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...troubles of Prepared Table have sparked a debate about charter schools. Everything from how much taxpayer money is earmarked per student to how many students would be served and even the application process have become lightning-rod issues that will be debated when the state legislature is back in session in January. Since Texas is a state where charter schools have grown rapidly in recent years - as have their problems - the results are being closely watched around the country as a bellwether for the controversial charter school movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rethinking Charter Schools in Texas | 10/4/2006 | See Source »

...they go right, you never see them. They have to go wrong. I'm pretty proud of the one in the movie where I ride a rocket like Wile E. Coyote and it explodes. A foot-long rod shot out of the side. If it had been four inches to the right it would have gone through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 2, 2006 | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...Rod Parker, an attorney who has represented the sect's members, including Jeffs, believes that Jeffs will maintain his leadership status. "The whole premise of their beliefs is that Jeffs has been chosen by God to be their leader and the fact that he is in custody doesn't change that - he is still going to be viewed as their prophet." Although, logistically carrying out his role may mean relying on a hierarchy of power. "Being a fugitive never stopped him from running the church, so why would it now?" asks Parker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will be the Next Polygamist Prophet? | 8/30/2006 | See Source »

...billion Amount allotted by Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois for a plan to substitute oil with homegrown energy products like corn-based ethanol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Sep. 4, 2006 | 8/27/2006 | See Source »

...that she has commodified every ounce of herself, and it takes a mere 6 sec. on Paris before she coos her signature catchphrase, "That's hot." She also includes a nasty song about Nicole Richie and a trashy cover of Do Ya Think I'm Sexy that makes Rod Stewart's original seem like Nessun Dorma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to my Bubble | 8/27/2006 | See Source »

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