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But what exactly constitutes true Islam in Indonesia? Is it a mystical tradition based on centuries of syncretic practice or an Arab-inspired move toward the religion's 7th century roots? How this debate plays out will dictate just what kind of a Muslim democracy the world's fourth most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Call to Prayer | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

The resolution passed by the House of Representatives on Feb. 16, expressing disapproval of President Bush's "surge" of additional troops for the war in Iraq, is only 69 words long, and the disapproval itself takes only 27 words. It's point two. Point one, a loquacious 32 words, is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Support the Troops: Bring Them Home | 2/19/2007 | See Source »

It appears that any expression of disapproval for the war in Iraq has to be accompanied, if not preceded, by a declaration of support for the troops. The specific inclusion of troops who are no longer in harm's way shows how empty and rhetorical this declaration of support has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Support the Troops: Bring Them Home | 2/19/2007 | See Source »

Sen. Barack Obama has apologized several times over for what would seem to anyone unfamiliar with the rituals and requirements of American politics to be a fairly touching tribute to "over three thousand lives of the bravest young Americans wasted" in Iraq. Unlike many, Obama has opposed this war since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Support the Troops: Bring Them Home | 2/19/2007 | See Source »

Cockfighting is quite violent and - for lack of a better word - Osbournesque, as in shockrocker Ozzy Osbourn, not the playwright John Osborne. The first time I saw a gallero stick the bloody head of a wounded rooster in his mouth, suck on it like a popsicle, and then spit out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is that a Rooster in Your Mouth? | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

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