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...only two ways to deal with the mess in Iraq. One is withdrawal of all the troops and letting the Iraqis sort it out, which is unacceptable. The other is partition with cooperation from the other Arab countries. It would be nice to think this proposal alone would stir the Iraqi Parliament into finding a solution. Maira Empey Chelmsford, England Ghosh offered an amazing view of hell on earth. I grew up in Ireland during the Troubles and know the anguish one experiences during times like that. It is indeed pure hell being worried your mother and father will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Daily Hell of Baghdad | 9/16/2006 | See Source »

...which is doubtless true, but essentially irrelevant to the case at hand. Worse, Johansson seems lost in the role. She's just not old enough or worldly enough to enlist our interest. She does, however, inhabit an apartment almost parodistically stuffed with art deco artifacts, enough of it to stir at least one collector-me-to paroxysms of awe and envy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Review: The Black Dahlia | 9/15/2006 | See Source »

...Allegations of political cynicism have been known to stir as much admiration as horror in France, but French tolerance for such behavior may be reaching its limit. This summer, President Chirac issued a presidential pardon to Guy Drut, a former Olympic hurdler who had been convicted for taking a fictitious job in Mayor Chirac's municipal administration. But when the government then claimed that thus pardoned, Drut should be able to assume a spot on the ethics committee of the International Olympic Committee, public reaction was swift and severe, and the government backed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In France, a Vintage Chirac Scandal is Uncorked | 9/15/2006 | See Source »

...against the parent. Parental alienation is a controversial legal theory. Some say it's just a smoke screen for abusive or negligent parents who deserve to be hated by their children. But practitioners say that in extreme cases, parents can implant false memories of abuse or otherwise stir a child into a permanent and completely irrational rage against the targeted parent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kidnapper's Trick | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...north as Port Douglas." Sniff. Is that a whiff of Google in the air? Biology lesson over, Greer flicks her tail and begins sticking her own barbs into the man. She relives the incident when he fed a crocodile ? she describes it as simultaneously "depressed," "catatonic," and "stir-crazy" - while carrying his baby son. It was a revolting spectacle, she says, "but that's entertainment at Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of the Crocodile Hunter | 9/7/2006 | See Source »

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