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1. On the origin of Lincoln's facility with words: "The frontier America of Lincoln's youth was first of all a rhetorical society, where the ability to speak in public, at length was central to social ambitions; giving a speech in 1838 in Illinois was the equivalent of putting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Darwin, Lincoln and the Modern World | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

From his hard-edged Inaugural vow that "our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions, has surely passed" to his frequent promise of smarter government, Obama has reflected a national consensus - which seems to exclude only the 535 sitting lawmakers - that the old way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's First Test: Stimulus Today, Change Tomorrow | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

There was one distinctive touch in Blagojevich's remarks - a rhetorical question posed again and again, with only slight variations: "How can you impeach a governor when what we did was about helping families and kids?" "I can't imagine how you can possibly throw me out of office for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whining to the Bitter End, Blagojevich Gets the Boot | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

Perhaps it's true that if sufficiently angered by U.S. trade policy, China would feel compelled to inflict economic pain on itself by dumping U.S. debt, in order to send a message to Washington. But Geithner, despite his brief rhetorical flourish about manipulation, knows what his job is when it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Geithner's China-Currency Charge | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

Does restoring solvency mean abandoning our commitment to freedom? No, but it means not writing rhetorical checks that we can't cash. America usually promotes liberty more successfully by luring autocracies into greater engagement with the West rather than by trying to quarantine them. What's more, America's greatest...

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

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