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Idealism is a sputtering flame, a fragile sapling, a whine and buzz in the ear...

Author: By Maria Y. Xia | Title: Metaphors | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...large difference," Hussam says. "Better than two years ago." The paint in his restaurant is bright and fresh. Meanwhile, young couples dine while flat-screen TVs blast modern Arabic music videos. It's almost easy to be relaxed. But then my companion and translator whispers in my ear, warning me not to speak English and to try to blend in for my safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Bombs of August: A Return to the Bad Old Days? | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...says it. She supports the broad thrust of Obama's initiatives. "But you can't believe all the groups that want to make their case. There are the doctors, the nurses, the cancer society," she continues, raising the specter of a conga line of disease groups bending her ear. "All of them have legitimate concerns. And that's just health care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Special Interests Stymie Health-Care Reform? | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

These protests strain the ear, but they vent conservatives’ frustration with liberals—now in almost complete control—who want to extend government’s reach over larger swaths of our lives. Unfortunately, middle-class conservatives assume that if you’re a member of the “elite,” you’re liberal. When I revealed that I wrote for The Harvard Crimson, one man asked me, “Are you going to write about how dumb we are?” A second warned that...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: The Hartford Tea Party | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...guiding principle of a pilot payment model called Prometheus, which, by January 2010, will be used to calculate insurance coverage for 80,000 workers in Rockford, Ill., and has already caught the eye of the White House. Why? Because it turns the current insurance reimbursement system on its ear. See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting Health-Care Costs by Putting Doctors on a Budget | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

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