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She's No Joe the Plumber, But…

…when she gets angry, she grows as big as a house! From which you can see Russia! Politico’s Jonathan Martin hears from Sarah Palin‘s aides that the VP candidate will appear on Saturday Night Live this weekend. On a related note, I was struck last night to notice that NBC is using Tina Fey’s Palin [...]

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Dead Tree Alert: What's Scary About Fringe

My piece in this week’s TIME looks at Fringe, several episodes into its run. It’s not so much a review—I’ve been back and forth on that here on the blog—as it is about how its brand of science fiction, like sci-fi of the past, speaks to today’s particular fears: Show me a human fear, and [...]

Top 10 Movie Presidents

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Some of the cinema’s greatest actors have portrayed the Commander-in-Chief. TIME looks at the most notable performances.

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Office Watch: Baby, Love

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, strap in your watermelon securely and watch last night’s Office.

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The Morning After: John the Interviewee

The conventional wisdom in the debates was first that John McCain would do best in the town hall format. Then it became that—whoever you thought won the final debate—he actually did best in the seated-at-a-table format. But now that the debates are over, I think it’s clear: he really excels at the format involving a [...]