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Many or most of the decisions that an elected official must make on your behalf aren't even known when you must decide whether to vote for him or her. An ideology functions like a pledge or a promise, and it allows you, the voter, to judge the politicians seeking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of Partisan Bickering | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

On Feb. 1, she adapts her Jesus persona into sitcom form with The Sarah Silverman Program, a surreal mix of comedy, singing (she has a lovely, musical-theater voice) and animation that pushes more buttons than an Empire State Building elevator operator. In one episode, her character ("Sarah Silverman") sleeps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: So This Woman Walks Into A Sitcom... | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

Initially you didn't want to play this character, an abusive mom. What brought you around?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sundance Film Festival: People: Feb. 5, 2007 | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

For men, the desire to live like a manga character gave rise to "maid cafés," staffed by waitresses dressed in extreme French-maid outfits. The possibility that women might want a tearoom of their own prompted a group led by Yoko Otsuka, 29, a pleasantly bookish young woman, to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter From Tokyo: Where Japanese Women Rule | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

Among other things, Love Without Hope is about duty of care: society's, for strangers like Mrs. Shoddy who hover beyond town fringes; and the reader's, for a character worthy of compassion and completion. Despite seemingly absurdist and sardonic elements, the novel is simpler and less fanciful than Hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catching the Fire | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

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