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...court's dignity has come at the price of its staggeringly anachronistic aloofness. When the court boldly thrust itself into the 20th century by allowing those newfangled audiotapes of Friday's session to be released the same day, it was praised as a step forward. But no other branch of government could get away with such operational opacity. Recently, when a member of the media suggested that the high court's public information office might notify reporters of schedules via e-mail, he was told that the computers in that office are not Internet enabled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: May It Please The Court | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...comment on the effort by house speaker Tom Feeney, his friend and former running mate, to summon the legislature into special session, perhaps as early as Wednesday, to name pro-Bush electors. There may be no need to do that, but with the entire press corps in Tallahassee, no branch of government worth its salt wants to be left out of a constitutional drama. And there's a branch of the Republican Party willing to go down for a cause--like Newt Gingrich, the impeachment posse and majority leader Tom Delay--even if it's in flames. Feeney was willing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: He Ain't Heavy. He's My Brother | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...their solo careers on hold, they'd share in a giant pot of gold via the vagaries of corporate synergy. He was right. The Wu-Tang brand blossomed under an unprecedented 1993 contract the band signed with Loud Records (Sony owns a 49% stake) that allowed each member to branch into solo projects on other labels. Every few years the group pulls together for an album, thus raising each member's visibility and bolstering the branding strength of Wu-Tang, Inc. It then launches a new crop of Wu-branded products. The cycle repeats. It resembles a concept called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remaking Wu | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...Americans like to think of the third branch of government - especially the highest court in the land - as a bastion against the surgical divide in the country. The voters couldn't decide between Bush and Gore, and Congress is split between Republicans and Democrats, but as we groped for a solution to the election mess, we couldn't help looking to the courts for a wisdom that rises above the nation's two angry political camps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War This Time | 12/10/2000 | See Source »

...Politics," said Frank Zappa, "is the entertainment branch of industry.'' Much as I prefer to avoid quoting the artist behind "Nasty Little Jewish Princess'' and "Camarillo Brillo'' as a political sage, I think he has a point. Flamboyance, pizzazz and showbiz skills have eclipsed policy savvy as chief prerequisites for national politics, and politicians have changed their strategies as a result. This makes perfect sense to me. Only major caffeine abuse could keep me conscious through a policy guru's lecture on the tax code, but if the same wonk dons a pair of shades and blows...

Author: By Graeme Wood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Profane Appeal | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

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