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...Speaker's primary role is to maintain discipline in parliamentary debates, but he also chairs the House of Commons Commission, responsible for advocating changes in the rules governing MPs. Those rules include the bloated system of allowances that has seen politicians charge for such essentials as a black glitter toilet seat and a chocolate Santa as well as make larger claims for mortgage moneys and the upkeep of ancestral piles. (See Britain's top 10 outrageous expense claims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Expense Scandal Claims Its First Big Victim | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

...obviously, everything ironic about Glee: an upbeat chorus number set to Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" is the funniest thing I've seen on TV this year. But this raises the question of how good a match it really is for the Idol audience, who tend to like their glitter dreams earnest. Indeed, the jock-meets-music-geek pair-up is a straight lift from, and parody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glee: A Chorus of Laughter | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

Even weirder, the envelopes were enclosed with three awfully random circular insect stickers.  Inside?  A bunch of glitter and confetti...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: Did You Receive This Package? | 5/9/2009 | See Source »

...perfect gift.” Last year, in contrast, I felt more like a divorcee paying alimony when I was induced to send flowers to an ex-girlfriend just so she wouldn’t be lonely that day. I now recognize the beast beneath the glitter and have come to a realization. If you take the day just as any other, with lower expectations, you’ll have no reason to stress, whether you’re single or hooked...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein, Alexander R. Konrad, and Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Annotations: Valentine's Day | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...some other Harvard characters to fill those often-overlooked but equally important jobs. 1. Lena Chen ’09-’10—Official babysitter of Malia and Sasha. 2. Peter C. Shields ’09, ‘Petros’—Glitter assistant for all public appearances. Don’t think for a second that body glow occurs naturally. 3. Reverend Peter J. Gomes—Personal religious counsel. Things weren’t working out with Jeremiah Wright. 4. Marcyliena Morgan—White House D.J. 5. Michael Sandel?...

Author: By Malin S. Von euler-hogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The 15 Positions Obama Forgot | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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