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...wife and kids." After his show went off the air, he did some soul-searching, fell in love and came to the conclusion that the applause of a few hundred people is worth more than the adulation of millions. "I've had the ride," he says. "I want the freedom that I've been so lucky to earn." He agreed to appear on 30 Rock simply because the prospect amused him. "I'm just a crazy, crazy Alec Baldwin fan," says Seinfeld. "Everything he does, he just has a very pure, straight-ahead way of performing. I thought, When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Seinfeld Goes Back to Work | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...Bush laid out the universal declaration's broadest imperatives, which he said are necessary for true freedom and are central to the U.N.'s larger purpose. "Every member of the United Nations must join in this mission of liberation," he said, ticking through the declaration's list of "rights" to protection from poverty, illiteracy and disease. That's a fairly progressive position: liberal economists, like Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, have said that basic human rights, like the right to vote, are only as good the social and economic rights that allow for them to be exercised effectively. Bush would never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush and the U.N.: Idealistic Synergy | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

...Bush likes to say that freedom isn't free; in Iraq, he may have learned that it isn't easy either. But it will take more than an idealistic speech at the U.N. to convince observers there and abroad to fall in love with his vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush and the U.N.: Idealistic Synergy | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

According to the Harvard University Registrar’s Office, lotteries are currently the domain of individual professors, who have the freedom to inform their students of results at any time. To solve the problem of late lotteries, the College should mandate that all lotteries end by 5 p.m. on the Thursday before Study Card day, at least 24 hours before study cards are due. That would give students enough time to see their advisers, shop additional courses, and make informed decisions...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Let’s Fix Lotteries | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

...this society of sudden economic freedom, newly rich capitalists are eager to clarify their social standing, so they turn to the obvious luxury must-haves: traditional French labels and expensive watches. That explains why Chanel, Lacoste and Dior rank in the top five brands with the highest level of recognition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Breaking out the largest logos | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

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