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...purple orchid named after his father (the Kimilsungia), North Korean visitors gush about the joy of living in a workers' paradise. "Thanks to the wise guidance of the great leader, life has improved so much," a soldier assures us. That may be true for members of the privileged ? lite, of whom we catch glimpses as they are ferried around town in Mercedeses with tinted windows. But how long will everyone else be willing to put up with rice rations and stale elevator music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Hermit Kingdom | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

...Second Storm Hurricanes Rita and Katrina will change how the Federal Government handles disasters [Oct. 3]. Let's hope the Bush Administration does not use this crisis the way it used 9/11 - as an excuse to consolidate even more power in the hands of the right-wing corporate élite. We must reverse the trend of allowing corporations to set our national policy. Allen L. Wenger Mountain Home, Idaho, U.S. George W. Bush's handlers left no photo op unexplored as they sought to convince us that the President was fully engaged in hurricane relief after Rita. Of course, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are We Making Hurricanes Worse? | 10/19/2005 | See Source »

Bush's friends contend that it is the conservative élite, not the President, who miscalculated and that self-righteous right-wingers stand to lose their seats at the table of power for the next three years. "They're crazy to take him on this frontally," said a former West Wing official. "Not many people have done that with George Bush and lived to tell about it." If a Justice Miers eventually takes her seat on the court, vocal critics can only hope the Bush Administration handles the punishment of the treasonous as poorly as it is currently promoting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Bushes Can't Hit The Right Note | 10/17/2005 | See Source »

Hurricanes Rita and Katrina will change how the Federal Government handles disasters [Oct. 3]. Let's hope the Bush Administration does not use this crisis the way it used 9/11--as an excuse to consolidate even more power in the hands of the right-wing corporate élite. We must not allow corporations to set our national policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 24, 2005 | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

...CLUBS praised the attack, which kills Smurfette, as a "brilliant practical application of psychology" to jar today's jaded world out of complacency. And ERIK'S RAMBLINGS warned of more carnage, imagining a PETA ad with "the Care Bears being shot by some mad hunter drunk on lite beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blogwatch: Oct. 24, 2005 | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

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