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...incredible odds against winning at casino games and the lottery. Counselors say the problem is that kids are inevitably exposed to gambling before they are developmentally prepared for it. "Younger children lack abstract thinking, so they believe that if they win, it's because they're special or because God loves them," says Brad Tucker, an addiction counselor in Peterborough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents For Poker | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...includes healthy doses of loving abuse. "It's a beautifully vicious clubhouse," says former Met pitcher Ron Darling, now a team broadcaster. The players energetically hurl insults--especially at Wright, 23, the All-Star whose looks have inspired female fans to wear "Mrs. Wright" jerseys. "He thinks he's God's gift to women," says pitcher Tom Glavine. "We have to remind him it's totally about the uniform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Mets Got Red Hot | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...stage and screen who famously played Robert Redford's con-man mentor in the Oscar-winning The Sting; in Englewood, New Jersey. The Mississippi native and onetime prizefighter lent his mellifluous voice and astute, low-key style to such Broadway shows as The Gospel at Colonus and All God's Chillun Got Wings, and won acclaim in 1962 for the off-Broadway Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, which co-starred his son and fellow baritone, James Earl Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...look back to the era between the Big Bang and the birth of stars provoked skepticism and awe. Some readers said scientists reached beyond their data, while others found an affirmation of God's work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...gray suit and harried face, Black built a fan base as a commentator on The Daily Show. This HBO hour displays his grousing wit and splenetic temperament in full fulmination as he rails against the world and the heavens too. (He's no fan of the Old Testament God.) On his Washington stage, Black naturally has opinions about George W. Bush, who makes him very angry. He's also miffed at the Democrats for not finding a candidate who could defeat Bush in 2004: "It would be like finding a normal person who would lose in the Special Olympics." This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 Standouts of Stand-up Comedy Come to DVD | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

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