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Any substantive bill may be good enough for Geithner, who may have the most at stake. He survived the terrible start of his tenure at Treasury and managed to lead the Administration's efforts to stabilize the markets under constant attack. But he continues to struggle with the impression that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geithner vs. the Regulators: A Time for Swearing | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

Any author who won the affections of Lizzie Skurnick in her girlhood should count her- or himself lucky. Back then, Skurnick wept over books, pressed them on friends and mined them for educational material - cultural, social and sexual. Some tempting literary morsels drove her to actual theft. Now in Shelf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are You There, Judy Blume? It's Me, Lizzie | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

The basic assumption of the U.S. political strategy in Afghanistan appears to be that the Taliban cannot be engaged from a position of weakness. Perceptions are exceedingly important in a warlord society with a long-established tradition of local commanders switching sides to back the force deemed most likely to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does the U.S. Have an Exit Strategy in Afghanistan? | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

Yet even dealership owners whose legislators pushed the program don't plan to use it. Tom Whowell, who owns Gordy's Boat Dealership in Lake Fontana, Wis., says he received some information and knows of one dealer who might go forward with an application, but said he "didn't get...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Federal Help for Boat Dealers: All at Sea | 8/1/2009 | See Source »

Obama, in all likelihood, has had similar experiences with the police, exchanges in which he was left with the impression that his Ivy League pedigree could take him only so far. And so it's unfortunate that he felt unable to continue to express what he truly felt. He was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Henry Louis Gates Affair: When Race Matters | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

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