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It is at this point that the movie heads south into predictable stupidity. She, of course, is an up-tight neat freak. He's an amiable slob. She's a careerist. He doesn't much care if he ever works again. She moves into his bachelor pad, which I don...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happens in Vegas Stays Sucky | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

In the great midcentury heyday of Chicago's Democratic machine, politics was open only to those with a sponsor--"We don't want nobody nobody sent," a ward boss famously said. By the time Obama got into the game in the 1990s, it was no longer an exclusive club. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama: How He Learned to Win | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

Wright's critics have confused nationalism with patriotism. Nationalism is the uncritical support of one's country regardless of its moral or political bearing. Patriotism is the affirmation of one's country in light of its best values, including the attempt to correct it when it's in error. Wright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding Black Patriotism | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

The same dramatic topography inspired the 18th century economist Adam Smith, a hero of Brown's and a fellow alumnus of the local high school in Kirkcaldy, to think about the virtues of global trade. The ships Smith watched on the Firth of Forth, Brown says, carried both goods and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gordon Brown in America | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

3. FM: You used to be quite the squash player, even playing for Harvard. Do you still play? CRS: I do. However, for all its virtues, Chicago is a small squash town compared to Boston and New York. The most I played squash recently was last spring when I visited...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Cass R. Sunstein ’75 | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

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