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Even many Turks who don't support the AKP view the latest secularist saber-rattling with distaste. "You can't ban the most popular party in the country. It's a joke," says Alpay. "This is not really about the threat to secularism; it is about the military using the threat to sustain its position in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey: God and Country | 7/16/2008 | See Source »

...cynically called it the Tombstone Agency. Within the Washington Beltway, agency officials, government bureaucrats, staff on Capitol Hill, aviation lobbyists, airline representatives and journalists all understood the poignant irony of this nickname. The FAA will not do anything until people die. It was a sad, bad, inside joke. Only the public never knew how much truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 7/14/2008 | See Source »

...conservative-leaning Times of London sarcastically praised Comme Si Rien N'Etait as quite possibly "the best album ever made by the wife of a head of state," which, while undoubtedly true, is also a typically British form of insult. But Bruni is not a joke singer, or a novelty act crossing over from one genre to another. (And yes, I'm looking at you, Scarlett Johansson.) Bruni's 2003 debut, Quelq'un M'a Dit, sold over two million copies and thrilled critics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Bastille Day, Bruni Causes a Storm | 7/13/2008 | See Source »

Barney Frank is on the line. I ask the Massachusetts Democrat, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, if he thinks the housing bill that he and Senator Chris Dodd are on the verge of pushing through Congress will really do much good. Frank first trots out a joke from the late comedian Henny Youngman: "How's your wife?" Answer: "Compared to what?" Then he gets a bit more serious. "Do I think it's gonna have a great impact?" he says. "It's gonna have an impact. I think it will be helpful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Not-Quite Bailout | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...While I was trying to defend myself, apparently Mr. Pitt checked out my website. "Your official website says you're the guy who loves porn and hates America," he said. When I explained that was a joke, he told me jokes don't make for good campaigning. "Generally, people don't like to know that their Vice President wrote the sentence 'I love porn.' I'm now looking at the unpublished Joel Stein columns. 'The Hooker in My Car'? I'm now reading your column about your marijuana brownies. It's not the best thing in the world. This column...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Heartbeat Away | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

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