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As usual, my cousin Irving swats aside my questions as if they were pesky mosquitoes. "It was disgusting," he says. "A terrible waste of time. We learned nothing."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oldest Man at Burning Man | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

Over Labor Day weekend The Dark Knight will probably surpass $500 million at the U.S. box office. It has already swept into the record books, with the biggest opening weekend of all time ($158.4 million) and widest opening release of all time (4,366 theaters), and is also the second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer Box Office: Good, Not Great | 8/29/2008 | See Source »

But as he prepared to run for President again, McCain made peace with Bush and their party. The iconoclast who attacked Jerry Falwell as an "agent of intolerance" during the 2000 campaign made a pilgrimage to Falwell's university to make amends. The scold who attacked the Swift Boat Veterans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding John McCain | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

In books with names like Faith of My Fathers, Character Is Destiny and Why Courage Matters, McCain has said his captivity was a personal turning point that opened his eyes to causes larger than himself, transforming a vain jet jockey into a servant of his country. It was also a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding John McCain | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

McCain genuinely believes that America's honor is at stake in this election. His friends say he's learned through hard experience as well as family values that tough talk backed by force is the only language our enemies understand, that vacillation in the face of evil will dishonor America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding John McCain | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

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