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...Dick Wolf looked skeptically at the shiny new video iPod he had given his 12-year-old son for Christmas, and prepared to watch a downloaded version of 24 for the first time. "Who's going to see anything on this screen?" shrugged the 59-year-old TV producer, whose Law & Order dramas favor gritty, realistic street scenes over high-tech gadgetry and geekspeak. But when Wolf inserted the white earbuds and started watching the 2.5-in. LCD, he had an epiphany. "The screen size became meaningless. I was in the moment. After 30 seconds, I knew it would change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brave New TV Land | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

...Sunnis overwhelmingly view the Shi?ite-dominated security forces-especially the Ministry of Interior?s special police commandos-as militias in government clothing, and accuse units such as the infamous ?Wolf Brigade? of conducting a planned campaign of terror, intimidation and assassination against the Sunnis. They are taking their revenge for the terror of Saddam, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disparate Death Toll Sparks Sunni Outcry | 2/28/2006 | See Source »

...Stephen Roach, chief economist at U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley, who for several years has warned that the U.S.'s borrowing and consumption binge will come to a bad end, with consequences that include a likely fall in the value of the dollar. (And this bear doesn't cry wolf--Roach was right in predicting the dotcom crash.) The problems will not have gone away even if the dollar remains buoyant, he said, warning of a "dangerous degree of complacency" among investors. "The weakest link in the global-growth chain in 2006 is the most important link, and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two for the Road | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...NEWMAN: Both. But it takes takes awhile to know f you have a real mensch. A mensch will stand the test of time. You can?t know it right away. A lot of them are mensches in wolf?s clothing. Brad Pitt probably thought he was one. But he sure fooled us, and especially Jennifer. Bill Clinton is another mensch in wolf?s clothing. You can?t be a mensch on demand, it's got to be a consistent part of your character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q & A: Finding a Mensch Mate | 2/14/2006 | See Source »

...decades, however, there's hope that the pause may be ending. Given its bipartisan appeal, the Bush Competitiveness Initiative is likely to pass. Funding won't be easy, given the soaring deficit, but the people who dole out the money are enthusiastic. "I am very, very supportive," Representative Frank Wolf, the House Republican in charge of science funding, told TIME, "and I think the President is going to get what he requested." Sometimes, marvels Alexander, "these things sit for years and then suddenly come together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are We Losing Our Edge? | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

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