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...Newt Approach? I was surprised that you included an article by Newt Gingrich [March 1]. Isn't Gingrich giving advice on bipartisan cooperation like asking the fox for advice on how to guard the henhouse? He is the king of noncooperation and partisanship. There are people on both sides of the aisle who can offer advice about bipartisanship and have at least a modicum of credibility Sandy Stanley, MUSCATINE, IOWA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Immigration | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...they lacked the resources to fight both the drug syndicates and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Also, many of the Afghan warlords whom the U.S. relied on to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda were involved in the drug trade. Now, officials say, the Obama Administration is taking a tough approach to drugs in Afghanistan, sparing no one, not even friends and associates of President Hamid Karzai. "Everyone's fair game," says a Western counternarcotics official in Kabul. "If someone comes within reach of our investigation, nothing is going to stop us from making a case." (See pictures of the presidential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan's Fix | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...break that dependency? Many Western and Afghan counternarcotics experts recommend the cold-turkey approach: just destroy the poppy crop and make the farmers plant something else. Gulab Mangal, the governor of Helmand province, which includes Marjah, favors this plan. But according to Afghan officials, McChrystal and his military commanders have warned that destroying the crop would enrage the population. Mohammed Rahim Khan, who fled the invasion and has just returned to his poppy fields, tells TIME, "I spent lots of money on my field, and so did my neighbors. If the government destroys the fields, nearly all the people will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan's Fix | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...styles of the companies. "[O'Leary] is a strong believer in getting any sort of publicity for Ryanair," says John Strickland, a London-based aviation consultant. "EasyJet's position has changed. When it was born it was relatively cheeky as well. ... Now it's taking more of a sober approach. Stelios is not going to take O'Leary up on his sumo wrestling offer." Still, Strickland says, both companies are well aware that a healthy rivalry can be good for business: "It certainly raises the profiles of both companies." (Read a TIME story on Stelios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Personal in Europe's Budget Airline Wars | 3/21/2010 | See Source »

...daughter of Thomas D'Alesandro, a former congressman and mayor of Baltimore, Pelosi's approach is often compared to his old-school Italian style of patronage. After all, as a child, she was often tasked with maintaining her father's "favors" list. But, while there is a certain degree of ring-kissing that still goes on on Capitol Hill, the Speaker is actually more like her mother, says Tommy D'Alesandro, Pelosi's brother and another former mayor of Baltimore. "You could cross my father, lie to him, oppose him," D'Alesandro says. "But our mother - you couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Her Way: Pelosi's Powers of Persuasion | 3/20/2010 | See Source »

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