Mitt's Tax Returns: Romney Paid 13.9% Rate on $43 Million. Should We Care?

Mitt's Tax Returns: Romney Paid 13.9% Rate on $43 Million. Should We Care?
Oscar Nominations 2012: TIME's Film Critic Picks the Winners
Meet the Western Members of the Kim Jong Il Fan Club
What You Missed While Not Watching the Florida GOP Debate
Can a Bipartisan Pact Really Disarm Super PACs in Massachusetts?
Is There Still Hope for a Democratic Egypt?
The Challenge at Davos: A Crisis of Global Politics
Climate Change and Farming: How Not to Go Hungry in a Warmer World
Whoa: Magic Mushrooms Really Do Expand the Mind
Can Europe Oil Embargo Force Iran to Back Down on Nuclear Program?
The Return of the Native: Rick Perry as Damaged Goods in Texas
Jaipur Literary Festival: Oprah, Tiger Mom, but No Salman Rushdie
Why Chinese Doctors Overuse Antibiotics to Treat Patients
Afghanistan: Are the U.S.-Taliban Peace Talks Possible?

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:05 AM PST

The returns confirmed what everyone has long known. Mitt Romney, and his family, are very wealthy, and wealth has its benefits

Oscar Nominations 2012: TIME's Film Critic Picks the Winners

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:45 AM PDT

The nominations are in and we've got the dish on what it all means.

Meet the Western Members of the Kim Jong Il Fan Club

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:30 AM PST

Founded by a young Spaniard, the Korean Friendship Association mediates between Pyongyang and foreigners who wish to visit or do business. Its members are still grieving for the Dear Leader

What You Missed While Not Watching the Florida GOP Debate

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:25 AM PST

The NFL plays a 16-game regular season. There are nine circles of hell. God got it done in six days. Welcome to the 18th Republican debate

Can a Bipartisan Pact Really Disarm Super PACs in Massachusetts?

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:05 AM PST

Last week, Warren raised more than $1 million in 24 hours, a feat Brown pulled off three days running during his first bid; each raised huge amounts, $5.7 million and $3.2 million respectively, in the final quarter of 2011.

Is There Still Hope for a Democratic Egypt?

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:05 AM PST

The Challenge at Davos: A Crisis of Global Politics

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:05 AM PST

From Madrid to New Delhi, democratic governments now face the wrath of the disenchanted

Climate Change and Farming: How Not to Go Hungry in a Warmer World

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:10 PM PST

Earth's population broke 7 billion late last year because we've become amazingly proficient at raising food. But our distribution is far from perfect

Whoa: Magic Mushrooms Really Do Expand the Mind

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:05 AM PST

Can Europe Oil Embargo Force Iran to Back Down on Nuclear Program?

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:30 AM PST

New sanctions are the toughest yet, deliberately designed to choke Iran's economic lifeline. They amount to a final roll of the dice in the standoff

The Return of the Native: Rick Perry as Damaged Goods in Texas

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:25 AM PST

The governor comes back to rule his state after a humiliating and humbling campaign. Already, the locals see him as hobbled in a local political scene where he was once the master

Jaipur Literary Festival: Oprah, Tiger Mom, but No Salman Rushdie

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:05 AM PST

Why Chinese Doctors Overuse Antibiotics to Treat Patients

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:30 AM PST

Chinese consume antibiotics at 10 times the rate of Americans, raising fears of immunity and questions of medical ethics. Can China kick the habit?

Afghanistan: Are the U.S.-Taliban Peace Talks Possible?

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:30 AM PST

President Obama's special envoy visits Kabul to reassure the Karzai government of its central role in any peace process. But getting the insurgents, the Pakistanis and other key players on board remains a long-term project