Monday, August 24, 2009

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

The GOP Has Become a Party of Nihilists
Illustration by Stephen Kroninger for TIME

1. The GOP Has Become a Party of Nihilists

By Joe Klein

The irrational attacks on health-care reform show what the GOP has become: a party of nihilists

2. Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin

By John Cloud

You've heard it for years: to lose weight, hit the gym. But while physical activity is crucial for good health, it doesn't always melt pounds -- in fact, it can add them. Here's why

3. Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food

By Bryan Walsh

He's raised on grass and hay and lives happily on a pasture by the ocean. His meat is free of antibiotics, but can we afford to eat it? We can't afford not to

4. Why Does Facebook Hate Babies?

By Joel Stein

Facebook hates babies. I found this out last night when I logged on as Laszlo Stein, my three-month-old son who has been faithfully posting adorable photos and angry commentary since his second-trimester sonogram

5. How to Manage Your Online Life When You're Dead

By Gaëlle Faure

We don't leave behind letters and diaries anymore. We leave inboxes and Facebook accounts. But will your loved ones have access to that information?

6. Canine Lifeguards Hit Italy's Beaches

By Jeff Israely / Pula

This summer, a new breed of hero is protecting swimmers at Italy's beaches -- dogs trained to spot, and then save, people who are drowning

7. Michelle Obama: The Shorts Heard Round the World

By Belinda Luscombe

Been a big fuss this week because Michelle Obama wore shorts. She's worn shorts before, but the photos of her wearing them in that iconic descending-from-Air-Force-One-onto-the-tarmac setting proved too much for the media

8. Is Britain's Health-Care System Really That Bad?

By Eben Harrell / London

Opponents of President Obama's health-care-reform plans have been using Britain's National Health Service to warn against the dangers of socialized medicine. But how does the NHS really work?

9. New Ways to Create iPhone Apps on the Cheap

By Jeremy Caplan

Everyone from musicians to bakers to babysitters can now create their own iPhone apps, and cheaply. Here comes the app avalanche

10. Less Vegas: The Casino Town Bets on a Comeback

By Joel Stein

The casino town bet big on the real estate boom — and lost. But the rapid reset of home, hotel-room and casino prices has encouraged some in America's most optimistic city to go right back to the table

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