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...fiasco for the party and put an end to their own political futures. And as the election gets closer, Clinton voters who take the time to compare Obama and McCain should realize, however grudgingly, that only one candidate shares the same policy positions with their Hillary, especially on hot-button issues like abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How United Are the Democrats? | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

Wait, whoa, hang on. This is no hoax. It happened to me. See, I had a flight with a connection in Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW) and ... no, no, really, don't click the back button...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Happy Air Travel Tale (For Real) | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

...Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability believes that there are threats (like nuclear terrorism) that the Pentagon's fleets of attack planes and missiles cannot handle and which have to be stopped with the immediacy of the push of a button by a future U.S. President. It's not quite a "death ray" but it's the closest existing technology can get to that fantasy weapon. Still, skeptics roll their eyes and say that the report's authors are like a bunch of junior high school boys who have seen all the James Bond movies and believe that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the US Develop a Death Ray? | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...Colorado politics is more complicated than a simple choice between national presidential candidates. McCain and Obama will share the ballot with a raft of voter-sponsored amendments, many of them touching on hot-button issues that the candidates can't afford to ignore. A controversial ballot initiative can fire up strongly committed constituencies and bring them en masse to the polls, where, of course, they'll also cast a presidential vote. This year's contenders range from a call for prayer time in public schools to a proposed sex strike to end the Iraq war. One of the highest-profile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colorado Initiatives: A Tipping Point? | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

...turns to this line of work when Lila (Misty Upham), an outcast from the Indian reservation, steals her car, which is ideal for smuggling - capacious trunk and a dashboard release button, handy for quickly off-loading human cargo should trouble arise. The two women form an uneasy partnership and, of course, bad things do start to haunt them. There are the cops and the border patrol to worry about. Also the dangerous scumbags who run the smuggling ring. And the possibility that the ice on the river might crack under the car's weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grim Appeal of Frozen River | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

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