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Touring the somber museum, it occurred to Mahameed that "we Palestinians are the victims of the terrible things that were inflicted on the Jews by the Holocaust." The images of the crimes perpetrated against the Jews of Europe also made him understand international support for Israel. "If an Israeli child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teaching Auschwitz to the Palestinians | 7/8/2008 | See Source »

In small ways, we've been trying to mop up our CO2 deluge for a while. It's true enough that if you plant a tree, you clean the air, because trees do take carbon out of the sky--but only a little and not for long. The moment a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mopping Up the CO2 Deluge | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

Sometime next year, a California start-up called Climos plans to experiment with the technique, fertilizing about 4,000 sq. mi. (about 10,000 sq km) of ocean. The goal is not to prove that the iron makes the plankton grow but to determine how much carbon this takes out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mopping Up the CO2 Deluge | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

Eavis even acknowledges that the festival has become too middle-class and middle-aged. Says Eavis, "I didn't intend that to upset people... but it's a bit like a church or a Sunday school; you need young people coming along or the whole thing dies." Adding, "I was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does the Glastonbury Fest Still Rock? | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

Fuzzy language and fuzzy thinking were always among Carlin's favorite topics. He marveled at oxymorons like "jumbo shrimp" and "military intelligence," and pointed out the social uses of euphemism: "When did toilet paper become 'bathroom tissue'? When did house trailers become 'mobile homes'?" He reminisced about his class-clown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How George Carlin Changed Comedy | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

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