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...hear from him, regardless of whether he actually shares their beliefs. A great leader, as Obama claims to be, would not grovel for political advantage. A great leader should tell us what he deeply and sincerely believes we need to hear, even at the risk of losing the acclaim of the masses. Lucia Ion, Plano, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/10/2008 | See Source »

...Your writer says essentially that Obama tells each of his supporters what he or she wants to hear from him, regardless of whether Obama actually shares that belief. A great leader, which Obama claims to be, would not grovel for political advantage. Even at the risk of losing the acclaim of the masses, a great leader would tell us what he deeply and sincerely believes we need to hear. Lucia Ion, Plano, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...hear from him, regardless of whether he actually shares their beliefs. A great leader, as Obama claims to be, would not grovel for political advantage. A great leader should tell us what he deeply and sincerely believes we need to hear, even at the risk of losing the acclaim of the masses. Lucia Ion, PLANO, TEXAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...film from Joel and Ethan Coen. It's as if, after winning two fat Oscars (best picture and director) for their fairly straightforward adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, the brothers needed to reassert their old capricious cunning, their weasily larkishness, their independence from easy acclaim. "Just because you agree with the Academy that we made the best film of 2007," they seem to be warning their fans, "don't think you're any closer to figuring out our motives. We're still tough to get. Deceit is our job, our pleasure and your challenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baffled by Burn After Reading | 8/31/2008 | See Source »

...first Chinese pop performer to garner world-music acclaim. The Guangzhou-born Zhu Zheqin, better known by her Tibetan name Dadawa, was hailed (by a Western media obsessed with drawing parallels) as the "Chinese Enya" when her debut album Sister Drum was released by Warner Music in 1995. But interestingly, neither she nor Sa have presented themselves as mainstream Chinese. "To a Western ear, mainstream Chinese pop is too sweet - it sounds trivial," explains Baranovitch. "Minority artists offer something different and refreshing. There's a sense of primitiveness, spirituality and exoticism - it sells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way of Sa | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

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