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With these acts of legislative sabotage, Republicans tapped into a deep truth about the American people: they hate political squabbling, and they take out their anger on whoever is in charge. So when the Gingrich Republicans carried out a virtual sit-down strike during Clinton's first two years, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Washington Is Tied Up in Knots | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

The Three Flavors of Tea Is anyone organizing all this? Or trying to? Tom Jenney is the Arizona state director of a Washington-based group called Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a low-tax, libertarian advocacy group funded primarily by the wealthy Koch family of Wichita, Kans., and its foundations. With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Tea Party Movement Matters | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

A third strand of thinking is more prosaic and might feel familiar to survivors of politics of the early 1990s. That too was an era of deep divisions and wildly swinging opinion polls: Obama's recent roller-coaster ride is nothing compared with the 50-point plunge in George H.W...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Tea Party Movement Matters | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

Adrià is careful to emphasize that he is not opening a culinary school. "This is about creativity more than cooking," he says. "We're not going to be teaching anyone how to break down a cod." The foundation will grant fellowships to 20 or 25 young cooks a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will the World's Best Restaurant Become Next? | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

Each side has a case. Vonn is a physical specimen. Her powerful legs give her advantage at the start, and the smart money says she could shame White in the weight room. Watching her whiz down a bumpy mountain at 65 m.p.h. while maintaining a near perfect technical position gives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaun White vs. Lindsey Vonn: Who's Better? | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

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