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...talked about ending "wild speculation" and railed against Wall Street greed. Well, duh. Know anyone who is in favor of naked greed? Whoever wins will face a massive job of righting the financial ship and restoring confidence that has been badly shaken. The next President will have to cast away partisan predispositions and add the just-right measure of regulation and oversight to the mix. As Treasury Secretary (and former Goldman Sachs chief executive) Paulson recently said, "Raw capitalism is dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Financial Madness Overtook Wall Street | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...talking really fast. It's essentially an antique theatrical manner, the falsity of which the movie camera, dialing in for its close-ups (and even its two shots) exposes as relentlessly now as it did 69 years ago. No one ever gets to act - and this is a cast rich in good actresses - if by acting you mean the expression of authentic emotions. They are caught up in a zip-zap frenzy of words - and it is interesting how many lines in this script can be traced back to the Boothe original, which would not have been all that difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Women: Sex Crime | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...starred in The Broadway Melody, the first talkie to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, yet actress Anita Page was known for her work in silent films. The New York City native was cast in many silent movies, notably alongside Joan Crawford in 1928's Our Dancing Daughters, though when her MGM contract ended in 1933, Page all but disappeared from film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...Gibson reshuffled the deck and cast the U.S. as the pre-emptive invader. In asking Palin whether she agreed with the Bush Doctrine, he was actually asking whether she knew what it was. There followed a long pause. But when he asked specifically whether the U.S. had the right to invade Pakistan in pursuit of suspected terrorists, she didn't hold back. "In order to stop Islamic extremists, we must do whatever it takes; and we must not blink, Charlie, in making those tough decisions of where we go and even who we target...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Did Palin Do? Two Views | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...appointees. Last year, Beijing indicated that it could introduce direct elections for Hong Kong's legislature and the chief executive by 2017, potentially robbing democrats of their signature issue. "This was an important move by Beijing because it helped to cool down the intention of middle class people to cast their vote," says Sung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong Democrats Stay Afloat | 9/8/2008 | See Source »

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