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...totally innocent and that he killed himself because of the FBI's harassment. He was receiving psychotherapy in the weeks before his death and was banned from the premises of his research lab. Yesterday, a spokesperson for Ivins' lab, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, at Fort Detrick in Frederick, said the agency "mourns the loss of Dr. Bruce Ivins, who served the institute for more than 35 years as a civilian microbiologist." That seems an unusual thing to say if you believe one of your employees had something to do with an anthrax attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Anthrax Mystery Deepens | 8/2/2008 | See Source »

...campaign trail." If you had done your homework, you would know that the reason the hug looks awkward is because McCain can not lift his arms much higher than his waist without pain as a result of being stabbed by a bayonet after his capture in Vietnam. James Schear, Fort Thomas, Kentucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...Danang the road snaked north along the coast through emerald country, through two-cow towns with broken coolers brimming with hot soft drinks, mangy dogs sulking in the shade. Some of the most physically beautiful people on earth glided by on bicycles. All smiled. ''There's an old French fort on top of a mountain up here,'' said Dave. ''It was an ugly place to be.'' We stopped, looked at a few thousand bullet holes. On through Phu Bai, gone back now to rice paddies and oxen and lacerating elephant grass. Next, lovely old Hue; there the monks have enshrined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SURFING INTO THE MELANCHOLY PAST | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...unemployed is a volcano ready to erupt.'' The wave of unrest was also directed against the unpopular Colonel Williams Regala, the Interior Minister and a member of the ruling junta. Regala was blamed for a clash between demonstrators and security forces that occurred in April at the notorious Fort Dimanche Prison during a memorial service for thousands of Haitians who died there during the Duvalier dictatorship. At least seven people were killed after protesters attempted to invade the fort. Perhaps most important, however, Haitians were upset about the disastrous state of the economy and the slow pace of reform. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI AT THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO A government hangs on for life | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...refuse, man chooses to fill the world with more perils. If we cannot stop ourselves from throwing a beer can overboard, how can we effectively manage nuclear weapons, atomic energy and gene splitting. My hope is that we can; my fear is that we cannot. James R. Vernon Fort Worth The picture of the herring gull sitting proudly but snarled by the plastic mesh of a six-pack haunts me and makes me terribly sad. Richard N. Sorensen Lincoln...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

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