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More than a year after Russia and Georgia clashed in a short but brutal war, the two countries are continuing their dispute on the movie screen. Russian filmmakers have already released a slick documentary as well as a romantic feature that depicts Georgia as a genocidal aggressor. Now, the Georgian government is supporting Renny Harlin, the Hollywood director who made Die Hard 2, for its own take on the conflict, complete with Andy Garcia as the embattled Georgian President standing up to Russian tanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia and Georgia Go to War Again — on Screen | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...ground. Back in May, the Treasury Department announced that it would issue guidelines on how lenders might speed up dealing with borrowers who simply want to hand back the deed to their house or sell their home for less than is owed on the mortgage (a so-called short sale). Distressed homeowners and housing counselors have long complained about short sales being scuttled by lenders that take too long to respond to a potential buyer's offer. The plan to beef up the process for these sales, originally announced in May, wasn't unveiled until Nov. 30 - and doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Loan-Modification Program Isn't Working | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...short essay, please explain why “Kid A” is either superior or inferior to “In Rainbows...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Arts Poll 2009 | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...don’t want to have when you go through this sort of situation is a crisis of leadership,” Business School professor James B. Harreld said. “You do not want to see two dips, two crises of leadership in such a short period of time...

Author: By Julia L Ryan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: GM Ousts HBS Alum | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

After months of delay, Arturo Valenzuela was finally confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs last month. But for a job with such a long title, he may find it's short on clout these days. Ostensibly, Valenzuela is President Obama's new point man on Latin America; in reality, that job looks to be under the control of Republicans in Congress and conservatives inside Obama's own diplomatic corps. In fact, when it comes to U.S. policy in Latin America - as events this week in Honduras suggest - it's often hard to tell if George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Latin American Policy Looks Like Bush's | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

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