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...more. Now suppliers, loath to extend credit even to longtime partners, are insisting on cash as quickly as possible, sometimes in as little as 15 days - which strains Mitternight's ability to manage his cash flow. "They're concerned things could go wrong," he says. So is he. Which is why he's decided to keep a tight cap on spending instead of expanding his business. That means $35,000 less juicing of the economy when Mitternight doesn't buy a truck. And it means one fewer job created for an HVAC technician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Credit Crunch Comes to Main Street | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...issues of a more urgent nature and have heroes who are more engaging and three-dimensional. Kearns’ defining trait is his doggish grip on one idea: that he deserves the credit and the profit for his invention. But while his earnest demeanor and sense of right and wrong are at first endearing, his unyielding desire for justice soon alienates his wife, children, friends, and, eventually, his audience. The performances of the supporting characters do little to distract the audience from Kearns’ more irritating qualities. “Gilmore Girls” actress Lauren Graham plays Kearns?...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Flash of Genius | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...what should be done in the future if a proposal to, say, preserve the African Civet-roasting techniques of people deep in the forests of Zanzibar reaches committee? UNESCO would be wrong to shoot the proposal down purely because it’s related to gastronomy. Sure, the French can be stubborn and will never be accused of cultural humility, but that doesn’t mean they’re not onto something. We should take this opportunity, outlandish though it may seem, to reconsider our definition of the ICH and to work gastronomy into that definition. We have...

Author: By Rebecca A. Cooper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Is Justice Blind and an Aguesiac? | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...slight change can just barely be detected. Now, the band appears to be content catering to a larger, potentially more-discerning audience. Though the notion of creating popular music may be the bane of some artists’ careers, TV on the Radio finds nothing wrong with bridging the gap between the masses and the critics...

Author: By Eunice Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: TV on the Radio | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...Speaking of people who voted for it, what about Barack Obama? You're a big supporter of his, right? I'm a big Obama supporter, but I think he's just horribly wrong on this issue. I think it's just part of who he is. He's on the side that government needs to step in and do something. I disagree strongly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anti-Bailout Ad Man | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

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