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...Penney is undaunted. "Folks in the film industry know why these screenings are held for SAG, and they laugh about it," he says. "But people who aren't in the business look at me like I've had a death in the family...
...anyone who has read the best-selling novel The Kite Runner knows, springtime in Kabul is heralded by flocks of dipping, looping and diving kites. But these aren't the kites of lazy weekend picnics. They are finely tuned flying machines sensitive to the slightest tug of a master's hand. The Afghan penchant for competition and (though few will admit it) gambling means that almost anything offers opportunity for a fight and a punt, from dogs to cocks, quail, sheep, boiled eggs and, yes, even kites. The object of this cruel ballet is to slice your opponents' string with...
...seekers aren't waiting. On YouTube, there are already 1,590 entries listed under résumé. Not all are what you would call serious ("After losing his powers at the end of X-Men 3, Magneto is forced to apply for a job at the local Starbucks"). The best ones, though, are smart, colorful and effective. Benjamin Hampton, a recent graduate of Washington State University in Pullman, posted a 5 1/2-min. video on YouTube last fall, thinking it would be something different to send to employers. (To view Hampton's video résumé, go to TIME.com. With his brother...
...politics of the war in Iraq, undercut the Democrats' national agenda and potentially weaken their hopes for the White House in 2008. Those stakes are high enough to give Lieberman leverage with both parties no matter how slim the chance of his crossing the aisle. Which means Senate leaders aren't worrying only about whether Joe Lieberman will switch parties. They're wondering what, if anything, he plans to do with the power that comes from keeping that possibility alive...
...many a famous politician. George Bush visited their elementary school and they went on a school field trip to an Al Gore rally downtown. When my son's friend fell off the monkey-bars at his downtown school playground, a Secret Service agent came to the rescue. The candidates aren't just downtown, they're in our neighborhoods, eating at our local diner, knocking on our doors, driving by in motorcades of dark-tinted jeeps. "Any calls?" my husband asked me one fairly typical day before the caucuses in 2004. "Yup," I replied. "The Little League coach and John Kerry...