Newsweek articles from April 2008

Newsweek archives from April 2008

Today's 'Culture of Poverty'.(Daniel Gross; MONEY CULTURE)(Viewpoint essay)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Daniel Gross The overclass is better connected than the underclass, and it can cause more damage. For decades, social scientists, policy wonks and politicians have studied and debated what's come to be known as the culture of...

You Can't Take it with You.(Turning Point)(Viewpoint essay)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Peter G. Peterson Blackstone's Peterson made a mint, then chose to give it away to solve U.S. economic challenges. The turning point in my life came before I was born. It was the day in 1912 when my Greek immigrant father came...

Just Go to Helvetica.(Design)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Jessica Bennett Or at least to Verdana. Because without a signature font at the moment, you'll never be letter-perfect. I've changed fonts nine times while writing this piece, even though I know NEWSWEEK will print it in...

As We Enter the Sixth Year in Iraq.(Letters; Mail Call)(Letter to the editor)
April 7, 2008... 'The Petraeus Generation': Readers were surprised to find out how the reality of war in Iraq didn't mesh with conventional means of overwhelming the enemy with firepower. One said of the troops' steep learning curve and Gen. David Petraeus's...

The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)(Editorial)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Jon Meacham A few months ago, Julia Baird, the editor who oversees our science and family coverage, kept coming across stories about Americans (and Brits) going to India to look for surrogates--stories that were prompting angry...

'Your Brain On Cubs'.(George F. Will; THE LAST WORD)(Viewpoint essay)
April 7, 2008... Byline: George F. Will It is said there are no atheists in foxholes. There should be lots of them in Wrigley Field in the Cubs' 10th decade of rebuilding. Aren't cartoons supposed to be funny? In a New Yorker cartoon, a man and a woman...

The Opium Brides Of Afghanistan.(International)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Sami Yousafzai And Ron Moreau; With Marie Bourreau In Nangarhar In the country's poppy-growing provinces, farmers are being forced to sell their daughters to pay loans. Khalida's father says she's 9--or maybe 10. As much as...

'I'm Sorry We Couldn't Do More'.(Excerpt)(Excerpt)
April 7, 2008... In a forthcoming memoir about Iraq, a NEWSWEEK correspondent relives a relationship that blossomed, and ended tragically, in Baghdad. On Jan. 17, 2007, a group of armed insurgents ambushed and killed an idealistic 28-year-old American who...

All In The Family.(Iraq)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Babak Dehghanpisheh And Larry Kaplow; With Iraqi Staff In Baghdad And Karbala Renewed violence in Iraq has devolved into an intra-Shiite blood feud. Abbas and Ahmed usually try not to talk politics. They're both Shias from...

Fun With Mick & Keith.(Movies)(Mick Jagger and Keith Richards)(Movie review)
April 7, 2008... Byline: David Ansen Scorsese's 'Shine a Light' proves that, after all these years, the Rolling Stones still gather no moss. Can you picture yourself at age 60 doing what you're doing now?" asks Dick Cavett of Mick Jagger in a 1972 TV...

Fumble, By George.(Movies; The Sporting Life)(George Clooney)(Movie review)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: David Ansen 'Leatherheads' takes it on the chin. "Leatherheads," George Clooney's nostalgic comedy about the early, no-holds-barred days of pro football circa 1925, is meant to evoke the snappy romantic comedies of the '30s....

In Praise Of A Humble Coin.(My Turn)(Essay)
April 7, 2008... Byline: James A. Fragale; Fragale Lives In New York City. Friends laugh at my obsession with pennies. But the one-centers add up to a cause my mother would love. I am a grown, working man who bends over and picks up pennies on the...

The World According To John McCain.(Foreign Policy; Campaign 2008)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Michael Hirsh; With Holly Bailey He's both the consummate pragmatist and a zealous crusader for causes he feels just. The question is which America needs now. "We need to listen," John McCain was saying, "to the views -- of our...

A Complicated Record On Race.(Law)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Dahlia Lithwick; With Eve Conant In Washington And Sarah Kliff In New York All sides of the affirmative-action debate think Barack Obama agrees with them. And he might. When it comes to the question of race in America, Barack...

