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There comes a moment in almost every movie romance when words no longer suffice and the music must rise to the occasion. From the initial meet-cutes to the heated arguments and all those third-act sprints to win back the girl, a movie's sound track often does the heavy lifting, providing all the needed passion, heartache and poetry. The romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer, with a sound track ranging from Wolfmother to Carla Bruni, hits all the right notes, with a few surprising ones thrown in. (Hall & Oates?) TIME talked to (500) Days music supervisor Andrea...
...just published in the New York Times an op-ed urging black intellectuals to face up to their own racist attitudes. Invoking the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr., you wrote, "While anti-Semitism is generally on the wane in this country, it has been on the rise among black Americans. A recent survey finds not only that blacks are twice as likely as whites to hold anti-Semitic views but—significantly—that it is among younger and more educated blacks that anti-Semitism is most pronounced." You argued then that owning up to such internal...
...President is wrong when he says, "The system we have isn't working well for too many people." The vast majority - more than 80% in the latest TIME poll - are satisfied with their health care. They may be worried about losing their coverage, and angry as their premiums rise, but the health-care "crisis" is theoretical to most Americans. That's the immediate source of Obama's frustration, but there is a larger, structural issue blocking his path. (See the five biggest hurdles to health-care reform...
...long ago as 1982, the economist Mancur Olson made the argument, in The Rise and Decline of Nations, that as a democracy matures, special interests grow more entrenched. Their intense dedication to their own specific needs, Olson wrote, often trumps the broader, but less focused, interests of society. And that was before the rise of cable news and talk radio. It was before the utterly corrupting effect of televised advertising on politicians really kicked in - the need to raise money (from interest groups, mostly) and to exercise extreme caution lest one of your votes be used to decapitate...
...covered? Will there be a new, government-run public plan like Medicare? What new requirements will it put on businesses and individuals? What new sacrifices will Americans have to make? And what are the guarantees that an overhaul will bring health-care costs under control rather than make them rise even faster...