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...have remained the same) accounts for a bit of that, our eating habits are clearly responsible for most. Over the past 20 years in particular, we've stuffed ourselves like pâté geese. In 1985 there were only eight states in which more than 10% of the adult population was obese - though the data collection then was admittedly spottier than it is now. By 2006, there were no states left in which the obesity rates were that low, and in 23 states, the number exceeded 25%. Even those figures don't tell the whole story, since they include...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How America's Children Packed On the Pounds | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

Rowling, who has a degree in French and the classics from the University of Exeter, said her greatest fear as a recent graduate was failure, adding that she “failed on an epic scale” in her early adult years as an unemployed single mother who was “as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain without being homeless...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rowling Charges Grads To Accept Failure, Cultivate Imagination | 6/6/2008 | See Source »

...Americans [June 2]. My American family goes back to Captain John Steele in the Revolutionary War. Our immigrant ancestors came from Ireland, Germany, England, Scotland, Eastern Europe, Russia, Mexico and the Philippines. I happen to be a 76-year-old white male, and "for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country." When Michelle speaks, we hear her wakening the American Dream. John S. Hellman, new york city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...Americans [June 2]. My American family goes back to Captain John Steele in the Revolutionary War. Our immigrant ancestors came from Ireland, Germany, England, Scotland, Eastern Europe, Russia, Mexico and the Philippines. I happen to be a 76-year-old white male, and "for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country." When Michelle speaks, we hear her wakening the American Dream. John S. Hellman, NEW YORK CITY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...rival Mitt Romney. As a competitor, the former Massachusetts governor clearly irritated McCain, but observers say the two now get along famously, with one insider terming them "alpha males" who have moved past their earlier conflicts. One source says that while a group of vice-presidential contenders were enjoying adult beverages recently at McCain's Arizona ranch, the host went out of his way to offer the teetotaling Romney some coffee. Mormons don't drink coffee either, but the gesture was noted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

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