The New Super Tuesday.(Politics)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Arian Campo-Flores And Sarah Kliff; With Suzanne Smalley In New York Primaries in Indiana and North Carolina on May 6 may be the last chance to end the Dem race early. Not since Bobby Kennedy campaigned in Indiana 40 years ago...

How To Win In A Knife Fight.(Opinion)
April 7, 2008... The Democratic race could well come down to the first contested convention in years. Lessons on how to prevail. After the last Democratic Primary is held in early June, neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama will have enough votes from...

The Tales Hillary Tells.(Jonathan Alter; BETWEEN THE LINES)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Alter Politicians by nature construct personal narratives about themselves that make them seem shinier, if not larger than life. We know why politicians lie when they get in trouble: they think the consequences of...

A Conversation About What's Worth The Fight.(Foreign Policy; Q & A)(Interview)
April 7, 2008... Force can only be the last option, McCain says, but the world is a dangerous place. A NEWSWEEK interview. Sen. John McCain spoke with NEWSWEEK's Michael Hirsh about the confrontation with Iran, renewed violence in Iraq and his temper, among...

The Evolution of the McCain Doctrine.(Foreign Policy; WHEN TO INTERVENE)(John McCain)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... McCain's views on when the United States should go to war are nuanced and heavily influenced by his Vietnam experience. Several events in the 1990s were critical to shaping his willingness to use force to solve problems. 1991, Gulf War...

Celebrity Relatives by the Bunch.(Newsmakers)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Even though they've been fighting lately, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have at least one thing in common: the Jolie-Pitts. It turns out that Hillary and Angelina are distant cousins--ninth cousins twice removed, to be exact. Barack and Brad...

Name Game.(Newsmakers; Pop Quiz)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Chikezie lost on "American Idol," but he's still a winner to us. That's because he's added to the collection of unusual reality-TV-star contestant names. Here are our top 10. Vote for your favorite at Newsweek.com. 1. Chikezie ("American...

Mr. Stewart Loves His Trekkies.(Newsmakers; Q & A)(Patrick Stewart )(Interview)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Nicki Gostin Patrick Stewart is opening on Broadway in "Macbeth." He spoke to Nicki Gostin. Everyone says you're a lock for the Tony. I get very nervous, because like most people in show business I'm very superstitious....

Perspectives.(Perspectives)
April 7, 2008... "Not only were there no bullets flying around, there was no bumblebee flying around." Retired Col. William Changose, the Air Force pilot who flew Hillary Clinton into Bosnia in 1996, debunking a story from the presidential hopeful, who has...

A Race Fight Roils China.(Periscope; TIBET)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Melinda Liu With Tibet in turmoil and the 2008 Olympics looming, Beijing is trying to repair its international image. The strategy is a familiar one: control the story. China's state-run Xinhua news agency has packaged official...

An Assault On Supplies.(Periscope; PAKISTAN)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau and John Barry The Taliban may have discovered a worrisome new target: the main supply conduit for food, fuel and military equipment to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. While Pakistan rethinks its support for...

Keep Your Enemies Closer.(Periscope; CAMPAIGN 2008)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Mark Hosenball Hillary Clinton is courting a Pennsylvania primary endorsement from an unlikely source: the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a newspaper owned by the Clintons' erstwhile archenemy, banking heir Richard Mellon Scaife. Once...

How About We Settle This in Private?(Periscope; ANALOGY CHECK)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Matthew Philips History repeats itself, but not without a few wrinkles. We make the connections, then we pick them apart. The Comparison With the fate of the Clinton-Obama contest all but in the hands of the party's...

Project Runway: Bosnia.(Periscope; CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WATCH)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... After her all-too-easily-exposed wartime tall tale, Hillary plays the Wright card. Nice try. McCain UP - Gramps rolls on as Dems rip each other. Can he stomach Romney as his veep? Obama SIDEWAYS - Bounces back in polls after...

Hands Together for ...(Periscope; A CW LOOK AT 'AMERICAN IDOL')(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Jump the shark? No way. "American Idol" is still the No. 1 show on TV. CW handicaps the race. David Archuleta DOWN - Cute kid, but who's picking his songs? Probably not next "Idol." Could be next Sanjaya. Michael Johns SIDEWAYS -...

