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...since al-Sadr has been al-Maliki's prime source of support in the Iraqi governing coalition. But if the leak of the Hadley memo was some sort of awkward Bush strategy, it failed. Al-Maliki refused to sup with Bush. They breakfasted-and it's possible bread was broken only after the White House agreed not to push on al-Sadr. The body language between the two men was dire. Bush seemed severely ticked off during the press conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Absurdity of it All | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

These are the kinds of crimes American cities expected never to see in high numbers again. In the 1990s police departments nationwide began applying the so-called broken-windows theory: arrest the bad guys for minor offenses, and they wouldn't be around to commit more serious ones. This zero-tolerance approach--combined with more cops on the street to enforce it, a strong economy and a fortuitous demographic change that reduced the population of young men who typically cause the most trouble--lowered the rates of murder, robbery and rape for 10 consecutive years. Until last year. Not only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle America's Crime Wave | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...think that we can deny that there is a moral and spiritual component to prevention - that in too many places all over the world where HIV/AIDS is prevalent - including by the way right here in the United States - the relationship between men and women, between sexuality and spirituality, has broken down, and needs to be repaired." Obama, Warren and Brownback all took an AIDS test. And Warren, responding to the controversy, said "I've got two friends here, a Republican and a Democrat, why?" Warren asked. "Because you've got to have two wings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Losers in the Obama-Warren Controversy | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

It’s this whole supergroup thing. Our neighbors to the north just play well together. First came megaband Broken Social Scene, the New York Yankees of Canuck indie rock. Then the infectious New Pornographers trickled south, displacing deserving American-born power pop peddlers. And now there’s Swan Lake, set to make Williamsburg, Brooklyn look like Flint, Michigan...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD OF THE WEEK: Swan Lake, "Beast Moans" | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...Patching the Safety Net A series of clinic visits by one patient made me realize just how broken the current health care system is ? and what can be done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why I'm Not Against, Like, Oh Wow Man, Pot | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

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