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Barack Obama would no doubt recognize the protest of the defeated Celtic chief Calgacus to the Romans occupying his homeland: “Atque ubi solitudinum faciunt pacem appellant,” that is, “They create a desolation and call it a peace.” The...

Author: By D. MORGAN Potts | Title: The Wrong Type of Peace | 4/14/2008 | See Source »

A 15-minute walk away from the palatial Islamic Cultural Center where hundreds of Sunnis gather each week for Friday prayers, stands the Ahlul-Beyt Islamic Center, the only Shiite house of worship in Ireland. There, Imam Dr. Saleh and Ahmed Ali flip through Arabic satellite channels and drink tea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland's Sunni-Shi'ite Divide | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

The electoral threat posed by the Sadr movement to the main Shi'ite parties in the current government - the Islamic Supreme Council, and Maliki's own Dawa Party - raises the political incentive for the government to take on the Sadrists before October's vote. But the consequences of the confrontation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Sadr Got the Upper Hand? | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

For all the excitement of that nine-minute horse race, Ben-Hur was long and logy. But with Heston now the go-to hero, it guaranteed that he'd be cast in his finest role: el Cid. In this Anthony Mann film, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is an 11th-century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appreciation: Charlton Heston | 4/6/2008 | See Source »

Patriotism is, sadly, a crucial challenge for Obama now. His aides believe that the Wright controversy was more about anti-Americanism than it was about race. Michelle Obama's unfortunate comment that the success of the campaign had made her proud of America "for the first time" in her adult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Patriotism Problem | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

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