OK, maybe not. But "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" still spins an improbable, Fitzgerald-meets-Updike yarn about two elite schools, a turbulent year and an unbelievable ending.
By Andrew O'Hehir Nov 19, 2008
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If there's a Rove, there's a way Dubya can be president for life.
By David Puner
February 27, 2007
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How does motherhood affect scholarship at an Ivy League college?
By Rebecca Traister
March 20, 2006
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Grown quarterbacks crawling around? Football players watching soccer players decide games? Field goals must go.
November 28, 2005
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Irrefutable proof that George W. Bush is no dumber than the man he beat in November!
By Tim Grieve
June 7, 2005
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Congressmen with daughters are more likely to support women's rights, including abortion.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
February 10, 2006
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A federal law passed in a burst of drug war fervor denies financial aid to the country's neediest students.
By Janelle Brown
May 20, 2002
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In a speech made earlier this month at Yale University, the former president reflects on "the first great struggle for the soul of the 21st century."
October 25, 2001
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A first-year law student brought a giant pharmaceutical to its knees. But will her victory for South Africa's AIDS sufferers deprive the world of new medicines?
By Daryl Lindsey
May 1, 2001
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Are women discriminated against in the lab? Or are gender imbalances due to intellectual differences?
By Cathy Young
April 12, 2001
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How a little-known Harvard clinician needled sleeping giant Eli Lilly
By Craig Offman
May 17, 2000
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Can a simple vaccine kill the appetite for cocaine? Researchers may soon find out.
By Dawn MacKeen
April 26, 2000
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Christie Brinkley helps Bowie breed! Stranger than fiction: I've got Oprah's phone number -- backwards! Plus: George Bush was, ahem, quite a Bonesman!
By Amy Reiter
April 19, 2000
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In college, George W. Bush and his membership in Skull and Bones seemed to represent an Old World patronage on the brink of collapse. Or so I thought.
By Jacques Leslie
March 1, 2000
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Turning xenophobic about the Japanese Plus: Stephen Prothero's article is a simple case of Skull and Bones envy; so what if Al inhaled? We all did
Letters to the Editor
January 26, 2000
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What does membership in a bastion of privilege say about George W. Bush's character?
By Stephen Prothero
January 21, 2000
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Gov. Bush says he has been reading a biography of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Here's a reading comprehension exam for the GOP front-runner.
By David Corn
December 13, 1999
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Is it better to be food-obsessed than fat and happy? Plus: Trolling for errors in "Dutch"; hip-hop merits not less scrutiny, but greater intellectual rigor.
Letters to the Editor
November 10, 1999
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Amid cell biologists and students of the Hungarian novel, I presented my senior thesis on rap.
By Simon Rodberg
November 3, 1999
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The most powerful voice for truth and justice in American journalism is the junkyard dog of editorial cartooning -- and the creator of "Doonesbury."
By David Rubien
November 2, 1999
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Events surrounding Yale's National Coming Out Day show that even in an enclave of gay acceptance, bigotry can survive quietly.
By Simon Rodberg
October 20, 1999
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A high school senior tells admissions officers, "If you don't want stupid answers, don't ask stupid questions."
By Lucas Hanft
October 18, 1999
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Women at elite universities may have broken the ivory ceiling, but they're still battling old-fashioned discrimination.
By Ann Douglas
October 11, 1999
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George W. Bush led the Delta Kappa Epsilon branding regime at my university. Now he wants to lead the free world.
By Simon Rodberg
October 6, 1999
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"For Love of the Game" review strikes out; college students should learn to leave the nest; since when is George Bush an "education governor"?
Letters to the Editor
September 24, 1999
Was this the greatest football game ever?
"The New Dubya-Doo Movies"
Mommies on the tenure track
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
John Kerry's report card
Smoke a joint and your future is McDonald's
Amy and Goliath
Sex and science
GigaOM Network
How the World Works