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Biden clearly knows a lot, rattling off practical liberal-policy solutions for all manner of domestic and international challenges, but he's just all wrong for 2007. He refers to himself in the third person, calls the Russians "Soviets," leans patronizingly into people's faces and brags about passing legislation by saying "I did it with my own little paw, folks." When a young girl from the Scholastic journalism program asks him when he'll bring the troops home, he gives her a three-minute-long answer that's not really an answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Run of an Also Ran | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...Tank" Tancredo with "Keep on Tankin'." The Colorado Congressman says he was never running to win; he just wanted to move his anti-amnesty, pro-assimilation agenda to the forefront of the party's agenda. But now it seems as if he's wondering if he's the wrong messenger. And if he'll be glad when it's over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Run of an Also Ran | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...authority. But they're also an invitation to challenge authority. Do people really enjoy reading a list they totally agree with? No! Good lists engage readers, enrage them and flatter their ability to think of better examples. A list isn't truly right unless it's a little bit wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of 10 | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...supposed inexperience, he is what this country needs after seven years of outrageous mismanagement by the grossly incompetent incumbent [Dec. 10]. In my native land, the pessimists said Corazon Aquino and her lack of experience didn't stand a chance against President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. History proved them wrong. A unifying figure like Aquino, without the usual political baggage that accompanies experience, was what the Philippines needed at the time. Obama presents himself as a figure whose crossover appeal can help bridge the gap between those in the blue and the red states. He is a much needed breath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...some middle class recipients in order to pacify the complaints of others. More importantly, paying private tuition is a burden for many who take it on. And I sympathize with those who have saved just enough, or earn just enough each year, not to qualify for aid. This is wrong, and considering Harvard’s resources and the importance of education in general, it is a problem that should be addressed aggressively, and not just here but across the entire country. In the meantime, maybe the real issue is that some people want to impose personal, moralistic ideals...

Author: By Robert G. King | Title: Aid for the Affluent | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

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