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...help research and write the book, which is now in its sixth printing and has sold over 200,000 copies. "It's frustrating to be attacked and not allowed to celebrate this amazing oral story of one family's experience," says Tobin. "Whether or not it's completely valid, I have no idea, but it makes sense with the amount of research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unravelling the Myth of Quilts and the Underground Railroad | 4/3/2007 | See Source »

...created in this way - called triploids because they have three sets of chromosomes - do not live. Says Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Yale University: "This confirms that two sperm can get into an egg." Normally the cell dies. But Minkin makes a valid point: "Never say never in medicine and biology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Kind of Twin | 3/28/2007 | See Source »

...uses in her class, could "greatly damage" youth too callow to "decipher" what he called its misrepresentations of Scripture. He cited its observation that contrary to Christianity, "other origin stories tell of ... gods who themselves are created." Hagee thundered that this could convince a student that polytheism is as valid as monotheism. But evangelical pundit Chuck Colson favors Bible-literacy courses. "Would I prefer a more explicitly biblical Christian teaching?" he asks. "Of course. But you can't do that in public education. What you can do is introduce the Bible so that people are aware of its impact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Teaching The Bible | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...there is a danger it'll get sucked into a vicious circle of job cuts, sinking morale and political infighting," he says. As for Airbus as a model for industrial cooperation, James Foreman-Peck, a professor at Cardiff Business School who specializes in European industrial policy, says it remains valid. But, he adds, "these days, Airbus just confirms Anglo-Saxon prejudices that governments waste large amounts of taxpayers' money even when they have a good idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airbus' Tangled Wires | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...Between the growing incidents of vandalism and the use of fraudulent credentials, how can anyone trust Wikipedia as a valid tool?-John O'Connor, East Meadow, N.Y. The key is to look at the quality of articles. The quality of Wikipedia today compared with three years ago is a dramatic improvement. But people do need to be aware of how it is created and edited so they can treat it with the appropriate caution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions: Jimmy Wales | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

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