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Downey's the best. In movies he's usually been the skeptical observer in a supporting role (perhaps because his drug history has made producers reluctant to cast him in the lead). He's Irony Man, standing off to the side, undercutting the hero's big dreams or rash motives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Iron Man': A Movie Marvel | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

When Lawrence H. Summers served as president, he addressed the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) commissioning ceremony each year to voice his support for Harvard’s future military men and women. This year, University President Drew G. Faust will follow in his footsteps by attending the...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and Kevin Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faust To Address ROTC Cadets | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

That's one reason local officials' response to Martin's death was so transparently silly. For 72 hours, they banned ocean swimming along a 13-mile swath from South Carlsbad State Beach to Torrey Pines State Beach. That's like a ban on leaving your home after a thunderstorm. Actually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shark Frenzy in Solana Beach | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

Around me it was dark like in a closed cabin. From time to time flashes of lightning lightened the sky ... and it thundered. The journey that normally takes me half an hour I did in 10 minutes. Everybody was at home except Grandma, whom Dad released and brought home the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland's Anne Frank | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

A brief lull followed the invasion by Ethiopian troops on Christmas Eve, 2006 (at the "invitation" of the feeble U.S.-backed Transitional Federal Government, or TFG), but recent months have seen a comeback by the radical Islamic groups that had asserted control over parts of the shattered country. Reports from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somalia Takes a Turn for the Worse | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

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