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...time we finish high school, most of us know Henry David Thoreau as "the eccentric who went into the wild to live monastically," as Robert Sullivan puts it--an image that Sullivan, author of the rodent history Rats, says is entirely wrong. The man who penned Walden and Civil Disobedience was eminently sociable, quite funny and more interested in social critique than in actually persuading people to shun society and live in a shack in the woods. Walden was "written to inspire modern citizens to break out from the lockstep of culture and in so doing make a new connection...
...eyes are now on Baucus, whose Finance Committee has always been integral to figuring out how to pay for health-care reform. But it wasn't initially clear that he was the ideal point man for the overall effort. "People had been concerned that [Baucus] was not as knowledgeable about the full breadth of health care," says Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union, which has been at the forefront of the drive for health-care reform. "But he's there. He understands the contours of the debate. He understands the nuances involved. He's pushing everybody...
...another Montanan to thank for showing him how. Baucus' office suite in the Hart Senate Office Building is a veritable shrine to the longtime Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield, who guided the difficult passage of civil rights laws and Medicare in the 1960s. Mansfield counseled Baucus when the younger man started exploring a career in politics. Then a lawyer at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Baucus wasn't even sure whether he was a Democrat or a Republican. As Baucus planned his move back home to Montana, he took the Senate leader's advice and avoided living in the state...
...nation was watching as Chen, nicknamed the "Son of Taiwan," walked into the courtroom a much thinner man after more than two months in detention. Chen was known during his eight years in office for irritating China with his open support for a greater Taiwanese independence from the mainland. Taiwan's current President Ma Ying-jeou has moved quickly to forge closer economic ties with China since his election last year. Taiwan and China have since opened up tourism, palace museum exchanges, direct charter flights and are planning to discuss further economic agreements this year. (Read TIME's conversation with...
...Chinese world's sole democracy. But as the figurehead of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which was founded to build democracy and fight corruption, his family's scandals have brought the party down, and DPP politicians have tried to distance themselves from the scandal - and the man himself...