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...would like to say we have passed the saturation point on procedurals. But I wouldn't bet my pocket change on it. America is addicted to Amber Alerts and Laci Peterson--type cases, and every cable marathon of lost-child and missing-white-woman coverage is free advertising for Close to Home. This TV season has been notable for ever more gruesome cop shows (Wanted, Killer Instinct) with sensationalistic stories about brutalized women and children. Close to Home, whose early episodes involve a kidnapped young woman and doe-eyed kids on the witness stand, is a softer, more accessible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Scaring the Suburbs | 10/9/2005 | See Source »

...potential solution Peterson strongly suggested is a bipartisan commission similar to the 9-11 Commission...

Author: By Lev Menand, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tri-Deficit Problem Looming | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

...failure to reform these programs, Peterson said, would be akin to choosing to “continue to ride a [dead] horse—that is not sustainable...

Author: By Lev Menand, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tri-Deficit Problem Looming | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

...politician who advocated requiring living wills, Peterson noted by way of example, lost an election after being dubbed “Dr. Death...

Author: By Lev Menand, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tri-Deficit Problem Looming | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

...Peterson said the savings deficit is also a serious problem—the U.S. has gone from the biggest saver in the world to the biggest consumer. Peterson advocated mandatory saving as the solution, a proposal that he admits is quite controversial...

Author: By Lev Menand, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tri-Deficit Problem Looming | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

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