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To be honest, Montesquieu's writing style has never helped his case for a wide readership. His dense, often confounding 1748 masterpiece The Spirit of the Laws can seem a ramshackle mansion, honeycombed with a floor plan impossible to master; Voltaire called it "a labyrinth without a thread." Likewise, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Truth About Elections | 1/23/2005 | See Source »

Wolfgang Bernhard says he "wanted to learn the business hands on, rather than be a remote-control, distant manager." So when he was sent by Daimler-Chrysler executives in Germany to help steer their struggling Chrysler unit in Detroit, Bernhard worked three days a month on the company's factory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wolfgang Bernhard: VOLKSWAGEN | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

Hardened veterans of the nocturnal lifestyle seldom report such problems, and quite a few of them, like Tony Warren, claim they have drastically reduced their need for sustained periods of pillow time. Jason Hensel, 32, a Dallas magazine editor and musician, admits to occasionally daydreaming at work but otherwise has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sleep is for Sissies | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

Of even greater concern for the Allawi government, however, may be the impact of the battle for Fallujah on its credibility. As the battle began, Allawi announced that he'd ordered the offensive because those with whom his government had been negotiating in Fallujah had stubbornly refused to hand over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Fallujah | 11/16/2004 | See Source »

MILESTONES: William Rehnquist takes ill; Bill O'Reilly settles 27

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Table of Contents: Nov. 8, 2004 | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

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