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...Democratic Party Treasurer, gave a passionate speech that could have been a highlight of the convention. But when he said: “In just the last eight years, the Republicans have cut the value of the U.S. dollar almost in half,” my neck got another workout...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky | Title: Truth on a Diet | 9/21/2008 | See Source »

...activity group were doing about two to three hours of gardening, housework or brisk walking each day. That's the kind of activity many people in the general American population - which, unlike the Amish, relies on cars and dishwashers and washing machines - would consider a serious workout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Exercise Trump Genetics? | 9/8/2008 | See Source »

...market's. Instead, he sees information and innovation as the counter to group think. An active market in house-price futures and options--Shiller has recently helped launch such securities on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange--would let skeptical speculators prick housing bubbles, he argues. If banks wrote continuous-workout mortgages--in which the terms changed depending on house prices, unemployment and the like--homeowners might be less addicted to rising prices. If government subsidized financial advice for the nonrich, salespeople angling for commissions might be less influential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crash Master | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...Four years later, she took on her former workout buddy in a race that quickly became contentious. In Stein's view, Palin's main transgression was injecting big-time politics into a small-town local race. "It was always a nonpartisan job," he says. "But with her, the state GOP came in and started affecting the race." While Palin often describes that race as having been a fight against the old boys' club, Stein says she made sure the campaign hinged on issues like gun owners' rights and her opposition to abortion (Stein is pro-choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mayor Palin: A Rough Record | 9/2/2008 | See Source »

...some converts. But after he is finished, a few old-timers exchange knowing glances and mutter to one another about how young this hotshot is. Somebody makes a cynical and unkind remark about affirmative action. Deep down, they think he'd rather hit the executive gym for a cardio workout during lunch hour than share a cheesesteak and beer with the hourly workforce. And they ask one another, Why did he change his name in college back to Barack? What's wrong with Barry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Be a Working-Class Hero? | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

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