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That's why the sheikh and Spainhour stroll through this former war zone together: to survey the extent of the damage. Spainhour and his commanding officer are trying to help the sheikh rebuild his village as part of the larger strategy to bring peace and reconciliation to their corner of Baghdad. It illustrates the paradigm shift that has been taking place for the U.S. military across Iraq - trying to win over both former enemies and stave off potential new ones with the use of large sums of cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Cash Create Goodwill in Iraq? | 1/21/2008 | See Source »

Certainly not all suddenly single spouses are fated to languish this way--no more than all people who never pair off are destined for a shortened life filled with illness and stress. Humans are socially resourceful creatures who build and rebuild networks of relationships, getting the attention, hand-holding and even scolding they need in a lot of different ways. Still, it's hard to argue with an institution that keeps a companion and caretaker constantly nearby, even if now and again--when a wet towel has once again been dropped on the floor or a tube of toothpaste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marry Me | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...fortified DMZ that divides the countries. Work is also underway to repair a rail line linking Kaesong with the North Korean city of Sinuiju on the Chinese border - promising to give South Korean companies an overland transport route to the booming mainland. The South has also promised to help rebuild the main highway from Kaesong to Pyongyang. Given that there is already an expressway that runs from Seoul to the DMZ, optimists such as Lee Im Dong of the Kaesong Industrial Council note that this would, in effect, link Seoul to Pyongyang with a modern road in just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prying Open Pyongyang | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

...course, Romney’s top priority will be America’s troops, who deserve our gratitude. To rebuild our military, Romney will recruit 100,000 more soldiers and commit at least four percent of our GDP to defense...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc and David A. Lorch | Title: Romney: Mr. Fix-It for America | 1/7/2008 | See Source »

...reasonably ask them to give up those things and come back. In a way - and this is an odd silver lining out of a destructive storm that nobody asked for - it allows us to leapfrog and make bigger changes than can be done elsewhere. We're now getting to rebuild - in some cases from scratch - our schools, our health care infrastructure, our transportation infrastructure. We now have the opportunity to incorporate the best technology, the latest thinking, in a way that other communities can't always do. It's not a good thing the storms happened. Over 1,000 people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Louisiana's Bobby Jindal | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

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