Plight Of The Teenage Insomniacs.(Periscope; Health)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Claudia Kalb Rachel Estrella, A high-school senior in Barrington, R.I., gets into bed every night before 10, hoping to beat her insomnia. One frustrating hour later, she gets up. She reads. She writes. She waits. Finally, at 1 or 2...

Tastes Great, Less Billing.(Periscope; WINE)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Roxana Popescu In a world without price tags or labels, which wines would rule? Food writer Robin Goldstein offers an answer in "The Wine Trials," a new book based on a blind taste test of 540 wines, priced between $1.50 and $150....

A Former Bash Brother Trashes Yet Another.(Periscope; THE DIGNITY INDEX)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... A weekly mathematical survey of dubious behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low a person can go GOP hopeful John McCain is selling tickets for seats on his Straight Talk Express. Cost: a $50 campaign donation. It's no...

No More Apologies.(Periscope; ENOUGH ALREADY)(Viewpoint essay)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Devin Gordon Everything wears out its welcome eventually. In this periodic feature, we say when. Thank you, James Carville. Calling New Mexico governor Bill Richardson "Judas" because he decided to endorse Barack Obama rather...

Bathing John Malkovich.(Periscope; Viral Video)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Brian Braiker John Malkovich's latest role is a bit of a shocker: the A-list thespian can be seen now in a fleshy video at Superdeluxe.com, sitting in a bathtub. With another man. Getting the business end of a loofah. No, this...

The Apple Of Our Ear.(Periscope; Worth Your Time)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Jac Chebatoris If you're like me, you've had that song from the MacBook Air commercial--the one with the plinky piano, the trombones and the singer who sounds like Feist but isn't Feist--stuck in your head since the ad first aired...

Wong Kar-Wai.(Periscope; A LIFE IN MOVIES)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Hong Kong's edgy auteur is known for quirky, romantic fare such as "Chungking Express." His first English-language film, "My Blueberry Nights," is a road movie about a woman on the rebound. My Five Most Important Movies 1. "Apu...

A Cure For Common B.S.(Periscope; Fast Chat)(Interview)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Tony Dokoupil In "Beyond Bullsh*t," Samuel Culbert, a professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, tries to cure the scourge of cubicle culture: excessive b.s. He spoke with NEWSWEEK's Tony Dokoupil: Why did you write...

A Good Book in Camouflage.(Religion; BELIEF WATCH)(Book review)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Lisa Miller; With Larry Kaplow There are more than 50,000 copies of 'Experiencing God, Day by Day' with the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The little book, with the camouflage cover, is everywhere. There are more than 50,000...

The Curious Lives Of Surrogates.(Cover Story: Culture)(Cover story)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Lorraine Ali And Raina Kelley; With Jeneen Interlandi And Daniel Stone Thousands of largely invisible American women have given birth to other people's babies. Many are married to men in the military. Jennifer Cantor, a...

Theater Of War.(Drama)(Theater review)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan 'South Pacific' is getting its first Broadway revival in nearly 60 years, and it looks as good as new. Even if you don't give a hoot about musical theater, you can probably hum a few bars from "South Pacific."...

Employers Aren't Biting.(Tip Sheet; CAREERS)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern Let interviewers know you're talking to others. Expect to take at least six months to find a good job. Here's a case of bad timing: being midcareer in midrecession. In February, 63,000 U.S. jobs evaporated; 17,000...

Checklist: Our Top Picks For The Week.(Tip Sheet)(Sound recording review)(Book review)(Video recording review)
April 7, 2008... Rent "The Night of the Shooting Stars." Set in a German-occupied Tuscan village in 1944, this 1982 Taviani brothers film is a one-of-a-kind war movie, unfolding like a folk tale passed on from generation to generation. Stirring, lyrical,...

Liar, Liar, Parents On Fire.(Tip Sheet; MODERN FAMILY Kathleen Deveny)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Kathleen Deveny I have promised I would be home at 6:30, even though I knew in my heart I would never make it. When my daughter asked me why it was embarrassing that former New York governor Eliot Spitzer was involved with a...

