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...Daou and Hynes have bounced back, but Marcotte may not be so lucky. If Edwards has got cold feet, Marcotte could be out of a job. Even if she survives, though, her supporters have made it clear that they have their own agenda. When she announced that she was moving to the Edwards campaign, hundreds of supporters wrote in to Pandagon to congratulate her. Buried in the pile of warm wishes, however, was a warning of sorts: "Congratulations," wrote a user named MAJeff, "and best of luck. Well, best of luck until we've decided you and your candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bloggers on the Bus | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...tried to curl up my fingers but could not because they were the size of carrots. I prayed to God to help me recover the use of my hands. After a while, I tried to get up. But I had to stifle a cry of pain, for my feet could not support my body. I managed to haul myself up to the bed. My woolen socks were stuck to my feet with dried pus. When I succeeded in peeling the socks off with my numb and swollen fingers, I saw that my feet were also swollen to enormous size. Under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life and Death in Shanghai | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

...over by the paraders.'' Li Zhen and I said goodbye. That was the last glimpse I ever had of my dear old friend. A month later, she committed suicide after a particularly humiliating experience. The Red Guards placed a pole across the gate of the conservatory less than four feet from the ground and made Li Zhen crawl under it to demonstrate that she was ''a running dog of the British imperialists'' because of her education in England. They then held a ''struggle'' meeting to compel her to confess her ''love for Western music.'' She was found dead the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life and Death in Shanghai | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

...caught his leg just as he raised his foot to crush the next cup. He toppled, and we fell in a heap together. The boy regained his feet and kicked me right in my chest. I cried out in pain. The others gathered around us, shouting at me angrily for interfering in their revolutionary activities. One of the teachers said to me, ''What do you think you are doing? Are you trying to protect your possessions?'' ''No, no, you can do whatever you like with my things. But you mustn't break these porcelain treasures. They are old and valuable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life and Death in Shanghai | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

...lifeless water toward the crumpled hills of Moab in Jordan. At 1,300 ft. below sea level, it is the lowest place on earth. Far down to the south is the site of ancient Sodom, now under a few feet of water, and to the north is the monastery of the Essenes at Qumran, where most of their Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Farther, toward Jericho, the mount in the wilderness where Satan tempted Christ. And in the distance to the south, the terrible brow of Masada, where 960 Jewish Zealots committed suicide rather than surrender to the besieging Romans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL At 40: the Dream Confronts Palestinian Fury | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

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