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As the Mahdi Army stiffened its military and rhetorical resistance, Maliki upped the ante as well. Saturday, during a televised meeting with tribal leaders in Basra, he accused enemy fighters in Basra of being "worse than al-Qaeda." It was an inflammatory and ironic statement, since the militia, in addition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sadr Offers to End Basra Fighting | 3/29/2008 | See Source »

The rhetorical magic of the speech-what made it extraordinary-was that it was, at once, both unequivocal and healing. There were no weasel words, no Bushian platitudes or Clintonian verb-parsing. Obama was unequivocal in his candor about black anger and white resentment-sentiments that few mainstream politicians acknowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Challenge — and Ours | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

An extraordinary speech - not because of any rhetorical flourishes, but because it was honest, frank, measured in tone, inclusive and hopeful. I don't know whether it will be sufficient to stem a racial backlash against his candidacy, but he clearly demonstrated today his capacity to lead public opinion and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reaction to the Obama Speech | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

It's hard to argue with somebody who won't argue. It's almost like there's an unspoken analogy at work between Gandhi's nonviolence and Baker's noncommentary: Baker declines to take up arms in support of his thesis, as if to do so would be to commit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whirled Peace | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

Ferraro, for her part, hasn’t backed down from her comments, but she has jumped ship as Clinton’s “Honorary New York Leadership Council Chair,” a position that, while sounding meaningless, had the congresswoman campaigning on Clinton’s...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: A Tainted Legacy | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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