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DIED "I am not a number. I am a free man," said No. 6 on the 1960s CBS program The Prisoner. Patrick McGoohan, 80, played the former spy who had resigned his position only to be mysteriously imprisoned. McGoohan also wrote and directed some episodes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

...foreign policy equivalent of growing revenues rather than slashing jobs. But the harsh reality is that in the short term, Obama won't be able to dramatically boost U.S. power. He can enlarge the armed forces, as he has pledged to do, but even if he increases the number of troops and repairs the tanks, the top military brass will still be far more reluctant to use them. So will the public, which wants out of Iraq and isn't that gung ho about an indefinite stay in Afghanistan either. As a result, America's ability to threaten new military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Solvency Doctrine | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

...truly report to Kabul and may not win any awards from the ACLU. But that's essentially what we've done over the past two years in Iraq, where the Bush Administration both temporarily increased American power and quietly downsized expectations so we were fighting a small number of jihadist terrorists rather than a large number of conservative tribesmen. Achieving solvency requires subtracting enemies, not only in Iraq and Iran but in Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Solvency Doctrine | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

Israeli peaceniks are lonely people these days. The Gaza war may have sparked global protests condemning the heavy number of Palestinian civilian casualties. But inside Israel, peace demonstrations gathered only a few hundred protesters, who were swiftly shouted down by mobs yelling "Death to Arabs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel's Lonesome Doves | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

Having a little trouble cramming for your exam? If you’re a member of the Fox Club, or a number of other student groups, answers may only be a click away. Some organizations, including the final clubs the Fox and the Spee, maintain study guide archives for their members, according to students in each of those clubs...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Campus Clubs Make Study Guides | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

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