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The one-dimensional character of Pingping is another disappointment. She wants Taotao to have a good future in America (as a doctor - what else?). She also worries that Nan doesn't really love her and even tells him he can sleep with other women as long as he comes home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exile's Letter | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

Israel's strategy is to squeeze Gaza's economy, cutting off all but a drip-feed of humanitarian aid in the hope that civilians will turn against the Islamists of Hamas. Critics condemn this tactic as an unjust "collective punishment" on all of Gaza's inhabitants. Nor has it stopped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soft Drink Fizz Goes Flat in Gaza | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

Given the similarity of their positions and that presidential campaigns inevitably turn on character, it seems likely that this Iowa caucus will be decided personally, viscerally, for reasons that the voters themselves can't always explain. In Algona, Iowa, I spoke with Chris and Martin Peterson, two former Republicans turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trudging Through Iowa | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

Before Mark E. Zuckerberg, formerly of the Class of 2006, was poking people on Facebook, he was poking people with a sword. As a senior at Phillips Exeter Academy, the founder of Facebook Inc. did list tech support and computer programming on his 2001 application to Harvard. But the biggest...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stick to Coding, Zuckerberg! | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

Brian MacMahon, who served as chair of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health for 31 years, died last Wednesday. He was 84. MacMahon’s colleagues described him as one of the most influential men in modern epidemiology. James H. Ware, the current academic dean of the...

Author: By Cora K. Currier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Influential Harvard Epidemiologist Dies | 12/11/2007 | See Source »

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