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...really think that these parties have done a very good job of dividing us. I don't know personally a single Democrat who is a dope-smoking hippie that wants to turn us into Soviet Russia. I don't know a single Republican who wants to steal your children's schoolbooks, take the food away and give all of it to Big Oil. Those are cartoon characters. We are Americans. We've got to pull together because we are facing dark, dark times. I don't trust a single weasel in Washington; I don't care what party they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Glenn Beck | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...Anne Power, professor of social policy at the LSE, and one of the guide's authors. With public funding for redevelopment is often less available in the U.S., "the result," says Katz, is "weaker city cores [and] the rise of an exit ramp economy. We need a 180-degree turn in federal and state policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Struggling Cities Can Reinvent Themselves | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...loss sticks. If you run the programs for 12 to 18 months, for example, subjects start to reap the physical rewards of trimming down. "Their knees and back no longer ache. They start to look better in clothes," he says. "Those benefits become their own reinforcements, so you can turn off the incentive program." Employers and insurers could adopt a similar program, with monthly premiums falling along with the numbers on the scale. "We all tend to discount amorphous health benefits that will come sometime in the future," Volpp says. "So the key is to provide some immediate gratification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Diet Plan That Works: Pay for Weigh | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

Given that another flu outbreak among humans in densely populated Hong Kong could quickly turn into an epidemic, many health experts suggest that it is well past time to update the vaccine to meet the evolving threat. "When the time arrives that the old vaccine no longer works, I believe we should have another to put in its place," Dr. Lo says. "Apparently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Hong Kong's Bird Flu Vaccine Failing? | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith and Professor Jacqueline Bhabha made opening remarks. “We celebrate the 60th anniversary in the shape of a completely original and inspirational artistic piece,” said Smith before he symbolically flipped the switch to turn on the projectors. The event also featured a short presentation by the student group The Harvard College Human Rights Advocates (HCHRA), in which members read articles from the declaration and described how they had attempted to uphold those rights for others. The HCHRA is an undergraduate umbrella organization that promotes...

Author: By Brittany M Llewellyn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Exhibit Exalts Human Rights | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

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