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But there is more than just fish politics and food culture at stake for Japan when it comes to whaling. Even though few Japanese ever sit down to a plate of whale sashimi, they still resist viscerally the idea that the international community could force Japan to stop whaling. A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Japan Keeps Fighting the Whale Wars | 3/13/2010 | See Source »

Even if Dodd had agreed to water down reform enough to cut a deal with Corker, that wouldn't have guaranteed success; it was not clear if any other Republicans would have supported it, if Democrats on his committee would have agreed to pass it, if it could have survived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Dems Need to Hang Tough on Financial Reform | 3/13/2010 | See Source »

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd announced Thursday that he can't keep negotiating a financial reform compromise with Republican senator Robert Corker, because the process needs to go faster. Corker then declared that he was "very disappointed" the talks had broken down, and that the process needs to go...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Dems Need to Hang Tough on Financial Reform | 3/13/2010 | See Source »

Other groups have laid down specific rules that keep them from working too closely with certain governments or rebel groups. Among the most prominent is Doctors Without Borders. The French arm of that group was, in fact, expelled from Ethiopia during the famine in the 1980s when it criticized the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Humanitarian Aid Winds Up in the Wrong Hands | 3/13/2010 | See Source »

Last weekend NASCAR driver Carl Edwards steered his 3,400-lb. stock car into the car of fellow driver Brad Keselowski. Both were going about 180 m.p.h. Earlier in the race, Keselowski had bumped Edwards, sending him to the garage; Edwards admitted he was seeking revenge. Keselowski's car flipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Ratings Woes Making NASCAR Too Reckless? | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

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