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But in ways that are almost uncanny, Lake's worldview and idealistic bent and Holbrooke's tactical skills and political drive reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their candidates. In Obama's case, the combination of lofty vision and inexperience looks a lot like Bill Clinton circa 1993, when he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battling to Be the Next Secretary of State | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

Some in the GOP think this effort is a mistake. Hispanics increasingly favored Republicans in the past two presidential elections, and many party strategists worry that a strict emphasis on enforcing immigration laws will alienate this growing group of voters. They believe that a hard line has already cost the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building Bridges, Not Fences | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

Augusta National responded by lengthening almost all of its holes, but it did so with a focus on maintaining what the tournament committee calls the "shot value" of each hole. According to this strategy, holes on which golfers would have hit a 6-iron approach shot 40 years ago were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Living History | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

Still, the Bhutanese remain uncomfortable with the changes under way and especially with one basic political act: mudslinging. Bhutan is a fiercely traditional place, polite and formal. Slow vehicles pull over to let faster cars go by. Etiquette dictates that you wear formal clothes in the presence of the national...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Bhutan | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

To Fight, to Build, or Both? Despite the americophile tendencies of Sarkozy, many French - like other Europeans - see NATO and the Afghanistan operation as an endorsement of a U.S. agenda. More than that, they see NATO's role in Afghanistan as a manifestation of a particularly American way of solving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Alliance Of the Unwilling | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

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