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"Libertarian" is political shorthand for leave me alone. Democrats have not been very good traditionally at leave-me-alone politics. Malcolm Wallop, the Republican former Senator of Wyoming, got elected in 1976 partly because of a memorable political ad he ran of a cowboy packing a portable toilet strapped to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats' New Western Stars | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

"Libertarian" is political shorthand for leave me alone. Democrats have not been very good traditionally at leave-me-alone politics. Malcolm Wallop, the Republican former Senator of Wyoming, got elected in 1976 partly because of a memorable political ad he ran of a cowboy packing a portable toilet strapped to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats' New Western Stars | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

Computers are certainly doing some of the work. Companies like eBay, GM and Motorola have all used software from Massachusetts firm Idiom Technologies to help power their efforts in localization, as language targeting is sometimes called. Still, it often takes a real brain to differentiate terms in context: the word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Translation Nation | 1/12/2007 | See Source »

Also usually at play is a mixture of calm intelligence and charm-the winning bedside manner of this cinematic Dr. Feelgood. "Was there no place where a penguin without a heartsong could truly belong?" asks Happy Feet's narrator at one point. This being a George Miller movie, the answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rare Bird | 1/3/2007 | See Source »

Time for a Family Chat Re Joe Klein's "A father's inadvertent wisdom" [Dec. 4]: There appears to be an elephant in the living room of the Bush household. When Daddy can't discuss Iraq with his son because the son is in denial and Daddy doesn't want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Game Plans for Gates | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

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