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...play is set in the LeVays’ Martha’s Vineyard household, which is masterfully designed by Tony Award-winning scenic director David Gallo. The cast moves fluidly through the house, whose aesthetic takes the idea of watching a “slice of life” quite literally: the set is a cross-section of the LeVay residence, providing views of the porch, kitchen, living room, and stairs, all meticulously decorated with paintings, books, and ornate details that convey the luxury of the LeVays’ lifestyle...

Author: By Araba A. Appiagyei-Dankah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HTC's 'Stick' Flies in the Face of Racism | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...chance. Kumaritashvili died on Feb. 12, at age 21, a few hours before the Olympic opening ceremonies. During a training run, Kumaritashvili's sled struck an inside wall on the final turn of the luge track, and he was catapulted into an unpadded steel support column. The accident cast an instant pall over the Olympics and called into question the track's design. In the week leading up to the Games, many luge athletes openly wondered if the track was too dangerous; Kumaritashvili's father said his son had expressed concern about his own safety. After several adjustments were made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nodar Kumaritashvili | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...White House to impose punitive sanctions on Iran. And in October, he threatened to filibuster the President's centerpiece health care measure if it included a public option. Though Obama had not favored that provision for months, Lieberman's move sent the left running for its pitchforks and cast him in the public eye as disloyal, despite his efforts for the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the Democrats Forgive Joe Lieberman? | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...collecting enough signatures is another matter. Putting a measure on the ballot requires money, which places the most powerful interest groups in the driver's seat. Qualifying a measure in California often costs more than $1 million, with initiatives for a constitutional amendment requiring 8% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election, or 694,354 signatures, and a proposed law requiring 5%, or 433,971. The signatures must be gathered in 150 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Initiative Culture Broke California | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

...Kimball points out, the biggest positive of the initiative process is that states with ballot measures as part of the political culture are more responsive to the citizenry than states without. The biggest negative is that the cumulative effect of initiatives - some of them constitutional amendments nearly cast in stone - severely hamstrings state legislators and governors as they do their jobs. (See 10 things to do in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Initiative Culture Broke California | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

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