The British actress, 19, best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, arrived at the Ivy League college last week and,...
Alison Teal | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
Here's a simple way to get to universal health care: With tax financing, expand Medicare age-eligibility annually in five-year increments, going down from sixty-five and up from newborns.
B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media
The summer's biggest news.
Mail Online | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment
Emma Watson was mobbed by adoring fans as she began university in the U.S. --despite pleading to be treated just like any other student. The 19-yea...
juancole.com | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Journalist Besan Sheikh recently visited the Guantanamo Bay prison facility run by the US, where al-Qaeda and other prisoners from Bush's 'war on terr...
Anna Kelner | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment
The generation that got everything clearly lacks something. Call it patience, call it obedience, call it willingness, but the traits that Gen Yers must cultivate are ironically exalted in their favorite children's story.
Meredith Lopez | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
Now that I have a baby, and while I still have complete control over what he wears, my ideas for mommy-baby Halloween costumes know no bounds.
Boston Herald | Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports