“It’s a tricky situation,” said the decision maker huddled with his inner circle, debating what to do next in Afghanistan. “We went in, but how to get out — our head[s] are splitting from this.
The Soviets in Afghanistan: Obama’s Deja Vu?
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Justice Says It Won’t Go After Medical Marijuana Users
A collective sigh of relief — or was that the long exhale of bong hits? — no doubt followed Monday’s announcement from Attorney General Eric Holder Jr
Sri Lankan Trader Raj Rajaratnam Has Long Faced Scrutiny
The news did not exactly come as a shock. Just two months before he was arrested on charges of insider trading on Oct.
Endangered Species: Debate on How to Avoid Extinction
The planet is in the middle of an extinction crisis, the sixth great wave in its history. But unlike major extinction events of the past — like the Permian-Triassic event 250 million years ago, in which 70% of all terrestrial species were wiped out, probably because of an asteroid impact or a similar natural disaster — this time human beings are the cause
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Gambles on Boycott from Government
The decision by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to suspend participation in Zimbabwe’s unity government with President Robert Mugabe simply confirms what has been obvious for some time: the power-sharing deal intended to bring an end to the country’s crippling political crisis is on life support, if not already dead. Tsvangirai’s move on Oct.
How Plagiarism Software Found a New Shakespeare Play
Plagiarism-detection software was created with lazy, sneaky college students in mind — not the likes of William Shakespeare. Yet the software may have settled a centuries-old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play from the late 1500s called The Reign of Edward III.
Rhoda Janzen: From Modern to Mennonite
When Rhoda Janzen went away to college, she was determined to leave her past behind. But unlike the average independence-minded freshman, Janzen was Mennonite — a member of a small, strict Christian denomination with only 110,000 members in the U.S
Malcolm Gladwell, Author of Tipping Point, Outliers
With three best sellers to his credit, Malcolm Gladwell is one of the brightest stars in the media firmament. A British-born, Ontario-raised New Yorker staff writer and 2005 TIME 100 honoree, Gladwell’s clear prose and knack for upending conventional wisdom across the social sciences have made The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers, as well as his lengthy magazine features on topics ranging from cool-hunting to ketchup, into must reads.
Wine Lessons Down Under
Retiree Robert Shively spends his days on the golf course. For many, that would be a dream come true, but not quite in the way Shively does it
If You Must Know: Are Artificial Sweeteners Really That Bad For You?
Too much sugar will make you fat, but too much artificial sweetener will … do what, exactly