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...manager, dump your equity and spend the rest of your days playing Microsoft Golf 2000; B) IPO. Drum up hype, watch your stock price sky rocket, dump your equity and move to Vegas; C) Consolidate ownership. Convince your partners that the company is on the fast track to success, confess you are not the most qualified leader, sell your equity (for a reasonable price that includes "future earnings"), and go to law school; D) Wake up. Realize your chances of hitting the big time are probably slim to none, dump your equity, resume attending class, and (hopefully) graduate...

Author: By Rich S. Lee, | Title: Regis Does IPO | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

...have no great affection for Texas Governor George W. Bush. In fact, I must confess that I don't know much about him, aside from the fact that he is relatively handsome and has an uncanny knack for raising millions of dollars. With the presidential election still far away on the horizon, I have yet to give much serious thought to who I will support...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: An Argument for Moral Education | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...earlier this week Bush gave a speech outlining his education policy, and the address has garnered much attention. It did not convert me into a placard-toting supporter, but I must confess that it struck a deep personal chord...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: An Argument for Moral Education | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

When asked about the current race for the Democratic nomination, Galbraith said, "I have a long relationship with the Gore family that transcends any other matter. That I freely confess...

Author: By Zachary R. Mider, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Galbraith Calls for Proactive Methods to Reduce Poverty | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Dogme might seem way too, well, dogmatic; a director who has filmed under its rules must sign a "confession" of any deviations. (Korine: "I confess that in the turkey-dinner scene, I made my grandmother go to the grocery store and buy a batch of raw cranberries ...") But Dogme is as much a game as it is a cult. Indeed, Korine broke nearly every commandment; like Rasputin, he wants to sin so he can repent. At the beginning he stages a violent death (Rule 6). At the end he credits himself (Rule 10). In between he uses slow motion, stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Putting on the Dogme | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

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