Person of the Year - 2005

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Mother Nature is certainly the front runner this year.  Between the tsunami, Katrina, and the Kashmir earthquake, we've had three major natural disasters that in a normal year would each easily be the worst of the year.  Katrina also affected U.S. politics tho I think that impact is overrated. 

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When is it announced?

Sunday, 8am Eastern Time when it gioes up on their website.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I can think of a lot worse choices than the one Time made.  The Gates have been when it comes to philanthropy been rather smart about it, choosing mainly to donate to causes that have the potential to make a huge impact but aren't particularly showy or philled with photo ops.  Bonos been more the gadfly than the wallet, but I suspect they included him so as to make it clear that their selectuion had nothing to do with Microsoft or computers.