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...blood shed in the past four days in the hope of changing Gaza's political equation, when the dust settles and the bodies are buried, the wider regional equation is unlikely to change fundamentally - at least not in the favor of those who would prefer to see Hamas eliminated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Versus Hamas: How to Shape a Cease-Fire | 12/31/2008 | See Source »

...world. A four-day trip to Cancun, including airfare and a room at the Gran Melia Resort, starts at just $666 per person. Airfare plus four nights at the W Hotel in New York City starts at $544 per person. Expedia has separate Web pages for people who prefer urban travel and those who like a sunny beach. Book before Feb. 11, 2009. (See 10 things to do in New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel News: Madrid Calling (and Other Cheap Deals) | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

...that people should be looking at value funds yet. Value stocks are very dependent on credit, that is, their performance is very related to the upturn in the economic cycle. We really don't have a lot of evidence right now to support an emphasis on value stocks. We prefer growth stocks, though there's more than one type of growth stock. There are the companies offering stable growth, where the stocks sell at a reasonable price, and then there's kind of the momentum growth. And growth mutual funds follow one or the other - they rarely follow both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Merrill Lynch Strategists on the '09 Outlook for Stocks | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...addressing your adversaries in any violent means, but in this case, when we feel an unjust war was waged, we certainly are empathetic toward the journalist who expressed his anger and frustration in this way." (A disclaimer on the site says, "We do not condone shoe-throwing, but we prefer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thank You for Throwing Your Shoe | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...August birthday, holds her party at the local amusement park. The kids get bracelets that let them go on all the rides. They quickly outgrew the little trains but could ride the bumper cars; then they outgrew those but could take on the climbing wall. Now they prefer the roller-skating rink, where boys and girls hold hands. As with the pencil lines on the kitchen wall, we've watched them grow through their small rituals. If ambition and opportunity spin us off in every direction, traditions reel us back to where we came from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Listen to the Kids | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

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