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As an opening gambit to test a new administration in Washington, Pyongyang is being typically audacious. The North Korean government probably noted with interest that in its immediate reaction, the White House insisted that the North "abandon the development of weapons of mass destruction." It said nothing about destroying the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite Warnings, North Korea Launches Rocket | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

This destruction and rebirth in the news business is not the tragic passing of a golden era, the frightening end of high-quality journalistic output, or the downright terrifying onset of an epoch of public corruption unchecked by an active press. The talent that enters the industry will be the...

Author: By Kiran R. Pendri | Title: Futurology 3 | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

A Hamas security official contacted by TIME waved off Israeli reports that the destruction of the weapons convoy was a major setback to the Islamic militants who govern Gaza. "We have our own 'home delivery' setup for weapons," he said with a laugh, explaining that Sinai's tribes of Bedouin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Israel Foiled an Arms Convoy Bound for Hamas | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

When it comes to climate change, however, that picture hasn't yet been found. Hurricane Katrina's destruction, drowning polar bears, spreading deserts - these images are powerful in their own right, but they're not the sorts of pictures that can drive a movement. Precisely because global warming is so...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Earth Hour Galvanize the Global Warming Fight? | 3/28/2009 | See Source »

In the Road Runner cartoons, after each fall, the coyote is broken and battered but never dies. America isn't going to expire either. But unlike him, we will be chastened and begin behaving more wisely. For years, enthusiasts for unfettered capitalism have insisted that the withering away of enterprises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of Excess: Is This Crisis Good for America? | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

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