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GM's sales in the U.S. are improving, aided by cash-for-clunkers, as well as positive consumer response to the Camaro, Buick LaCrosse and Cadillac SRX. In addition, new compact crossover vehicles, the GMC Terrain and Chevrolet Equinox, have sold so well that GM is adding a third production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM's New Leaders: Ambitious for Change | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

Obama tried to make that point in his speech. "There are those who claim we have to choose between paying down our deficits on the one hand, and investing in job creation and economic growth on the other," he said. "This is a false choice." But as pointed as the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling for a New Stimulus, Obama Is Ready to Rumble | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

But opponents are just as guilty of fiscal shenanigans. It's true, as Thune pointed out, that the CBO says the CLASS Act will increase budget deficits in the long term, but that's only because of the peculiar way the deficit is calculated. Premiums collected would be invested in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Long-Term-Care Insurance Be Part of Health Reform? | 12/8/2009 | See Source »

Aid experts say the huge disparity comes because most diarrhea victims are poor children--invisible to politicians--and because diarrhea itself makes people squeamish. As Time pointed out in an international cover story three years ago, celebrities don't hold concerts for diarrhea. "Compared with malaria and AIDS, we are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Miracle Mineral | 12/7/2009 | See Source »


 The Al-Qaeda Threat Requires a Ground War 
Obama made the threat of al-Qaeda's returning on the back of a Taliban victory the primary rationale for escalating the war in Afghanistan. But as many have pointed out, al-Qaeda doesn't need sanctuaries in order to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Flawed Assumptions of Obama's Afghan Surge | 12/6/2009 | See Source »

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