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Conan, however, was far too polite to attack public figures. His absurd and non sequitur humor worked exceedingly well at 12:35 p.m., but by refusing to change his style for 11:35 p.m., he implicitly rejected the late-night tradition. But hopefully, with a contract barring his return to...

Author: By Avishai D. Don | Title: Nice Guys Finish Last | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

The Saints might win the Super Bowl in two weeks, but sooner or later the talk of the league will return to Favre - the man whom Vikings fans have hated to love, whom Packers fans have come to regard with a sense of wounded fascination. The retirement rumors will persist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Packers Fan's Mixed Emotions About Brett Favre | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

Washington, 55, is some kind of deity - a man of God if not the Lord himself - in The Book of Eli, the grand and grimy post-apocalyptic western from the twin auteurs Allen and Albert Hughes. They must have recognized an anomaly in Washington's quarter-century star career: that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Savior: Denzel Washington in Book of Eli | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

Most of the "44 ways" involve helping the mujahedin, or holy warriors: giving them money, praying for them, sponsoring their families and encouraging others to join the jihad. Believers are also urged to be physically fit, learn to use arms and spiritually prepare for holy war. Al-Awlaki stops short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Dangerous Is the Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki? | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

Yet Theroux makes a passionate defense of his genre when asked what role travel writing can play in a globalized world where much that was exotic seems increasingly like one giant 7-11 franchise. "That's just an illusion," Theroux claims, "because the customs, obligations, pieties that govern the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Veteran Travel Writer Finds a Muse in Calcutta | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

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