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Clooney, who is a hard-core Democrat, wants to bring some of that full-grown masculinity to his party and uses the term "ruthless liberalism" as an antidote to compassionate conservatism. Clooney's father Nick, a former Cincinnati, Ohio, anchorman and host on cable's American Movie Classics, ran for Congress in Kentucky as a Democrat and got crushed. Though George raised funds, he didn't do any campaigning for his dad. "It would have been Hollywood versus the heartland," he says. "I definitely would have hurt him." Charm, apparently, will go only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Wiz Of Show Biz | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

Then, however, tension turns into genocide. And Rusesabagina turns from glorified houseboy into antiheroic hero. His hotel can offer hundreds of terrified Tutsi food, beds and the protection of a thin, blue-helmeted line of U.N. peacekeepers, commanded by Colonel Oliver (Nick Nolte). The big question is, Can the volatile local militia, eager to stamp out "cockroaches" (its name for the Tutsi), be kept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Not Just an African Story | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...speech based on his new book Tower of Babble: How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos, Gold said that although its original purpose was to “nick aggression in the butt,” the U.N. fails to distinguish between aggressor and victim in international conflicts...

Author: By Alexandra C. Wood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Israeli Ambassadors Criticizes U.N. | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

...very difficult, trying and dangerous circumstances. It is easy to take articles like his for granted, but we must pay tribute to remarkable people like Ware who continually provide us with gritty, quality journalism directly from the front lines. As an aspiring journalist, I wholeheartedly salute Michael Ware. Nick Smart Gold Coast, Australia The Whole World Watched I am not American, but I respect the choice of those who re-elected President Bush [Nov. 15]. I wish to remind them, however, that the decision they have made will also affect the citizens of the rest of the world who desperately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/12/2004 | See Source »

...very difficult, trying and dangerous circumstances. It is easy to take articles like his for granted, but we must pay tribute to remarkable people like Ware who continually provide us with gritty, high-quality journalism directly from the front lines. As an aspiring journalist, I wholeheartedly salute Michael Ware. Nick Smart Gold Coast, Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/12/2004 | See Source »

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