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It certainly wouldn't be the first time great powers have sparred over this land of lakes and rugged steppe, nestled in the shadow of the towering Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. For centuries, it was part of the main Silk Road highway that connected China to the west...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Kyrgyzstan: Behind the Upheavals | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Chances are, if you grew up in the mid-1950s, you either owned an official Davy Crockett coonskin cap or had the lyrics of the television show's theme song committed to memory: "Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee/ Greenest state in the land of the free ... Davy, Davy Crockett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fess Parker | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

They do, however, have an unusually vigorous commitment to self-defense. "Within two years, I expect to see the Constitution suspended. We will be prepared to defend it," says Norman Olson, an independent Baptist minister who together with real estate salesman Ray Southwell founded the Michigan Militia. Toward that end...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Threat from the Patriot Movement | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

Until Sunday, March 21, few out of Michigan's rugged 1st Congressional District, which stretches for 1,600 miles (2,575 km) along the Great Lakes, had ever heard of Bart Stupak. But as the clock ran out on health care reform, all eyes were on the Democratic Congressman. "How...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care Clincher: The Importance of Being Stupak | 3/21/2010 | See Source »

Tilson had to first work out which of the eight surveyed areas might support tigers once again. The winning candidate was the rugged Hupingshan-Houhe reserve, which lies within the tiger's historical range. Its terrain isn't too mountainous (contrary to popular belief, tigers prefer lowlands) and there is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tale of the Cat | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

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