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...guess I need to think more like a politician,” she said, “which means that I have to give very boring talks...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stern Weathers Stern Onslaught in Speech Aftermath | 6/29/2007 | See Source »

...reach the masses in a way that Muslim teachers cannot," he declares. "We hope to touch the kids in a way that will make them think about their faith." For now though, whether or not Warriors of Love can drown out the warriors of militant Islam is anyone's guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guitar Warrior | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

That's just a guess, though. What is certain is that when capital gains tax rates drop well below income tax rates, taxpayers react. On the positive side, the lower rate brings more risky, productive investments. On the negative, it prompts more unproductive accounting games. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 tried to end the games without killing entrepreneurship by setting both rates at 28%. (A quirk in the law kept the effective top rate at 33%.) But since 1992, as the chart on the previous page shows, income and capital gains rates have followed very different paths. One inadvertent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blackstone: Too Rich for Congress | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

...summer, except for the bag of plump, ripe tomatoes delivered by a neighor. Tomato vines love the rain. "It may well be a tomato year - a happy thought," writes Austin organic farmer Carol Ann Sayles from Boggy Creek Farm in her weekly email to customers. "We do love them. Guess I'll have a tomato sandwich tonight. And for lunch tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treasures from a Deluge | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

...indeed, a moment of truth in Iraq. "This is a decisive phase," a member of Petraeus' staff told me and began to laugh. "That's one of our favorite jokes. It's always a decisive phase. But this time, I guess you'd have to say, it actually is." Operation Phantom Thunder, the nationwide offensive launched by U.S. and Iraqi troops in mid-June, may well be the last major U.S-led offensive of the war. "We couldn't really call it what it is, Operation Last Chance," says a senior military official. There is widespread awareness among the military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Operation Last Chance | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

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