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Best Invention 2009: NASA's Ares Rocket Tops TIME List

TIME | JEFFREY KLUGER Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

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The best and smartest and coolest thing built in 2009 -- a machine that can launch human beings to cosmic destinations we'd never considered before --...

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Howard Stern: Diamond in a Rough Patch

Mario Almonte | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Reality TV, King of All Media, Time Magazine, Martha Stewart, Reality Show, Broadcast, Howard Stern, Sirus XM, Pop Culture, Tv, Forbes, Satellite Radio, Boston University, Oprah Winfrey, New York Times Best Seller, Fcc, Radio, New York Times, Edgar Bergen, Howard Stern Show, Radio Hall of Fame, Jack Benny, NasdaqGS: SIRI, Media News
Mario Almonte

For a man who almost single-handedly revolutionized the broadcasting industry, Stern continues to be spectacularly disrespected by the media that he so radically transformed.

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Wall Street and Goldman Sachs Party On

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Kevin Phillips, Executive Compensation, Goldman Sachs, William Black, Wall Street, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Economic Crisis, Tim Geithner, Economy, Larry Summers, Time Magazine, Allan Sloan, Business News
Joseph A. Palermo

A criminal gang of rich white guys in New York did some extremely reckless things with the nation's collective wealth, and the middle class got clobbered.

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Alan Grayson's YouTube Followers Don't Want His Copycats

Danny Groner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Social Media, Chuck Klosterman, James Clyburn, Michele Bachmann, Time Magazine, Youtube, Obama, Alan Grayson, Facebook, Steve LaTourette, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Media News
Danny Groner

Where once politicians would escort the people into the future, social media sites are now propelling them forward. Left for debate is whether these new vehicles are actually shaping better leaders.

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This Week In Magazines: Helping the Ill with Robots and an Academic Classic - Gays and Coastal Resorts

James Warren | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media

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James Warren

Goldman Sachs, poster child for the double-edge sword of mega-success, now finds that even an act of charity brings rebuke.

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Workforce, Social Security, Singled Out, Pay, Divorce, Children, Matrimania, A Woman’s Nation, Gloria Steinem, Nonfamily Households, Media, Childless Women, Business, Ideology, Consciousness-Raising, Friendship, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Politics, Compulsory Mothering, Singlism, Discrimination, Breadwinners, Health Care, Couples, Family, Women’s Media Center, Taxes, Connection, Single-Person Households, Wives, Compulsory Marriage, Money, Women’s Movement, Suze Orman, Shriver Report, Singles, Maria Shriver, Time Magazine, Mothers, Gender, Education, Oprah Winfrey, Career, Workplace, Unmarried America, John Podesta, Adrienne Rich, Living News
Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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The Twin Brother of Annihilation

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: World War I, Time Magazine, Nuclear Weapons, Doomsday Clock, War, Nobel Peace Prize, Russell-Einstein Manifesto, World War II, Mutually Assured Destruction, Albert Einstein, World News
Robert Koehler

The argument: In a world held hostage by nuclear weapons, there are smaller aggregate numbers of war dead; therefore, God bless nukes. Or maybe not.

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Retire the 401(k) - Replace it with This

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Fidelity Investments, 401(K), Time Magazine, Retirement, Aig, New York Times, Erisa Industry Committee, Retirement Planning, Citigroup, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

Jilting the 401(k) to return to the old-fashioned pension, like going back to your spouse after a fling, is not an option. You need something that combines features of both.

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Joe Klein and Charles Krauthammer: Two Cheeks of the Same Backside

Ben Cohen | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

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Ben Cohen

It is always good fun when beltway hacks attack each other, although at the higher end of the spectrum, the arguments are a little harder to decipher....

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Now Time Magazine Blasts the 401(k)

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

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Eric Schurenberg

This week's Time Magazine cover story looks at the nation's de facto retirement program, the ubiquitous 401(k), and pronounces it inadequate. Welcome to the club.

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Trial by Firefight

Rob Fishman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, David Grann, Time Magazine, Npr, Crosicana Daily Sun, Justice Department, Sam Bassett, Innocence Project, Slate, Msnbc, Executions, Kevin Spacey, New Yorker, Barry Scheck, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Bradley, Walter Cronkite, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Bob Herbert, The Life of David Gale, New York Times, Death Penalty, Rick Perry, Dalia Lithwick, Cameron Todd Willingham, Cameron Todd Willingham Innocent, Media News
Rob Fishman

It's clear that Cameron Todd Willingham was (mis)tried by a kangaroo court, but will justice be better served by the media zoo that's ensued?

