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...been talking to reporters instead of preparing for his confirmation hearings next week to become Secretary of Defense, he would have found all this amusing, if not absurd. The man with the Kansas-flat voice and a weakness for hiking, hayrides and roller coasters would have got a kick out of saying that both sides are right--and that absolutely none of it matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Options for the New Secretary of Defense | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...Chantix mimics the active ingredient in nicotine and can fool the brain into thinking it has had its nicotine fix--without nicotine's addictive qualities or all the damage smoking does to the heart and lungs. But don't assume that simply popping a few pills will make you kick the habit; the most successful long-term quitters also participated in counseling and cognitive behavior therapy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year In Medicine From A to Z | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

ROCK 'N ROLL FANTASY CAMP The Hollywood camp that lets weekend crooners rock out with music legends will kick off a February session with Paul Stanley of Kiss and Steve Vai. SINGSTAR ROCKS! Now you can enjoy the fun of karaoke without any public embarrassment. The new PlayStation 2 game measures your tone and beat while you sing along to music videos. SINGSTAR ROCKS! Now you can enjoy the fun of karaoke without any public embarrassment. The new PlayStation 2 game measures your tone and beat while you sing along to music videos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wanna be a Rock Star? Fake It | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...Thai Muslim protesters died, and has acknowledged Islam's special place in a corner of this predominantly Buddhist nation. His government has also revived the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center, a peace and development agency credited with keeping a lid on the violence until Thaksin dismantled it in 2002; kick-started the investigation into the 2004 abduction of a prominent Muslim human-rights lawyer, Somchai Neelaphaijit, who is still missing; and last week announced the formation of a special economic zone to boost development in the impoverished region...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Death's Shadow | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...Early-'80s Lebanon ought to have served as a cautionary tale heading off the U.S.'s more recent adventure in Iraq. In 1982, the U.S. backed an Israeli plan to invade Lebanon and destroy the Palestine Liberation Organization, kick out Syrian troops and install a pro-Western, Israel-friendly government led by Lebanese Maronite Christian leader Bashir Gemayel. Israel drove out the PLO, only to start negotiating with Yasser Arafat after a Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza trip a few years later. Suspected Syrian agents assassinated Bashir Gemayel days before his presidential inauguration. His supporters retaliated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the U.S. Has Failed to Learn in Lebanon | 11/23/2006 | See Source »

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