Time Magazine's choice was a symptom of a massive social phenomenon--call it the centralization of self in a mediated environment.
What does that amount to? This: the USA invaded this country for no legitimate reason, but the consequences of our invasion are all their fault -- those primitive tribal ingrates.
If art really does provide, as somebody once put it, our cultural antenna then maybe there's reason for optimism in this darkening time.
At what point do the people who run the various weather shows begin to feel a responsibility here? Why do they avoid characterizing the weather as downright eerie when in fact it is?
Little George has always had a terrible temper. And he hates to lose. He was the kind of kid who, if you were playing 2 out of 3 and he lost 2--he would throw a tantrum until you made it 3 out of 5.
On the one hand, she needs to counter her image as a cold, calculating, ambitious devil-woman. On the other hand, she has to show she's tough enough to be Commander-in-Chief in The Age of Terror.
