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David Gilbert-Pederson does a pretty good impression of a grizzled old pol. A delegate from Minneapolis and full-time Barack Obama field worker, he's on his fifth campaign, having cut his teeth working for Walter Mondale's brief Senate run back in 2002. Although he's on constant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dems' Really Young Guns | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

Like traditional Japanese poetry, the new pop-culture haiku says a lot with few words. These days digital eloquence is defined by pithiness. Witness the rise of Twitter.com where more than a million users submit messages of 140 characters max (i.e., no longer than this sentence). In the book world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiku Nation | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

Far more interesting is the fact that most of A Little Bit Longer is catchy as hell. The Jonases may be popular, good-looking kids, but they're as enthralled by the mechanics of power chords and three-part harmonies as the nerds in Weezer are. Burnin' Up, which opens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Jonas Brothers Grow Up | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

MAY 14 The day after Clinton wallops Obama in the West Virginia primary, Edwards endorses him at a surprise rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. Obama effectively locks up the nomination (again)

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road to Denver | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

After winning a surprise gold medal in the 110-m hurdles in Athens four years ago, Liu morphed from amiable jock into national stud. In 2006 he shattered the event's world record with his 12.88 time. As an Asian athlete competing in a klieg-light track event - not an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Track Superstar Drops Out | 8/18/2008 | See Source »

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