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Burns wrote in Scots, a dialect that looks familiar but confusing to modern English speakers (he penned "Auld Lang Syne," which most of us can pronounce but not interpret). In 1786, he published his first book of poems, on everything from religious hypocrisy to a typical Scottish Saturday night. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burns Night | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

But the President who so carefully cultivates a postpartisan image will not be able to entirely avoid pressure from allies to demonstrate a concrete commitment to changing the cycle of whipsaw abortion policy that takes place whenever a new President occupies the White House. Already he has been lobbied by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shhh. Obama Repeals the Abortion Gag Rule, Very Quietly | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

This, despite repeated pleas from border Democratic officeholders, residents with family and business ties on both sides of the river, and conservationists who fear their 30-year effort to string parcels of land into a necklace of treasured preserves for native fauna and flora will be destroyed as the acreage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opponents of the Border Fence Look to Obama | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

The Obama camp says that while the swearing-in ceremony may be limited to Protestant clergy, they deserve credit for putting together a diverse cast of supporting characters. "The program of religious leaders that we have assembled for this Inaugural committee has achieved the goal of being one of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing from the Inaugural Dais: Rabbis and Priests | 1/19/2009 | See Source »

The fact remains, though, that the major speaking slots for religious figures will be filled this year by Protestant Christians. It's possible that Obama aides got so tied up in a search for ideological diversity - Warren is a theologically conservative Evangelical, Lowery a feisty political liberal, Robinson the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing from the Inaugural Dais: Rabbis and Priests | 1/19/2009 | See Source »

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