When I was 4, I thought “Head Start” was just the name of my pre-school. This week, the program that put me on the road to …
Wendy Davis, Misogyny Magnet
Nothing will benefit the Democrats more than Republican men who disdain her
The Facebook Effect: Everybody Is So Cliché
Girls like “shopping,” boys like “Xbox.” Shocker.
Colin Powell Remembers Tom Clancy
The former Secretary of State inspired one of the late author’s books. Powell tells TIME about his pistol-shooting pal whose fiction became our reality
Game Theorist on Shutdown: “It’s Not Brinkmanship”
Boehner’s ability to end the standoff makes his bargaining power lower, not higher
How the GOP Congress Saved Obama from the Dog House
The former GOP House Majority Leader on why his party hasn’t learned the lessons of the ’95-’96 shutdown
Bob Barr: I Miss Bill Clinton
A veteran of the ’95-’96 government shutdowns writes that President Obama is no Bill Clinton—and the country is the worse for it
The Giveaway Guy: One Possession a Day for a Year
An ad-exec embarks on a home ‘purge project’ hoping to clear his mind as well as his surroundings
Elite Female Professionals Hold Back Other Women
Female success has created a female servant class
Once Upon a Time, We All Wanted A Blackberry. Remember?
The employer-given Blackberry was the ultimate status symbol, a validation that you were essential to your workplace
Viewpoint: Judaism is Too Afraid Of Assimilation
The religion needs to stop using this frightened, scarcity-based logic to try to engage people. It doesn’t work
The Key to Smarter Kids: Talk to Them
Having discussions with your kids teaches them to become assertive advocates for themselves in school
Viewpoint: Pope John Paul II’s Canonization Wasn’t Too Fast
Those who have complained about a short-circuited process are mostly people who never wanted to see John Paul II canonized at all
Newt Gingrich to House Republicans: “Don’t Cave!”
The former Speaker of the House tells Republicans that giving in will make things worse