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...part of the designers of the ballot and the designers of a cheap and inaccurate punch-card system. Need I even mention that we are in the 21st Century? Is the best system for reading the will of the people truly an ugly fusion of ancient paper technologies, a blunt metal mini-club held over from our pre-sentient days roaming the planes of Africa, and poorly controlled, circa 1970's computer ballot reading machines...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Rather Insane | 11/14/2000 | See Source »

...haven't been invited to Bush's ranch the way my mother was to Johnson's, but after covering John McCain in the primaries, I spent a weekend with a colleague and our wives at McCain's mountain cabin. The stories and insights and blunt talk crackled like fireworks. As we left, I had an urge that I still can't shake. I thought, "I've gotta tell Mom about this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: On Her Trail | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...before she got the child.) On June 1999 she took the fatally injured Gilbreania to a hospital, claiming she had slipped and fallen in the bathtub. But doctors examining her discovered injuries so severe that the child's brain had been pushed into her spine as a result of blunt trauma. She died a week later, and Miss Doris was charged with murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crisis Of Foster Care | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...late '70s. Let's remember "Charlie's Angels" as it truly was: a pathetically awful bit of TV. Its emphasis on fine bodies, scenic locales and perfect hair didn't elevate it to "so bad it's good" status (a la "Cop Rock"); the show was, to be blunt, a big bore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astro Zombies and Corpse Grinders | 11/10/2000 | See Source »

...haven't been invited to Bush's ranch the way my mother was to Johnson's, but after covering John McCain in the primaries, I spent a weekend with a colleague and our wives at McCain's mountain cabin. The stories and insights and blunt talk crackled like fireworks. As we left, I had an urge that I still can't shake. I thought, "I've gotta tell Mom about this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Her Trail | 11/4/2000 | See Source »

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