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...inhabiting the character is consummate and ineffable - as economical and meticulous as the way he rolls his own cigarettes or asks for a precisely brewed cup of tea. "You can't put your finger on what exactly," Boyle says. But he has an instinctive way of finding the "moral center" of any character, so that in Slumdog, we believe the policeman might actually conclude that Jamal is innocent. Boyle compares him to an athlete who can execute the same move perfectly over and over. "It's beautiful to watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping It Real | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...thanks to widespread telecommuting and the desire for community. Adding 100 million people will certainly change features of society, but overall, Kotkin believes, the U.S. will be stronger for it. The optimistic faith in American exceptionalism is straight out of Walt Whitman, but Kotkin, a senior fellow at the Center for an Urban Future in New York City, bolsters his analysis with an army of statistics. It's a welcome view in a difficult time, yet it's also one that dismisses certain realities--China's economic might, for example--a little too easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

Wakefield, who is associated with the Thoughtful House Center for Children, an autism center in Austin, Texas, could not be reached for comment. He maintains a devoted circle of supporters, several of whom appeared with him on Jan. 28 in London for the General Medical Council ruling. The formal repudiation of his 1998 paper may only reinforce their belief that there's a conspiracy on the part of the medical establishment to suppress his work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debunked | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...even have a name for this kind of Republican. In the 1980s, we called them Gypsy Moths, after a pest prevalent in the Northeast. But this new strain is not found only in the Northeast, and it is not a pest. It represents the best home for a center-right politics of the future. (See pictures of Republican memorabilia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans Must Embrace the Vital Center | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

Republicans can learn from these examples. But first they have to say it loud and say it proud: The time has come to restore the center to the center-right coalition. Maybe it's even time to start a new convention so the centrists can meet face to face at least once a year, just as their conservative colleagues do. CenPAC, anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans Must Embrace the Vital Center | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

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