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Jason Linkins

Getting The Detroit Story Right

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Unemployment, Time Magazine, Economic Crisis, Detroit, Media News, Media Criticism, Detroit-Michigan, Poverty, Financial Crisis, Thomas Morton, Dale Maharidge, Media News

My recent interview with Dale Maharidge provided the occasion to bring up one of my favorite recent pieces of downturn-era media criticism, Vice Magazine's "Something Something Something Detroit", in which Thomas Morton described how the recession had sparked a "gold rush mentality" among journalists, looking to document some desolation on the cheap.

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The Damage that Time has Done

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

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Joe The Nerd Ferraro

Time's cover is the beginning of a rehab job for Glenn Beck. The magazine is trying once again to make it okay for people to sponsor this "person".

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Time Magazine Gives Glenn Beck a Rave Review

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

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Joseph A. Palermo

David Von Drehle's article is a clinic for journalism students who wish to learn about faux balance, false equivalencies, straw men, and omissions of important facts.

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Fox News' Fave Man-Child Glenn Beck Hits The Big TIME!

Julie Farby | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Julie Farby

Golden-haired angel of truth Glenn Beck has landed on the cover of TIME magazine!! Do you understand what this means, people? It means the true patriots of America have won!

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John T. Elson, TIME Editor Who Asked "Is God Dead" Dies At 78

New York Times | WILLIAM GRIMES | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

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The quiet, studious Mr. Elson, who died on Sept. 7 at the age of 78, was an unlikely bomb-thrower, and his article, for those who ventured past the co...

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Glenn Beck On TIME Magazine Cover: Is The "Mad Man" Bad For America?

Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

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Glenn Beck has landed on the cover of TIME magazine. Beck is featured in a cover story by David Von Drehle titled, "Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad For Am...

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New Media, Same as Old, Old Media

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: The Week, Paid Content, Time Magazine, Perez Hilton, Online Advertising, Nic Brisbourne, Internet Advertising, New Media, Tech Crunch, Huffington Post, Cbs, Journalism, Nbc, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

Information is abundant and free; collating the threads of its different parts becomes the scarce source of value. It may interest us all to know that this was the premise of Time Magazine when it was founded.

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Practical Therapy for Soldiers' Depression

Thomas Scheff | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

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Thomas Scheff

Soldiers, especially male soldiers in or anticipating combat, need time and the confidence to cry, resolve their fears, acknowledge their shame, and deal with their other emotions.

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Joe Klein: GOP Has Become A Party Of Nihilists

TIME | Joe Klein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

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In one of those awful collisions between public policy and real life, I was in the midst of an awkward conversation about end-of-life issues with my f...

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Hate to Exercise? Don't Sweat It.

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Losing Weight, Exercise, Bike Culture, Weight Loss Advice, Walking, Time Magazine, Bike-Trips, Weight Loss Tips, Physical Fitness, Weight Loss, Physical Exercise, Weight Loss Motivation, Personal Trainers, Exercise Tips, Living News
Darryle Pollack

The solution seems obvious: be less physically active and you'll eat less. You don't even need a Harvard degree to figure it out.

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From Fear to Faith

Jim Lichtman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Health Care, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Post-Election Poll, Sarah Palin, Ethics, Town Hall Debate Reaction, Tea Party Patriots, Congress, Respect, Walter H. Capps Center, Time Magazine, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jim Lichtman

This is not about the pros and cons of the health care debate. That's politics. This is about the ethics of a "debate" which has deteriorated into an Us vs. Them shouting match.

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Video: Consumers will Pay for "Indispensible" Online Content, TIME.com Managing Editor

Andy Plesser | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

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Andy Plesser

While the monetization models for online news are emerging, there will an upside for  highly valued, niche content, says Josh Tyrangiel, Managin...

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The Incredible Shrinking Health Care Reform

Norman Solomon | Posted 09.05.2009 | Home

Read More: Time Magazine, Mandates, President Obama, Single Payer, Drug Lobby Insurance Companies, Organizing for America, Cokie Roberts, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans, Medicaid, Healthcare Reform, Physicians for a National Health Program, Home News
Norman Solomon

Notions of universal health care are fading in the power centers of politics -- while more and more attention focuses on the care and feeding of the insurance industry.

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Judd Apatow Lobbies For Time Magazine Cover

TIME | Joel Stein Thursday, Jul. 30, 2009 | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media

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Judd Apatow is working much harder on this article than I am. He wants to meet at 8 a.m., suggests six different events I can accompany him to and sen...

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