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What did you miss the most during these stretches? I really missed my friends and family quite a bit on the first leg, over to Hawaii. That was pretty hard. After the trip wore on a bit, I got kind of used to being alone. I made tons of friends all over the world. It becomes easier to say goodbye and move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Teen Who Sailed the World Solo | 7/21/2009 | See Source »

...issue came to a boil as the National Governors Association (NGA) met in Biloxi, Miss. At a luncheon with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius - who until April had been governor of Kansas - her former colleagues vented their anger at the idea of being handed the bill for yet another Washington initiative. Tennessee's Democratic governor, Phil Bredesen, told the New York Times that he regarded the proposed expansion of Medicaid as "the mother of all unfunded mandates" and warned, "Medicaid is a poor vehicle for expanding coverage." (See the top 10 health-care-reform players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicaid and the States: Health-Care Reform's Next Hurdle | 7/21/2009 | See Source »

...beat the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV--we'd be memorializing McNair, who was murdered at age 36 on July 4, as an NFL legend. Instead, we'll recall the quarterback, who was reared in small-town Mississippi and drafted out of tiny Alcorn State (Miss.) University, as a supremely gifted workhorse who fought through injuries to patch together an outstanding 13-year career. And sadly, what we'll most remember about Air McNair is the shocking way in which he died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steve McNair | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...moon, the U.N. Secretary-General, was subject to a bitter attack in Foreign Policy magazine recently for "frittering away influence" at a time when "global leadership is urgently needed." But Tim Wirth, president of the U.N. Foundation, argues that Ban's critics miss the point. The U.N., Wirth says, is not a vertical institution but a horizontal one, with 192 nation-states acting as shareholders. Ban can't tell the U.N.'s members--or even its agencies--what to do. He has to negotiate and coordinate, find a consensus. He manages to do that, Wirth says, by "keeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Charisma? Don't Worry, You Can Still Be a Leader | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

Karl gave me opportunities I never would have had. He was my mentor. And he topped all this off with a wonderful sense of humor and a great, maniacal, cackling laugh. Karl always made me feel like I was the son he never had. I loved him and will miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Karl Malden | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

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