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...says Chris Alexander, the U.N.'s deputy special representative in Afghanistan, "the place where the challenges that used to be nationwide have been swept like dead leaves into a pile." And at the top of that heap is Kajaki, where the struggle to secure and repair one of the nation's most important infrastructure projects has become a symbol of the wider effort to rebuild Afghanistan...
...nation of strong and varied convictions and beliefs. We argue and debate our differences vigorously and often. But when all is said and done, we still come together as one people and pledge our allegiance not just to a place on a map or a certain leader but to the words my mother read to me years ago: "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness...
...American parents smothering their children? Hara Estroff Marano, an editor-at-large at Psychology Today magazine and the grandmother of three small children, is convinced that they are. In her provocative new book, A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting (Broadway), she writes, "Behold the wholly sanitized childhood, without skinned knees or the occasional C in history! Kids need to learn that you need to feel bad sometimes. We learn through experience, and we learn especially through bad experiences. Through disappointment and failure we learn how to cope." TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs spoke with Marano...
...Wilkinson, executive director of the Central United States Earthquake Consortium. One of the things the state commissions are likely to discuss is whether to follow the lead of Kentucky, which requires companies that sell homeowners insurance to offer earthquake insurance without question. In the meantime, however, State Farm, the nation's leading home insurer, has imposed a 30-day moratorium on new earthquake-insurance policies in much of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana...
...While it deemed the teams guarding U.S. weapons as well trained, the report found "inconsistencies in personnel, facilities and equipment provided to the security mission by the host nation." In particular, it said that areas in need of repair at several of the sites include "support buildings, fencing, lighting and security systems...