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...watch this space, then? Right. Zuma is still an unknown quantity. His appointments only give a small clue as to how his government will be. But keep watching. South Africa is Africa's political and economic heavyweight. It sets the tone for much of Africa. What happens here matters - and that will be especially true in the coming year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zuma's First Moves as South African President | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...nasty historical citation about the prophet Mohammed and provocatively asked if Islam lacks reason, making it inherently prone to violence. The worldwide protests among Muslims, including a handful of church burnings and the killing of a nun, forced the Pope to quickly change his approach, and soften his tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pope Benedict's Latest Take on Islam | 5/9/2009 | See Source »

...move toward victory, it must again find the middle of American political life and stop being seen the way liberals were viewed for a generation: as tone-deaf ideologues mixed with self-consumed radicals. Don't get me wrong. I do not believe that conservative leaders should seek out a mushy middle ground. Rather, they should boldly call for a new era of responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Republicans Can Come Back | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...leaders in both chambers as well as former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who both spoke on Saturday alongside Cantor. The audience consisted mainly of Washington Republican consultants and Cantor supporters who received word from his e-mail listserv. The three struck a moderate tone. "It's time for us to listen, first, to learn a little bit, to upgrade our message a little bit, to not be nostalgic about the past because you know things do ebb and flow," Bush told the crowd. "You can't beat something with nothing. The other side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The GOP Plans a Rebirth, with Pepperoni and Protests | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...However, with cash-strapped municipal and regional governments in the dark about how much Sarkozy intends to contribute to the effort, most are expected to come in with pretty stingy contribution proposals - something likely to provoke a return of Sarkozy's authoritarian tone. The sparks that fly over money will be nothing, though, compared to the battle those same local leaders will likely put up when they realize they're bound to lose most of their power to a Greater Paris so enormous it will doubtless be administered by a new super-entity - possibly an organ of the state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy's Big Plans for a Greater Paris | 5/3/2009 | See Source »

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