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Pitting Obama against Palin instead of McCain also places one minority against another, with possibly disastrous consequences. Comparing a woman and a half-black man feeds off ignorant minority groupings that might isolate some voters. Minority status is not merely a requisite characteristic needed for a strong ticket for each...

Author: By Nafees A. Syed | Title: Trading Spaces: Palin and Obama | 9/9/2008 | See Source »

The power struggle in russia pitting President Boris Yeltsin against conservatives should not be regarded as a battle of democracy vs. communism ((RUSSIA, Oct. 4)). Though slightly more liberal in their leanings, Yeltsin and his regime are nowhere near the democracy we in America would like to think. Yeltsin's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANGEROUS TIMES | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

When Michael Dukakis ran for President in 1988, crime was perhaps the biggest issue in the campaign. It splintered his coalition, pitting blacks who saw the death penalty as racially unfair against blue-collar whites who demanded a hard line against crime and too often associated that crime with blacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Obama Owes the Clintons | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

In this neighborhood of modest one-story homes, storefront churches and taco stands, residents are understandably sensitive to the frightening potential of unbounded violence: Locke stands just a few blocks from the epicenter of 1965's Watts riots. So when the May 9 incident turned into what principal Travis Kiel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black vs. Brown at LA School | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

The sight of several Lebanese army units pulling out of their positions in central Beirut and returning to the safety of their bases bodes worse than politicians fighting on the airwaves. For the past few days, the army has vainly tried to prevent some of the clashes, which took place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hizballah Prevailing in Beirut Siege | 5/9/2008 | See Source »

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