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...month in the summer of 2001. I believe that Mother Teresa's letters reveal not a "darkness" but a vulnerability. I can only imagine the mental and spiritual fortitude that a lifelong commitment to oppressed people would demand. Each letter Mother Teresa wrote was an attempt to sustain her spirit as she battled the effects of extreme poverty. Zachary Davis, Modesto, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

Stengel's national-service plan would butcher the very Republic he seeks to preserve. His proposal would require funding and create organizations for any number of corrupt officials to exploit. Such a plan would also obliterate the spirit of volunteerism, whose very nature and definition mean participation without incentives--monetary or otherwise. Americans do need to band together for the betterment of our delicate Republic' but amplifying the government's already expansive role and excessive expenditures is no answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Sep. 24, 2007 | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

When your lover dies, a part of you dies too. But in Erica Bain (Jodie Foster), a new spirit is borntough, ruthless, addicted to vengeance. This thriller, directed by Neil Jordan, has so many plot loopholes, it makes sense only as the fantasy of a bereaved soul. Or perhaps as an answer to the 1970s-era Death Wish films. Troubling and engrossing, it suggests that to become an urban hero, you first have to forget you're human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downtime: Sep. 24, 2007 | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...keep the hype building.) But even without injuries, the show was bound to be controversial, and not just for putting kids in the TV spotlight. Rather, the show's premise--sending kids off on their own, to take risks, experiment and possibly fail, without parental intervention--runs against the spirit of modern child rearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Kid Nation Divided | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...month in the summer of 2001. I believe that Mother Teresa's letters reveal not a "darkness" but a vulnerability. I can only imagine the mental and spiritual fortitude that a lifelong commitment to oppressed people would demand. Each letter Mother Teresa wrote was an attempt to sustain her spirit as she battled the effects of extreme poverty. Zachary Davis, MODESTO, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Abiding Anguish | 9/12/2007 | See Source »

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