13+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1248+ words) Matthew C. McLaughlin had a decision to make. A U.S. Department of Labor employee helping homeless veterans find work, McLaughlin had been accepted to Harvard Kennedy School's mid-career master's in public administration program. To attend a required pre-semester seminar, he needed time…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1770+ words) Nye, a towering scholar and policymaker who spent the last 60 years at the center of international security debates in Washington and Cambridge, died Tuesday. He was 88. "I am delighted for the country, I am pleased for Professor Nye," then-Dean of…...