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...world manages to force Israel to demolish the wall of hate it has erected illegally. That wall and Israel's illegal settlements are making a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict virtually impossible. You recollect that President Reagan famously urged Moscow to "tear down this wall." It is high time for President Obama and Western leaders to say exactly those same words to Israel - and to impose sanctions if it doesn't comply. Samir Hawa, Prangins, Switzerland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...agreement commits Firestone to a range of social benefits, such as providing new and upgraded housing and building a high school, to correct conditions that have generated a torrent of negative publicity in recent years. "They are not the worst corporate citizens," says Michael Jordan, a rubber-industry expert who advised the ISLP. "But the 2008 agreement is forcing them to be a good corporate citizen. It is not being left to goodwill anymore ... and that's a significant improvement for Liberia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stretching a Contract | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...since 1953. But traffic online is particularly brisk these days, with several sites, including HomeExchange.com--which was founded in 1992 and, with some 28,000 listings, bills itself as the world's largest home-exchange club--reporting that membership has increased 30% or more this year. (See pictures of high-end homes that won't sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home Exchange: Trading (Vacation) Places | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

Coastal residents - who suffer under high insurance rates - would be asked to cover the cost, according to an application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on July 9. Gates is one of a dozen inventors listed on the application submitted by Searete LLC, a subsidiary of Intellectual Ventures LLC, of Bellevue, Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida Looks at New Ideas for Battling Hurricanes | 8/2/2009 | See Source »

...fell in love with Benigno Aquino Jr., a brilliant and ambitious journalist turned politician whose own family was as illustrious though not quite as wealthy as her baronial clan. The marriage would help propel Benigno's career even as "Cory" was a cipher at his side, the high-born wife whose social ministrations at smoke-filled political sessions flattered her husband's supporters. Benigno's popularity soon challenged Ferdinand Marcos, who had been elected President in 1965. And so, when Marcos assumed dictatorial power in 1972, he threw his rival into jail. Corazon then became her husband's instrument, smuggling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People Power's Philippine Saint: Corazon Aquino | 8/1/2009 | See Source »

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