An "exemplary" soldier, Prince Harry has been fighting "Terry Taliban" in Afghanistan. An Australian magazine is under fire for leaking the news about Harry; now Harry's been withdrawn from combat. Shipwrecked fisherman survives a 12-hour swim off the coast of Australia. The movement
In February, the largest beef recall in history capped weeks of speculation about sick cows, then prompted many to wonder where all that meat went off to.
We must never forget the price we paid for getting over the political, economic and social crisis. Deciphering Dmitri Medvedev in his own words. Speaking of Medvedevedevedev, are political candidates fair targets for foreign policy and pronounciation pop quizzes? Pronouncement: the 2008 Rooster judges list; gambling on the ToB helps
It takes a Times op-ed for Bloomberg to deny his candidacy; it'll take a solutions-minded candidate to win his endorsement. Making the case for an Obama-Bloomberg ticket. Civil rights veteran John Lewis drops support for Clinton, backs Obama. Whether attacking or promoting Obama, everybody is
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William Buckley dead at 82 in his office, "might have been working on a column." Buckley, the inspiration for three generations of conservatives; Buckley, a man of joy. Sullivan's Buckley links; Schlesinger on Buckley in 1959; examples of Buckley diaries. Forty percent of Americans think China&
In Ohio, debate host Russert channels SNL, hurls beanballs at Clinton, serves meat to Obama. Ahem: a list of baseball jargon. Movies based on board games: their past and (dubious) future. Arguments for both sides on whether reading your news online is better (or worse) for the environment. Artist Neil
Richard Ayoade said it best on an episode of Time Trumpet as to why, every day, he was compelled to watch an ape being savagely raped on television because “he had to take the pulse of the nation.” Truer words have never been spoken. And right now the pulse of
As the battle for the Democratic nomination tightens, Kevin Guilfoile and John Warner look back at the candidates that have been left behind, theorize about what constitutes plagiarism, and wonder about the Clinton political monster that wasn’t.
The real world of being a Muslim teenager in America--at least the pre-caller ID world. Obama wonks tend to be inductive--working piecemeal from a series of real-world observations. Obama's font designers comment on the typographic choices of Clinton and McCain. Americans will get the
