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...Here in Washington, many interns commiserate with Peter, the protagonist of Office Space, because they also perform seemingly meaningless and repetitive clerical tasks on Capitol Hill, in the White House, or for some federal agency. Admittedly, it’s easy to find some common ground with the Office Space characters. Just about everyone has “a case of the Mondays” (and wants to beat the crap out of those who use said phrase). Just about everyone has to put up with a Bill Lumbergh-like boss, who incessantly sends memos about asinine things like...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, | Title: POSTCARD FROM WASHINGTON: Beyond Office Space | 7/6/2001 | See Source »

...twentysomethings of his own--but did little to allay what a source calls Susan Levy's "controlled anger." Since the start of this case, Condit has drawn ever more attention to himself by so obviously trying to deflect it. He might as well walk down the Capitol steps with his jacket pulled over his head. There's good reason not to talk to the media--the beast gets hungrier the more you feed it. But is there any reason not to talk to the police? Clamming up makes you look like you're hiding something. After Condit's first attorney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Presumed Innocent | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...near the library of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. All they hear are birds chirping. Steven Reani does his exercises in the early morning near a deserted shopping mall--except on the weekends when he does them on the vast green lawn in front of the Capitol, where dozens of Falun Gong practitioners assemble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health And Fulfillment On The Run: FALUN GONG IN AMERICA | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...sudden, we're their best friends," says another senior GOP House staffer. "Their presence in my life has increased one-hundred-fold." Bush invited GOP congressmen over to the White House for chats on the patients' bill while his aides swarmed over the House side of Capitol Hill to schmooze. "There's been a wakeup call," says this senior House GOP aide. "The President is finding his new love for House Republicans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bush Lost the GOP on Health Care | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...twentysomethings of his own - but did little to allay what a source calls Susan Levy's "controlled anger." Since the start of this case, Condit has drawn ever more attention to himself by so obviously trying to deflect it. He might as well walk down the Capitol steps with his jacket pulled over his head. There's good reason not to talk to the media - the beast gets hungrier the more you feed it. But is there any reason not to talk to the police? Clamming up makes you look like you're hiding something. After Condit's first attorney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Presumed Innocent | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

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