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What else might move the generals? Conceivably, the threat of prosecution. Words alone aren't enough. The Suu Kyi trial proves again how little they care about world opinion. But don't be fooled by common depictions of them as blinkered, paranoid and xenophobic. "These caricatures ignore the fact that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma: Justice for All | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

Blending In Even in authoritarian and deeply religious countries, gay people are finding ways to gather and meet each other, the first step in mobilizing for their rights. In Pakistan, where homosexuality is considered a crime by both the state and Islam, an underground social scene thrives among the é...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Asia's Gays are Starting to Win Acceptance | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

The economist behind this year's report is used to hearing people marvel at how much kids cost. "I tell them children also have many benefits," he says, "so you have to keep that in mind." There are, for instance, all the things parents probably don't do as often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising a Child Costs Some $221,000, Before College | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

I guess the author is nowhere near the age at which death becomes real. Up to that point it's very easy to theorize; you don't have to make up your mind whether death is preferable to a life that offers nothing but mere existence. It's a tragedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

The run-up to freshman year in college may be so exhausting (hip-hop lessons! swim team! traveling soccer leagues!) that parents feel they hardly know each other - and, sometimes, themselves. "One of the most common things we hear is, 'We're sitting at the breakfast table, just the two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Live (and Love) in an Empty Nest | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

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