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See the top 5 swine flu don'ts.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Fight Against a Flu Pandemic | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

Still, early polls aren't encouraging. Quinnipiac University reported in July that Specter would beat Sestak easily in the primary, 55% to 23%. According even to Sestak's campaign, at least 70% of primary voters don't know enough about him to even form an opinion. But the Quinnipiac poll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Joe Sestak Buck the Odds Against Arlen Specter? | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

3. On why corporal punishment is still condoned: "Educators, who face the difficult task of maintaining order in the classroom, may resort to corporal punishment because it is quick to administer, or because the school lacks resources and training for alternative methods of discipline. One teacher pointed out that corporal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

4. On the aftermath: "The Society for Adolescent Medicine has documented serious medical consequences resulting from corporal punishment, including severe muscle injury, extensive blood-clotting (hematomas), whiplash damage and hemorrhaging. ... Corporal punishment led to deterioration in family life, as parents were forced to withdraw children from school, resort to homeschooling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

In recent months, prisoners have been sentenced to hard labor all over the world, including in Palestine (for collaborating with Israel) and Gambia (for criticizing the President). When President Bill Clinton recently negotiated a pardon for two Current TV journalists who crossed the border into North Korea, he spared them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Hard Labor Really That Bad? | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

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