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It shouldn't have been surprising, really, that the world's most populous continent would give birth to a movement called People Power. In 1986, a housewife from the Philippines whose given name meant "heart" gave lifeblood to her wounded nation. The only weapon she possessed was moral courage. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corazon Aquino 1933-2009: The Saint of Democracy | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

But after a rocky beginning and a slew of attempted coups, Aquino evolved into a President who merited her six years in office. She did so not as the devout Catholic whose impassioned rhetoric inspired EDSA, but as an administrator driven by a more Protestant industriousness. In the end, her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corazon Aquino 1933-2009: The Saint of Democracy | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

Cory's wisdom - she was, after all, one of the few leaders who was so beloved that her supporters often dispensed with her last name - will be all the more crucial at this juncture in history. Democracy, if only in name, has touched much of the developing world. But the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corazon Aquino 1933-2009: The Saint of Democracy | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

Our moral superiority about our naturally thin lips or un-home-runny arms is nothing more than a silly, momentary discomfort with technology improving our bodies, which will go away when these procedures are cheaper and safer. I for one will proudly take steroids when they finally make ones that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheating: It's All-American — And It's Great! | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

Justin Fox devotes a page to the success of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase and attributes that success to their being better at what they do than their rivals are [Aug. 3]. Yet nowhere does Fox explain what they do or how they contribute to the economic well-being of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

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