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...belief in dialogue, Obama has vowed to talk with America's enemies, or at least ideological opponents. In Asia, that means primarily North Korea. Obama should step up direct negotiations with Pyongyang. By talking one-on-one with Kim Jong Il, he would telegraph that the U.S. will no longer outsource North Korea policy - demonstrating to any future North Korean leadership that, if they play nice, Washington will woo them, and to Beijing that, if Kim falls, the U.S. will not stand by and let the North become a Chinese satellite...
...work for a big company, like the droves of salarymen before him? But in 1996, Onishi founded one of Japan's largest international NGOs, Peace Winds Japan, which operates everywhere from Sudan to East Timor. Today, the 41-year-old Osaka native has noticed that his countrymen no longer consider helping less fortunate foreigners a shameful occupation. Two former Peace Winds alumni now serve in the Diet, while Onishi recently has been fielding job queries from disillusioned investment bankers. "People in Japan live in such comfortable, peaceful conditions," says Onishi. "I think more Japanese are realizing that...
...only an example to emulate but also the sentinels who will safeguard his life. In 1865, on the very day he was assassinated at Ford's Theatre, Lincoln green-lighted what would become the U.S. Secret Service, which has been guarding Obama (code-named "Renegade") since May 2007--longer than any other presidential candidate in U.S. history...
...stores offering even more carrots to drive sales in this dreary economic climate. As of Nov. 11, 72% of consumers had completed less than 10% of their shopping, according to the National Retail Federation's (NRF) 2008 survey by BigResearch of holiday consumer intentions and actions. "They know the longer they wait, the better off they are, so there's no reason to rush," says Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at the NPD Group, a market-research firm. (Find out 10 things to do with your money...
...leaves each morning to find work on reconstruction projects. Although unemployment is as high as 80% in some areas of the Sichuan disaster zone, Yang says he doesn't have much difficulty finding jobs. Indeed, his 50-year-old father works with him, but the family wonders how much longer the father can handle manual labor. So Luo runs her small shop to save money for the future. "We don't have plans," she says. "We don't know where we will go. Right now the most important thing is money...