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Over two spring days in 1959, trumpeter Miles Davis convened five other musicians at a Manhattan studio for a new recording project. Released 50 years ago this week, the resulting album - Kind of Blue - became one of the best-selling and most influential jazz recordings of all time. Drummer Jimmy Cobb is the last surviving performer from the celebrated album, which also featured jazz legends John Coltrane, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and Bill Evans. Now 80, Cobb continues recording and is currently touring the world through January with his band to mark the anniversary. He spoke with TIME about Kind...
...website, you were cutting-edge," says Mobile Roadie CEO Michael Schneider. "By 2005, if you didn't have one, there was something wrong. Apps are now where sites were a decade ago." (See the top 10 iPhone apps for dads...
Nevertheless, two weeks ago, White House economic adviser Christina Romer signaled that the Administration would consider a new stimulus measure if it did not see strong results from the current package. Prominent economists like Joseph Stiglitz say more stimulus is necessary to drive the economy forward. A jobs program focused on the nation's hardest-hit regions could have an impact. Nationally, 1 in 5 construction workers are unemployed. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the nation has $1.5 trillion in unaddressed infrastructure needs. "Clearly there are projects that need to be done," says Shierholz...
Like most death-penalty cases, this story is maddening and convoluted. Davis was convicted in 1991 of a tawdry and pathetic 1989 murder. On a hot Savannah night almost exactly 20 years ago, Davis and two acquaintances were hassling a homeless man at a Burger King parking lot next to the bus station. They wanted his beer, and one of the bullies - either Davis or a fellow known as Red Coles - clubbed the victim with a handgun. As it happened, an off-duty police officer, Mark MacPhail, was providing security at the restaurant. When he came running to the scene...
Syndicated columnist Robert Novak died this week at 78, and I already miss him. I first talked to him 25 years ago, when I was a newly hired regional political director at the Republican National Committee. Guys like me weren't even supposed to talk with reporters, let alone bigfeet like Novak. Someone told me he was calling, and so, palms sweating, I picked up the telephone and sheepishly said hello. "I hear they hired some young whippersnapper over there," he said, "and wanted to introduce myself." Then, ending the small talk, he handed down Novak Rule...