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Former Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale called the 2008 election a historic occasion and expressed wonder at the electoral coalition behind Barack Obama during a speech hosted yesterday by the Harvard Democrats. “It was the young America, the new America, that voted for Obama,�...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Mondale Reflects on Politics | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

Though Barack Obama won't be announcing his foreign travel plans anytime soon, it's a good bet that the new U.S. President will meet Pope Benedict XVI sometime next year, perhaps in early July to coincide with the G-8 summit in Italy. It promises to be one of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Pope and Obama Clash Over Abortion? | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

Ever since his early days as an advocate of alternative healing and nutrition, Chopra has been a magnet for criticism - most of it from the medical and scientific communities. Accusations have ranged from the dismissive - Chopra is just another huckster purveying watered-down Eastern wisdom mixed with pseudo science and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Age Supersage | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

Taylor met her 40-year-old husband, David Pollard, in an online chat room in 2003. Their mutual interest in Second Life helped their relationship flourish, and the couple married two years later. To mark the occasion, Laura Skye married Dave Barmy, Pollard's avatar (who clearly opted for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UK Couple to Divorce over Affair on Second Life | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

And that's another important ritual. Former Presidents tend to rise to the occasion when the call comes from the Oval Office, even if the caller is an adversary. It is an act of patriotism and perhaps pity by men who, knowing what the job entails, are uniquely positioned to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Presidents Pass the Torch | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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