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Plainly, there are key voices in the Israeli leadership that are deeply skeptical of Obama's effort to move quickly to implement a two-state peace. And, of course, as the President himself constantly reminds, the window of opportunity for such an outcome is closing after two decades of fruitless negotiation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite Jewish Concerns, Obama Keeps Up Pressure on Israel | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

...problems as it solves for the Democrats and for health reform. Any bill that passes under the reconciliation process must be deemed by the Congressional Budget Office to pay for itself in the next six years. (By comparison, a bill that passes under regular procedures has an 11-year window.) As a result of that tighter fiscal constraint, Conrad said, any bill that passes under reconciliation would likely provide "dramatically less health reform." And the parliamentary hurdles are high. Opponents would have the power under Senate rules to strike every provision of the bill that cannot be shown to reduce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Democrats Pass Health-Care Reform on Their Own? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...biggest impact Obama makes during his trip to Africa might be the enormous accomplishment he has already achieved - getting elected President. Even though that alone will not be enough to oust dictators and usher in new democracies, it is sure to keep Diarra singing out of the window of his taxi, "O-bama! O-bama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to OBamako: Africa Awaits Obama's Return | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...really so bad. Our dormitory has a small courtyard so we could get some sunlight and fresh air. We organized daily activities like yoga, dinner on the rooftop, and a soccer tournament to keep things lively. But daily I would mope for a bit by my window facing the street, once making eye contact with some passersby and gleefully chatting with them using only gestures, until one of the policemen, who stand on every corner with AK 47s, yelled at us to stop. Evidently I might have passed the swine flu just by grinning at them...

Author: By Anna E. Boch | Title: Under Quarantine | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...youth, they referred to the Vietnam conflict as "McNamara's war." Tens of thousands of them marched to protest against it in Washington, while thousands of young men burned their draft cards or fled to Canada to avoid the draft. One poured gasoline on himself outside McNamara's Pentagon window in 1965 and set himself ablaze, dying to protest the war. (Read a piece written for TIME by McNamara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert McNamara Dies: No Escape from Vietnam | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

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