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The writing of history is one of the great legacies of the ancient Greeks, and its earliest masters, Herodotus and Thucydides, are as central to the foundations of Western civilization as Homer, Socrates and Sophocles. In more modern times, multivolume sagas of crumbling empires, explosive revolutions and nations nudging toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Past Masters: John Burrows' History of Histories | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

On this exam, mark Y for Yes. It's got power and depth, and two kings whose greatness is diluted by hubris, and a thrilling dragon fight, and the demon Grendel as a tortured outcast, and a naked monster who looks a lot like Angelina Jolie. In their use of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beowulf and Grendel — and Grendma | 11/16/2007 | See Source »

Who cares about sexual preference? I never see a character explicitly say, "I'm straight." I imagine that since gay people have been oppressed, they need to be combative about the subject so that in the future things will be better. This attitude shows how far society has to go...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

I don't understand why gays want everyone to explicitly state their sexual preference. I have never seen a character say, "I'm straight." I imagine that since gay people have been oppressed for so long, they need to be combative about the subject so that in the future things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

In telling his life story, Watson begins with his childhood and works his way to the present. Born in 1928, Watson had an interesting early life. He was a highly motivated child who had to work hard to get an education during the Depression and World War II. In fact...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Watson Pretentious and Uninspiring | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

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