Those who remarry have unrealistic expectations and don’t anticipate the unique challenges to second families
Shutdown Highlights Basic Fact: Most of Government is ‘Non-Essential’
After learning that 95 percent of Department of Education employees were deemed “non-essential” during the government shutdown and furloughed, I’m still wondering: Is that all?
Since its creation as a cabinet-level agency in …
Wendy Davis: Filibusters Do Not a Candidate Make
Davis will have to figure out where she stands on issues before her opponents define her
Wendy Davis, Misogyny Magnet
Nothing will benefit the Democrats more than Republican men who disdain her
Newt Gingrich: Founding Fathers Liked Shutdowns
There are moments when different branches of government cannot reach agreement. Shutdowns are an expression of those differences.
Astronaut: Gravity Gets Me Down
The season’s big movie is beautiful and deeply disturbing in equal measures, says someone in a position to know
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