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...trade's tricks to ease her back to mental health. Returning home doesn't help; She is haunted by the child's room, his playthings, his absence. Already, though, an attentive viewer wonders if the parents set the wrong tone for their son, since, on a table by the playpen, they've placed three metal statuettes labeled Pain, Grief and Despair. These figures will recur, in the forms of a deer, a fox and a crow, as the woman's grip on sanity loosens and she becomes a danger to herself and her husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antichrist: Von Trier's Porno Horror Rhapsody | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

...election of Barack Obama does not represent a "New Liberal Order" so much as the latest desire to establish responsibility in the congressional playpen. For decades, Americans have voted in politicians with the hope that they would work together for the common good. And for decades, most of these politicians have acted like spoiled, self-interested toddlers. "Change we can believe in"? Our needs are much simpler than that. At this point, we would settle for someone who can persuade Congress to act like adults - and maybe even share. If not, we will be interviewing for a new day-care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...election of Barack Obama does not represent a "new liberal order" so much as the latest desire to establish responsibility in the congressional playpen. For decades, Americans have voted in politicians with the hope that they would work together for the common good. And for decades, most of these politicians have acted like spoiled, self-interested toddlers. "Change we can believe in"? Our needs are much simpler than that. At this point, we would settle for someone who can persuade Congress to act like adults - and maybe even share. If not, we will be interviewing for a new day-care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Deal? Not Yet | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...election of Barack Obama does not represent a "New Liberal Order" so much as the latest desire to establish responsibility in the congressional playpen. For decades, Americans have voted in politicians with the hope that they would work together for the common good. And for decades, most of these politicians have acted like spoiled, self-interested toddlers. "Change we can believe in"? Our needs are much simpler than that. At this point, we would settle for someone who can persuade Congress to act like adults - and maybe even share. If not, we will be interviewing for a new day-care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

...election of Barack Obama does not represent a "new liberal order" so much as the latest desire to establish responsibility in the congressional playpen. For decades, Americans have voted in politicians with the hope that they would work together for the common good. And for decades, most of these politicians have acted like spoiled, self-interested toddlers. "Change we can believe in"? Our needs are much simpler than that. At this point, we would settle for someone who can persuade Congress to act like adults--and maybe even share. If not, we will be interviewing for a new day-care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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