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Each year since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi seized power in 1969, Libya has celebrated the day that he expelled U.S. military personnel from Wheelus Air Base, outside Tripoli. It was widely assumed that Gaddafi would use last week's 16th anniversary of the occasion to make his first live public appearance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIBYA SHELL-SHOCKED The colonel missed the party | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

Now it's clear just how much Gore wants us to shift, and how quickly. Speaking in Washington on July 17, Gore called on Americans to completely abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels within 10 years, and replace them with carbon-free renewables like solar, wind and geothermal. It is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore's Bold, Unrealistic Plan to Save the Planet | 7/18/2008 | See Source »

Obama doesn't have money problems; indeed, his campaign is so cash-rich that he reversed himself last month and declared that he will not participate in the public-financing program. He's not struggling in the shadow of an incumbent - rather, he continues to dominate free media coverage long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Veep Picks: What's the Rush? | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

All year, polls have shown that the public would strongly prefer to elect a Democratic President in November. But Obama has been running only slightly ahead of McCain. Being a typical Democratic politician would not be a step down for Obama - it would be a step up for him. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fight of the Flip-Floppers | 7/7/2008 | See Source »

But I'm not sure that rhetoric is good for the environmental movement. Compared to the instant drama of nuclear war, climate change makes for bad apocalyptic porn, as anyone who saw The Day After Tomorrow knows. Even the worst-case scenarios say that climate change will happen gradually, at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bright Side of the End of the World | 7/5/2008 | See Source »

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