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...nature, states are compensating with some rules of their own--what are laws if not expectations carved in stone? As of the New Year, you can no longer text-message while driving in Washington State. North Carolina bar owners have to recycle their bottles, and politicians have to tell the truth: all candidates will be asked if they've ever been convicted of a felony, and lying when they answer would count as one. Airlines have resolved to treat us better, but in case they lapse, New York's new Passengers' Bill of Rights guarantees no incarceration for more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Year's Irresolution. | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

There are presidential candidates for virtually every taste, yet citizens find the menu inadequate. They tell pollsters they are discontented with the selection and generally sick of politics and politicians. In part, they are just being polite. The notion that people hate politics and that politicians are all phonies is so ingrained that to tell a pollster that, yeah, politicians are O.K. and the system is not so bad would almost be a violation of democratic etiquette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why They Really Run | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

...along come the cheating Patriots. The NFL must be ruing this, right? Wrong. Very wrong. "I've got to tell you, there's no one in the NFL sad about New England's issues," says Marc Ganis, president of Sportcorp, a marketing firm that has consulted for the league. "A team that is exceptional and that has controversy surrounding it offers the best possible situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parsing the Patriots Paradox | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

...once he started speaking, Edwards sounded more like a union organizer than management. "I have to tell you I've never had so much fun in my life," said Edwards, in jeans and a buttoned blue blazer over a blue Oxford shirt that was open at the collar. "It is time for some truth telling, and the truth is that corporate greed is destroying this country. I believe that we have a responsibility to stand up for the sacrifice and the hard work of those generations before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Edwards in Iowa: Closing With Class | 1/2/2008 | See Source »

...organization Vision America, told those on the call that the letters should further motivate pastors to get their congregants to the caucuses. "My response to that would be for all of you men to make ten phone calls before you go to bed tonight," Scarborough said on the call. "Tell your people that you have been listening to legal opinion and you can be involved." Throughout the course of the 30-minute call, which included the advice of an attorney, no specific candidates were mentioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dirty Trick Against Huckabee? | 1/2/2008 | See Source »

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