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...Growing up with a famous editorialist father (New York Times editor Frank Rich), was writing something that came naturally? Was there any pressure to fill his shoes...

Author: By Catherine J. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Simon H. Rich | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...more effective ex-sperminator—came out way back in 1985. The rebuttal from a Taiwanese team (also honored at this year’s Igs) which proved that Coke actually has no contraceptive properties, has been around since 1987. And for generations, we have reciting that famous folk-medicine rhyme: “Rinse out your hole-a with post-coital cola...

Author: By Joseph P. Shivers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coke (Coca-Cola) Kills (Sperm) | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...mind was bouncing excitedly from one famous foot maintenance to another?Jesus washing the feet of his apostles, Mary Magdalene rubbing Jesus’ toes with her hair?when I realized my mani-pedi was over...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Marx and the Mani-Pedi | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...excellence. It's good to be smart, but that's no guarantee of success; Woodrow Wilson, the only President with a Ph.D., never won over a majority of voters. More important is the confidence that lets you welcome smart people around you - and hope they disagree. Hence Lincoln's famous "team of rivals," says biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin. "How can you do this?" people asked him when he stocked his Cabinet with former adversaries. "He said, 'Look, these are the strongest and most able men in the country. The country's in peril. I need them by my side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Temperament Factor: Who's Best Suited to the Job? | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...know that I am God." Addressing God, Yancey says, allows us to "bring our fears to someone who seems quite positive that he's able to run the world. You can take the panic and anxiety and transfer that to him." That is the context, says Martin, for the famous prayer of the beatified mystic Julian of Norwich: "All will be well, all will be well, and all manner of things will be well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is It OK to Pray for Your 401(k)? | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

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