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Well, there's still a huge emphasis on the horse-race part, and I don't know if that will ever change. It's kind of a natural human condition: people are interested in who wins and loses. People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calvin Trillin | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

It's harder for me. I've written three books you could think of as memoirs. One of them was about a classmate of mine who was the person we thought would be President of the United States. He committed suicide. That led to a book about my father, since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calvin Trillin | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

Retailers rolled out a variety of promotions and discounts with mixed results last Friday in an effort to lure recession-weary consumers into Harvard Square stores, hoping that the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season might boost revenues battered in recent months by a tumbling economy. Expecting the worst...

Author: By Danella H. Debel and Elias J. Groll, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Shoppers Hit Square Stores | 11/30/2008 | See Source »

The election of Barack Obama does not represent a "New Liberal Order" so much as the latest desire to establish responsibility in the congressional playpen. For decades, Americans have voted in politicians with the hope that they would work together for the common good. And for decades, most of these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

Projecting an urbane reasonableness proves to be the theme of the day. At the press conference, Nkunda, 39, a father of six, says he is ready for talks whenever President Laurent Kabila chooses. He denies he is interested in the Presidency and speaks instead of a position in the Congolese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Would Be (Congo's) King | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

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