James Watson
The chancellor emeritus of Cold Spring Harbor Lab was one of TIME's People of the Century
Thomas Jefferson said, "The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man." When reading a column by
Frank Rich
, we suspect that Jefferson was right. With peerless intellectual clarity and wit, Rich holds our leaders to a higher standard than the one at which they too often settle.
John Kerry
The former presidential candidate is chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a past TIME 100 honoree
In the 47 years since he was elected to the U.S. Senate,
Ted Kennedy
has...