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...produced without the volunteers, such as Yochai Benkler, who allow us journalists to interview them. Cable TV news channels are pageants of volunteerism, with much airtime filled by unpaid guests. The majority of these people aren't motivated by Kropotkin's spirit of mutual aid--they seek fame, an audience for their ideas, higher fees on the speaking circuit. But for those minutes on air, they are working for free...
...been a busy few weeks for Carl Icahn, the billionaire financier who gained fame--some would say notoriety--in the 1980s by taking over TWA and agitating for change at the likes of Texaco and RJR Nabisco. While juggling his bids to get on the board of mobile-phone manufacturer Motorola and to buy car-parts maker Lear, Icahn, 71, took a break to talk with TIME's Barbara Kiviat about imperial CEOs, movies by mail and the one thing no one ever gets about...
...Children of Men” might be the best recourse available. Directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón of “Y Tu Mama También” and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” fame, the film imagines a world in which women are no longer able to bear children. Based on P.D. James’ novel, the film opens eighteen years after the last baby has been born, a phenomenon that coincides with—and perhaps contributes to—staunch anti-immigration sentiment, widespread violence, extensive...
...Notebook” and “Alpha Dog,” everyone’s lines seem straight out of a romance novel you find in the dollar bin, but it’s all in wholesome, pulp fun. Throughout, Johansson seems very conscious of the fame that got her this gig. Fueling the rumors of a made-in-tabloid-heaven romance, the two definitely have chemistry, but then again, what man wouldn’t with Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year? After JT discovers Scarlett’s indiscretions, she runs to her vehicle...
...reading and the essay portion of academics, but it’s really been great being able to go back to school. And especially play on the team, which I feel has always been kind of a family for me.”Ruggiero, despite her newfound fame as a reality TV star, is envious of Chu’s ability to stay in Cambridge.“Unlike [Chu], who luckily got to go back to Harvard—I got to do that after [the] 2002 [Olympics]—I’m working full-time...