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...downfall of the SUV has been predicted for years. You say it's coming at $6 per gallon. Can't someone develop a safe, light, super-green SUV? It's certainly possible. But it wouldn't be a car accessible to many people. Take Chevy's Tahoe Hybrid, for example. This truck contains cutting-edge technology. But [here's] the bottom line for this hybrid SUV: 21 m.p.g. at a cost of $50,000. Those aren't stats that come close to practical. When gas reaches $6 per gallon, Americans will take the path of least resistance - and that means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Coming Rise in Gas Prices Will Change the World | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

...feel that the way you ended the war sets a dangerous precedent - that the cost in terms of human rights, in terms of civilian casualties, was too high. I reject that totally. There was no violation of human rights. There were no civilian casualties. If I did that, it wouldn't have taken 2½ years to finish this. I would have done this in a few hours. These are all propaganda. (Read "How to Defeat Insurgencies: Sri Lanka's Bad Example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Tamed the Tamil Tigers | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

...very sure that it was the government. He wouldn't have called me if it was a government thing ... I hope we will know the truth. Otherwise, I am getting blackguarded and I am getting the blame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Tamed the Tamil Tigers | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

...against Iran, and even left-leaning politicians who once pushed for engagement now say a diplomatic initiative appears unseemly given the accusations of vote-rigging by the Iranian government and the security forces' brutal response to the protests. Vice President Joe Biden's July 5 comment that the U.S. wouldn't stand in the way of an Israeli air strike on Iranian nuclear sites made it sound as if the Administration's message in favor of engagement was slipping. (See pictures of people around the world protesting Iran's election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the Crackdown Give the U.S. New Leverage in Iran? | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

...invitation because of Obama's stance on abortion and other ethical issues had hoped in vain that the Vatican would join the fray. "There was a feeling that [the Pope] didn't back them up over Notre Dame," said Whelan. "He wanted to show them that he wouldn't shy away from these issues in front of Obama." (See photos: "The Pope Visits the Holy Land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and the Pope Agree to Disagree on "Life" | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

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