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...practical implications? Many scholars believe that social comparison helps to explain why, even as much of the world gets ever richer, people today don't report being happier than people did 50 years ago. We might not be happy now if we had to give up the amenities of the last half-century computers, air conditioners, a bedroom for every child, and more - but back when no one else had them either, life was okay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Success Depends on Others Failing | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

...campaign trail former New York mayor Giuliani has called on Romney to explain his decision to appoint Judge Tuttman. "It's not an isolated incident," Giuliani told the Associated Press, offering FBI crime statistics that he said showed a 7.5% increase in murders in Massachusetts while Romney was governor and a 12% increase in robberies during the same period. "The reality is, he did not have a record of reducing violent crime," Mr. Giuliani told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Year's Willie Horton? | 11/25/2007 | See Source »

...still waiting for the answer to what she believes. I'd be inspired and excited to vote for Clinton if she would just answer a question instead of letting sheep like Klein explain her ambiguous responses. Everybody gets that she can be as politically savvy as any former President - Democrat or Republican - but by continuing to avoid taking and presenting a position, she'll eventually deal herself out of the big card game. Brian Ahern, Sandwich, Massachusetts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/22/2007 | See Source »

...still waiting for the answer as to what she believes. I'd be inspired and excited to vote for the former First Lady if she would just answer a question instead of letting sheep like Klein explain her ambiguous responses. Everybody gets that she can be as politically savvy as any former President--Democrat or Republican--but by continuing to avoid taking and presenting a position, she'll eventually deal herself out of the big card game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...told the courtroom that he was there to seek release from detention ahead of his trial at the tribunal. "The reason I lodged this appeal is that I have been detained without trial for 8 years, 6 months and 10 days already," Duch said, adding that his lawyers would explain his appeal in detail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Long-Delayed Justice in Cambodia | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

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