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...represents Sri Lanka's Sinhalese Buddhist heartland in the rural south. His sarong and tunic are the spotless white of a devout Buddhist; his reddish brown scarf the color of korakan, a rough grain eaten as the staple diet of poor farmers. Everything about Rajapaksa - his big laugh, his rough-and-ready English, his bejeweled fingers and ink-black hair - marks him as part of the rural bourgeoisie, not the urban élite educated abroad. This is more than just an image. He was elected to Parliament as its youngest member in 1970 and moved slowly up through the ranks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mahinda Rajapaksa: The Hard-Liner | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

Joel Stein's placenta article made me laugh out loud more than once [July 13]. Although I saw the afterbirths of all four of my children and thought they resembled pizza, the idea of grilling them--the placentas, not the children--never crossed my mind. Tracy Thompson Khan RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...rooms and in rag-barrel costumes, but that's the point. In Ensor the dramas of existence are mostly shabby ones. In Masks Mocking Death, even death is just another lowlife, a target of scorn - though he looks as if he knows he's going to get the last laugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skull and Bones: The Haunted Art of James Ensor | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

After we prayed about some burgers and then ate some burgers, a troupe member took me to the worship center to see the end of the sermon being given by Warren, who apparently was our warm-up act. He did not make me laugh once. Then as the full house of 160 took their seats in a small meeting room next to the church, we gathered to pray about our performance. Preshow praying, as most professional comedians will tell you, is not quite as confidence-building as shots of Cuervo. (See TIME's 2008 cover on Rick Warren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christian Improv: What's Funny at Warren's Church | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...told him this week, "Walter Cronkite died," he'd laugh and say, "Walter who? Never heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walter Cronkite, a No-Nonsense Newshound | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

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