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...disorientation starts in the very first minute. The play opens in the future - the year 2039, according to the program - as an elderly man stands amid an apocalyptic deluge of rain, and a fish falls out of the sky. We then move back and forth in time, in seemingly random order, with characters from different time periods - sometimes older and younger versions of the same person - often overlapping on the stage. Only gradually do the stories emerge of two apparently unrelated families, one in London and one in Australia, who have been scarred in different ways by tragedy and abandonment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best New Play of the Year | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

...results of Nick's documentary indicate the answer to that question is yes - a conclusion reinforced by the program's editors and his sobering voice-overs. Indeed, while most critics have applauded Nick's effort to reveal the manipulative powers of television, some commentators suggest he nonetheless errs by leaving no room to contest the documentary's conclusions. "Its excessive dramatization and commentary that's too often willing to cut corners and blur issues can be irritating," writes Hélène Marzolf, a television critic for the culture magazine Télérama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Game of Death: France's Shocking TV Experiment | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...think it’s a monumental step,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “These are fun moments and opportunities that have not come very often for our school and our program, so we’re proud, and we’re excited about representing Harvard in a tremendous fashion on the road down in North Carolina...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hoops To Break Postseason Drought Tonight | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...Republicans are also hammering Democrats for making deals in exchange for the votes of individual members. This criticism too is hard to sell on Election Day. Democrats kicked up a similar ruckus during the 2005 passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, when majority leader Tom DeLay threatened to derail the congressional candidacy of one member's son and threatened to withhold funds for then Representative Jim DeMint's Senate race if he didn't vote for the bill. On final passage of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) later that year, to gain Representative Robin Hayes' vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Winning the Message War on Health Care? | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...foundations are making investments to augment the capacity of government," says Bruce Katz, founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings. "They're pooling funds to take on a monumental task, which is, How do you begin to change the trajectory of an entire metropolitan economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: How Philanthropy is Remaking Detroit | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

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