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...this untapped potential for connecting with each other over large distances, which would violate the current laws of physics as we currently understand them. Of course, they always respond with, "Well, the current laws of physics are always changing, so how can you be so certain that these things aren't real?" Well, we can't prove these things don't exist, but then they never really lay themselves open for scientific investigation. That's why it's really problematic to talk about them as being real science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're Superstitious | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...effect of venue-shopping, contends LoPucki, is that courts wind up more often ruling in favor of companies - to the detriment of creditors and labor unions. "Whoever gets this case must rule for management, or else they'll never get another corporate case," he says. Others aren't convinced the outcome is so nefarious, though the system certainly does give particular judges more than their fair share of influence over bankruptcy case law. "You normally expect various decisions through various courts, which creates the opportunity for the development of the law," says Jeffrey Morris, a law professor at the University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM's Potential Bankruptcy: Shopping for a Venue | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

Restrictions apply, of course. For starters, wellness visits aren't covered. But it's a smart way to drum up business among the still employed. All a family has to do to be eligible for this safety-net program is to have used a Walgreens' Take Care clinic since the in-store chain opened in 2005. Average out-of-pocket cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Walgreens' Hippocratic Oath | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

There's just one problem: illegal immigrants aren't going, at least not yet. Their ties to their home countries have grown too tenuous; their investment in their off-label version of the American Dream is too great. Tougher border enforcement makes leaving a more final and difficult decision. They don't go home because they know they probably won't get to return. This has Americans in St. Helens, Ore., and elsewhere facing a set of decisions of their own: How hard should they press the case against illegal immigrants? And will putting more pressure on the undocumented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite Backlash, Illegal Immigrants Stay Put | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...links to al-Qaeda. Nevertheless, says valley elder Sham Sher Khan, the way to counter the insurgency hasn't changed. He thinks reopening the timber trade would help. "The Taliban say they are fighting because there are Americans here and it's a jihad. But the fact is, they aren't fighting for religion. They are fighting for money," he says. "If they had jobs, they would stop fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. in Afghanistan: The Longest War | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

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