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...while serving on the Allied side in World War II - Felix knows his chances of succeeding in junta-controlled Burma are as slender as the jungle vines KIA soldiers sometimes eat to survive. So he has joined other disillusioned university graduates among the KIA ranks. "Some people say we must have dialogue with the SPDC," he says, referring to the junta by its Orwellian-sounding moniker, the State Peace and Development Council. "But that is a snail's pace. The only thing the SPDC understands is force, so we must meet their force with ours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Burma's War | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...9/11 was bottom-up rather than top-down: the passengers who took back United Flight 93. The fighter jets could not scramble fast enough, and we may not have wanted them to: Who decides to shoot down a passenger plane, and what criteria does he or she use? We must stop assuming that we face a choice between heroic governmental protection from terrorism and no protection at all. At least with regard to airborne terror (remember also the “shoe bomber,” foiled by passengers and crew), vigilant citizens may be the only defense we have...

Author: By Sam Barr | Title: A New Kind of National Defense | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

...option” plan. Overall, it remains likely a bill will pass. If we are to take the president at his word, we will ultimately choose whichever plan achieves the prize: passing a bill that covers everyone and begins to lower costs—even if the public option must be swapped for votes...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Tread on Me, Lightly | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

...rental web sites directly. Just be prepared for some heavy lifting, including ordering up credit checks and calling past landlords and employers. "Ninety-five percent of tenant problems can be eliminated in the screening process," says Nuzzolese. Reading up on federal, state and local fair-housing law is another must-do. It's illegal, for instance, to say you'd rather not rent to a family with kids. When figuring out how much to ask for in rent, check out what other local house rentals are going for. Web sites that pull together information on rents, like Rentometer.com, can help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Accidental Landlords: Renting What Won't Sell | 9/19/2009 | See Source »

...death of women on the job, says Corinne Peek-Asa, a professor of occupational and environmental health at the University of Iowa. Homicide accounted for 26% of female deaths on the workplace last year, federal figures show, compared with just 9% for men. Experts say better safety measures must be implemented to reduce workplace risk. "It's an area where we should be more successful at identifying and preventing violence," Peek-Asa says. "Homicides are the tip of the iceberg." (Read: "Experts: Street Crime Too Often Blamed on Gangs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Yale Killing: How Common Is Work Violence? | 9/19/2009 | See Source »

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