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In the end, peering beneath the mirage of self-loathing, we find in fact a healthy tradition of self-criticism and improvement. The tendency toward navel-gazing and negativity apparent particularly among our brightest citizens, while sometimes excessive, remains far preferable to conformity and laziness. If the rest of the...

Author: By Daniel C. Barbero | Title: Thank Goodness for Self-Hatred? | 1/6/2008 | See Source »

There comes a time in almost every presidential-election cycle when a small but earnest slice of the American political class gathers to lament the tawdry hyperpartisanship taking over U.S. democracy and to call for something new and better, usually in the form of a third-party or independent candidacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Moderate Moment | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

Your article on the debut of the B-2 [KOSOVO CRISIS, April 26] struck me as closed-minded cheerleading from people living in a fantasy world. The B-2 bomber was called a dream machine that takes off "over soybean fields" and lands back near our "heartland homes." Such writing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 17, 1999 | 12/31/2007 | See Source »

So, what's the secret of the game's popularity among aspiring professionals? It is not a substitute singles night - many of the players are married. Neither does it involve gambling, which is banned in China. Instead, as 25-year-old bond trader Chen Jinghua confides, players are addicted to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death in the Flutter of an Eyelid | 12/19/2007 | See Source »

A year later, many feel Northwestern has also made itself an example of how to turn those problems around. Instead of suspending football at the school altogether, reform-minded Miami-Dade Schools superintendent Rudy Crew purged much of Northwestern's administrative and football coaching staff. Then, he brought back a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quarterbacking a School's Comeback | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

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