The Super Secular Time Top 100

Time magazine will celebrate its “Time 100” tonight in New York City, complete with the keynote from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Six athletes, four comedians, many politicians made the list, but one person stood out for many: Oprah didn’t make the list. The lady who is a network all by herself isn’t noteworthy enough for the list, but perhaps keeping her off says as much as including her would. Generally, Time’s list is rather fleeting from year to year, noting the people who this year did something unusual or noteworthy. Last year, an actor from Glee made the list and the year before that Lady Gaga was on the cover.

Does the list measure real influence? Depends who you ask. And the profiles are a little strange, written by people who tend to have their own message to send. The profile of Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards says more about the author Sandra Fluke than it says about Richards.