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Maybe all the stuff we thought we wanted in the future sucks. Flying cars would block our light, food pills would make Gordon Ramsey's screaming even more preposterous, and those moving sidewalks just give me another reason to hate fat people at airports. Far better is to have control over our most valuable commodity: time. Sure, we complain about being busy, but that's pretty great as long as we get to choose when we do things. The truth is, my editor will never even call me. She'll just e-mail. Which is actually fine with me. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Call Me! But Not on Skype or Any Other Videophone | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

...weren't they connected? One reason: there are too many dots. The NCTC's 300 analysts sort through thousands of reports a day. "Nobody's denying that the information [about Abdulmutallab] was out there, but there was lots of other information too," says an intelligence official who asked that neither he nor his agency be named. "And lots of the information is vague and doesn't rise to the level [of alarm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight: The Intelligence Breakdown | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

...reason why religious head coverings have yet to emerge in the U.S. as a significant issue is because of the tiny number of American Muslims who actually cover up. "It's very unpopular," says Jamillah Karim, an assistant professor in religious studies at Spelman College. "A minority of a minority of Muslim women here wear the face veil. It's just not practiced enough where it would become an issue at schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Face Veils: Bans in Europe Fail to Take Hold in U.S. | 1/17/2010 | See Source »

...must rely on his ingratiating good nature and comedic gifts, which he can still display in abundance. That imperishable affability, that eagerness to please his Hollywood bosses, allows Chan to elude many of the indignities thrown his way in The Spy Next Door. It may also be the reason he says yes to a junky movie like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spy Next Door: Jackie Chan, Babysitter | 1/16/2010 | See Source »

...stands, there is little reason for Democrats to be optimistic about 2010. On Thursday, the widely-respected political handicapper Charlie Cook explained that current polls suggest Republicans will enjoy a net gain of 20-30 House seats this fall. But he added a cautionary note: "It is important to note that while one party has never won all of the competitive races in any given election cycle (currently Republicans would need to win all 50 competitive seats to win 218 seats in the House), the likelihood of one or two dozen potentially competitive Democratic seats entering the danger zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking on the Banks: Obama's New Populist Pitch | 1/15/2010 | See Source »

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