Pfc. Chadallen J. Romero patrols Forward Operating Base Zangabad May 23 in Panjwai district, Kandahar province.
We Need To Rethink ‘Bad Parents’
Imagine what our parenting would be like without resources to fall back on—skills, money, family, friends, and connections—and what might be revealed if our lives were constantly scrutinized in public housing, in public …
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“The Only Chief Petty Officer in the National Baseball Hall of Fame”
The Fox Mole Speaks
In April of 2012, Joe Muto decided to steal unaired video footage of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney from his employer, Fox News, sell the tape to Gawker and then post anonymous online tell-all rants about the …
100
— The number of chaise lounges the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, wants to buy. It’s specifying, here, the Polywood brand, made of 90% recycled plastic and retailing for about $440 each. It’s also in the market for 60 patio dining tables and accompanying chairs.
7 Contentious Commencement Speakers
TIME looks back at some of the more controversial graduation speeches over the years.
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Mark Twain’s Cyber Perspective
So the response to Tuesday’s Washington Post story that computer hackers had stolen secrets associated with U.S. weapons was Pavlovian. Within hours, it was all over the internet that China had hacked into the designs of U.S. …
JCPenney’s ‘Hitler’ Tea Kettle Sells Out Online
You’ll have to visit JC Penney stores in person to buy the tea kettle that resembles former German Chancellor and Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
107,796
— That’s the number of contractors supporting the 65,700 U.S. troops in Afghanistan in March. They represented 62% of the total, according to a new Congressional Research Service report, here. Contractors outnumbered troops in Afghanistan until December 2010, when President Obama’s troop surge arrived. But a subsequent contractor surge made the hired help a majority once again beginning in September 2011. h/t Steven Aftergood, FAS.
Photos: Freight Train Derails Outside Baltimore
A CSX freight train derailed Tuesday outside Baltimore after crashing into a trash truck, causing a large explosion and sending a giant plume of smoke into the air. Officials said toxic substances aboard the train were not …
George Zimmerman’s Defense Team Dealt Major Setbacks as Trial Moves Toward Start
It was a day of denials in a Florida courtroom Tuesday as a judge struck down a number of requests from George Zimmerman’s defense team, primarily one that sought to delay the trial. Florida Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson ruled …
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A U.S. Army Post Named Fort Osama bin Laden?
Why not?
Former Time colleague Jamie Malanowski had an intriguing piece in the New York Times over the holiday weekend wondering why the U.S. military has at least 10 major bases named in honor – there is no other way to put …
42%
— How much of the Army's tuition assistance -- $127 million of $304 million in 2013 -- is going to for-profit universities. That's a relatively big chunk of change for schools that only enroll 13% of the nation's post-secondary pupils.