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Most people assumed that for a long time now. Bloomberg has often been described as a RINO, a Republican In Name Only, and that was true until yesterday, too. He supports gay marriage, abortion rights and gun control, but not the death penalty; he raised property taxes 18% to deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bloomberg's Independent Streak | 6/20/2007 | See Source »

Institutions were changing too. In his book Fatherhood in America, published this month, Robert L. Griswold has traced the history of a fast-changing role that today not only allows men in the birthing room (90% of fathers are in attendance at their child's birth) but also offers them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Archive: Where Are All the Fathers? | 6/16/2007 | See Source »

The tradition of paying to eat a meal at a table alongside strangers can be traced, as so many other dining customs can be, to 18th century France. A 1786 decree ordered caterers, who once fed the nobility in their palaces, to serve all customers in shops. The shared tables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Table for 20 | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

I don't know which was more shocking, the article on the hellholes in Darfur or the parade of the "Best of Asia" spots in the next dozen pages. Reading about Darfur was most depressing, but when I turned the page and saw snowy ski slopes, hotels and bars, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/13/2007 | See Source »

It's no coincidence that Thai women's prisons are producing such a steady stream of boxing contenders - both Siriporn and Wannee are products of a prison boxing camp started by correction officials hoping to provide women prisoners with a steady source of income after their release. For a country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Black Rose Punched Her Way Out of Jail | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

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