2008 New Year

What a Year It Might Be

Gary Hart | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics


Gary Hart

2009 could be the year when America and Russia decide to make dramatic reductions in nuclear weapons and convene an international conference of all nuclear nations to agree to the complete elimination of nuclear weapons from the face of the earth.

Jennifer Aniston's Mexican New Year's

People | Posted 01.31.2009 | Entertainment


Jennifer Aniston plans to toast the New Year with some old friends in Mexico - and it looks like she won't have to travel far for a New Year's Eve kis...

2009 Resolution: Learning to Want What I've Got

Perry Yeatman | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living


Perry Yeatman

I, for one, have no interest in spending 2009 complaining about all that has gone wrong. I'd much rather focus on fixing things and trying to be happy.

Our Holiday Mailbag, Recession-Style

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

There seem to be fewer holiday cards this year, which is either a sign that every little financial outlay, even postage, must be scrutinzed, or evidence that I'm less popular than I used to be.

2008: What Will We Tell The Children?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living


Dr. Judith Rich

Pull up a chair and settle in while I spin a yarn about 2008. The story actually begins 20 years into the future (visualize a clock advancing rapidly...

Bye-Bye 2008: Things I Want to Forget

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.29.2009 | Home


Arianna Huffington

I'd like to forget... That Eliot Spitzer likes things "you might not think are safe." That Dick Cheney still doesn't believe waterboarding is torture. The tingle going up Chris Matthew's leg. Joe the Plumber...and so much more.

Finding Peace Within for 2009

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living


Ariane de Bonvoisin

If you're feeling anxious about the changes that will come your way, here are a few things you can do to welcome in the New Year with a sense of peace and calm.

2008's Most Laughable Political Antics

Daniel Kurtzman | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics


Daniel Kurtzman

In a story about potential vice presidential picks, the AP referred to Joe Lieberman as "the Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000."

Restore Your Way into the New Year (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living


Tara Stiles

It's the end of the year...again! It's really quite amazing how December sneaks up on us without much warning, and then coasts into January just like...

New Year/New World

Trey Ellis | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics


Trey Ellis

Christmas and New Year are too close together. It's too much. You can pretty much sleepwalk through the rest of the year ("I can't believe it's alrea...

Avoid New Year's PREsolutions

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

I haven't been so good to my own body lately. I'd like to blame the French toast, the mocha lattes, the pizza, and what I call the vast buffalo wing c...

The New Year: Start With Sweet Surrender

Stacey Lawson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Stacey Lawson

The turn of the New Year is naturally a time for reflection -- reflection on the events and choices of the past year, as well as a time for setting in...

Lose Texas and Other Business Plans for 2008

Harry Fuller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Harry Fuller

From Wall Street to Beijing, econonic growth is the financial god. Repent, all you winners! How much more stuff do we really need?

Ode to '07

Eric Kuhn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Eric Kuhn

Larry Craig, Michael Vick, Harry Potter, Brit and Kevin; These are just a few of the people in this poem about 2007.

The 8 Easiest Resolutions For 2008

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Olivia Zaleski

Now that I've had my champagne, sung "Auld Lang Syne," and figured out how I got home Monday night, it's time to write some New Year's resolutions. Gi...

Your Year In Review

Christine Hassler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Christine Hassler

On New Year's Day, most of us wake up with a renewed sense of potential and possibility - unless of course a nasty champagne hangover keeps us from ev...

New Year's Resolutions, Caviar-Style

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Lesley M. M. Blume

Finally: it's over. You've given your last gift to the wretched ungrateful masses (and perhaps have already regifted, thrown away, or exchanged prese...

Why Your New Year's Resolutions Won't Work

Tony Alcindor | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Tony Alcindor

The presents have been opened (for those who celebrated...I want to be PC here), the dinner is done and by now most of you are back home dealing with ...

Respect: A New Year's Resolution

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

With the New Year approaching fast, this is a time of new beginnings, of resolutions, of fresh starts. Often we make lists of things we will do in th...