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...Yes, some modern Pesidents did have sons in the White House. But none of them had to campaign with them. John F. Kennedy, Jr., was in utero for most of his dad's campaign. The Reagan and Bush sons were already grown by the time their fathers were elected. Jack Ford lived with his parents at 1600 Pennsylvania, but he only moved there when Nixon resigned, not through the crucible of a campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White House Family Values: Where Are the Boys? | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

...Charlie Brown Christmas - but the holiday is increasingly spreading its Jewish joy to the world. Last month, thinking woman's heartthrob Jon Stewart appeared on Stephen Colbert's Christmas TV special and meekly sang the tune, Can I Interest You in Hanukkah? Whether the answer from most viewers was yes or no, at least Kyle can tell his South Park buddies it's getting a little less lonely to be a Jew on Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Culture Hanukkah | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...fact that, like most military officers, Blair is a believer in tactical intelligence. Let me explain why that's problematic: During the last Gulf war, the Pentagon badgered the CIA for things like sand samples and stress limits of Iraq bridges, the terrain its Abrams tanks would roll across. Yes, that information was nice to have, but such requests diverted CIA resources from strategic intelligence. Rather than answering the question of whether Saddam had kept his weapons of mass destruction, the CIA sent its clandestine sources into Iraq with baggies and little plastic shovels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Dennis Blair, Don't Expect Smarter Intelligence | 12/20/2008 | See Source »

...shock of the Mumbai attack may wear off soon, the economic downturn has only just begun to bite, and many expect next year to be worse. "We are all aware of the Bali and Madrid incidents and how things have looked up after that," says Sud of FHRAI. "But yes, the economic meltdown may last a bit longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Mumbai, India's Hotels Brace for a Sharp Downturn | 12/20/2008 | See Source »

...memory is the one when Dubya is first told. He is sitting in a little straight chair surrounded by children at the school he is visiting. An aide comes over and whispers the foul facts in his ear. His face registers bafflement, incomprehension, terror, helplessness. Klein has it "forlorn." Yes. In an instant the most powerful man in the world sitting in a little chair has learned the world will never be the same again because there are people in it willing to do what they had just done. Briefly I felt sorry for him. I had only to absorb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detainees' Rights | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

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