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Your cover photograph of the late, great, Ted Kennedy surely doesn't do him justice. This study of a seemingly bewildered and disillusioned man does not reflect the positive and dedicated humanitarian he became. The photograph inside the magazine of the passionate politician, in full flow with word and fist and pen, would have been a far more graphic final reminder of what we have lost. Ted Williamson, EAGLESHAM, SCOTLAND...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teddy's Legacy | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...allowed to enter into any contracts surrounding campus events or even have much to do with their scheduling. In years past, they have been told simply that certain events must occur each year, left only to devise the frilly details of the gatherings. The iron fist of social programming is entrusted only to recent Harvard undergraduates, as the administration feels that only a former Harvard student could navigate the complex social and administrative bureaucracies on campus. This “Harvard-only” mentality, I should note, was also espoused by Drew Faust’s adversaries in opposition...

Author: By Benjamin P. Schwartz | Title: A “Czarry” Excuse for Fun | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

...which stick closest of all to their formula. A pulsating bassline and whining, mesmeric synths propel the album’s first single “Uprising.” It’s all fairly predictable—especially the chorus, in which Matt Bellamy decries with typical fist-pumping authority: “They will not force us / They will stop degrading us / They will not control us / We will be victorious.” Track two, “Resistance,” starts slowly with a rudimentary piano riff, but it doesn’t take...

Author: By Daniel K. Lakhdhir, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Muse | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...Beck often cites Beale as an inspiration and a tribune for our own times. "I think that's the way people feel," he told an interviewer. "That's the way I feel" - like the fist-shaking, hair-pulling Beale. Whether channeled by a playwright on the left or a talk-show host on the right, anger and distrust can be dramatized and monetized. But do they ever really go anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America? | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

There are so many. Biologically, they're so close to us. Their brain is almost identical. We have fascinating similarities in social behavior: kissing, embracing, holding hands, shaking the fist. These things are done in the same context that we do them and clearly mean the same kinds of thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Jane Goodall | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

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