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...continued explosion of interest in comics, graphic novels and related pop-culture media, The Comic Con International wrapped up last weekend with the biggest attendance in its 35 year history. Breaking last year's record numbers, the San Diego con, as it is better known, had an official count of 87,000 attendees over four days, with an exhibit hall that stretched a half mile with 7,500 people registered as exhibitors. TIME.comix wore comfortable shoes and scoped out the action...
...Arafat remains Arafat, the horse Palestinians count on to win the competition. And Palestinians will not replace him in the middle of the race—especially not under pressure from anyone whose understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was shaped by pro-Israel cheerleaders like Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle and Douglas Feith...
...Vegas has upped not only the sex but the violence as well. Boxing has been outdrawn by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (U.F.C.), a chain-link-caged, rule-free (unless you count "no biting, no eye-gouging"), bare-knuckle competition so bloody it once was decried by Senator John McCain and the American Medical Association, banned by New York State and dropped by pay-per-view cable. Match results are covered by the Las Vegas Review Journal's sports pages. At a bout last month, audience members included Shaquille O'Neal (who the owners say once asked them to change...
...implant. I cannot figure out if this is an intimate form of bonding or just a Vegas handshake. The new Vegas has upped not only the sex but also the violence. Boxing has been outdrawn by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (U.F.C.), a chain-link-caged, rule-free (unless you count "no biting, no eye-gouging") contest so bloody it has been decried by the American Medical Association, banned by New York and dropped by pay-per-view cable. At a bout last month, spectators included Cindy Crawford and basketball player Shaquille O'Neal - who, the owners say, once asked...
...most recently made a bid for the White House in 2000. That unsuccessful campaign, under the auspices of the Green Party, has been accused of tipping the balance from former Vice President Al Gore ’69 to then-Texas Governor George W. Bush in the tight vote count of November...