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So ... why are we doing this? Oh, about a zillion reasons. Digital TV makes possible better sound and a sharper picture as well as something called multicasting, which means that--because digital signals are more compact than analog ones--single stations will be able to broadcast multiple channels of programming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Requiem for Rabbit Ears | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

It's Saturday night at the American Economics Association's conference, and Peter Orazem has just taken the podium in an overcrowded ballroom at the San Francisco Hilton. Hundreds of fellow Ph.D.s in Dockers, blue dress shirts and thick glasses fill the seats and line the walls. They've come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Didja Hear the One About the Funny Economist? | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

Tammie Jones, 36, returned to the Lower Ninth Ward partly to help her 77-year-old mother repair the family home. Over three years after Katrina, their home remains unfinished. They avoid traveling to the downtown Wal-Mart for groceries, they say, mainly because it's often overcrowded and lacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Waiting for the Recession in New Orleans | 1/2/2009 | See Source »

Is it possible for a foreign male to visit Thailand without getting a) waylaid in a girlie bar, or b) arrested? This question struck me recently in Phuket, where the best-selling titles at the airport bookshop included a self-published novel about a murdered Thai prostitute, an exposé...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jailhouse Schlock | 1/1/2009 | See Source »

Consider the 10 men taken off their flimsy rubber rafts: after spending the rest of the night in a police van, they were sent to an overcrowded island detention center for between 15 and 45 days. Once they're released, authorities are likely to hand them a 30-day expulsion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greece's Immigrant Odyssey | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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