How to Avoid Filing Blunders.(Tip Sheet; TAXES)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern Every tax season has its own set of blunders--mistakes that can cost you real money. Here's what to avoid this year. Not filing. If you made $3,000 last year but didn't earn so much that you're required to file a...

Back To The Body Shop.(Tip Sheet; Fitness)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Tina Peng Reneged on your New Year's exercise resolutions? Planning to rush back to the gym for swimsuit season? You're not alone: at gyms across the country, the spring rush is getting underway. Here are some new workout trends to...

Mountain Highs.(Tip Sheet; Outdoors)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Byline: Paul Tolme Soar above the treetops on a zip line, a 30-second thrill ride that zooms you downhill at high speeds. Riders wear a harness that clips to a cable, and automatic brakes prevent crashes at the bottom. Popularized in Costa...

Bargain Bordeaux.(Tip Sheet; UNCORKED / 2005 BORDEAUX)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
April 7, 2008... Bordeaux's celebrated 2005 vintage has triggered sticker shock. Top chateaus are selling bottles for as much as $2,000. But the vintage quality is high across the board, so you can also find some great values. Lesser-known appellations and...

Just the Tree of Us.(Cover story)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Jerry Adler; With Daniel Stone in Washington and Karen Breslau In San Francisco Driven by public concern, all the candidates agree that action is needed to slow global warming. No matter who's elected, America's policy will be...

Clues for the Clueless.(Business)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Daniel McGinn and Temma Ehrenfeld The mortgage crisis may create momentum for improving our financial literacy. It's about time. It is, or at least it should be, a simple question. You have $200 in an investment that's earning...

Intel, Inside And Out.(Enterprise; Q&A With Steven Levy)(Interview)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Steven Levy The chipmaker's leader discusses core values. Paul Otellini is not an engineer, but after 34 years at Intel, he's learned to think like one. He became CEO in 2005. Since then the semiconductor giant has recovered...

A Growth Industry.(Environment and Leadership)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Martha Brant And Miyoko Ohtake Business schools are teaching entrepreneurs how to get rich helping to save the environment. Ash Upadhyaya is no tree hugger. The 29-year-old from India has a master's degree in petroleum...

Not Just Greener Grass.(Environment and Leadership)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Matthew Philips Ever wonder what happens to all those ballpark hot-dog wrappers? Starting now, they'll be recycled. For the 40,000 fans who came to the official opening of the Washington Nationals' new ballpark on March 30,...

The Warrior Returns.(Anna Quindlen; The Last Word)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Anna Quindlen The job of a mother is to take care of her children. There is nothing more at odds with that mission than the call to war. Motherhood is defined by life and love; war is shadowed by death and loss. Mothers take...

The Princess Diary.(Theater)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan Julie Andrews's memoir reveals a lonely childhood that could have used a spoonful of sugar, or two. Julie Andrews, immaculate and crisp, is walking through a dusty construction zone in the upper reaches of...

Stranger Than Fiction.(Books)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Tepperman Martin Amis is a crack novelist. But as a post-9/11 political analyst, he's turned into a bit of a crackpot. Toward the end of "The Second Plane," Martin Amis's new book on the roots and impact of 9/11, the...

Taking the Millions Now.(The Technologist)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Steven Levy Auctomatic is a parable of the Net's start-up culture. You can still make a fortune before you're barely old enough to shave. Kulveer Taggar says he expected to wait a little longer before becoming a millionaire....

Painting's Big Dig.(The Arts)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Malcolm Jones In the trenches restoring Gettysburg's cyclorama The first three days of July 1863 saw the bloodiest hours of the Civil War, in a battle that spilled across the fields and hills surrounding Gettysburg, Pa. The...

Robots Take Over For Verdi.(Enterprise; Bytes)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern Scientists at MIT are about to produce the world's first robotic opera. "Death and the Powers," now in rehearsal at the school's media lab, is a story about an inventor who wants to live forever and decides to download...

You Are Getting Sleepy.(Enterprise; Bytes)(Andaz Hyatt)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern Well-stocked minibar? Check. Extra-deep pillow-top mattress? Check. Now, if only there were someone in this hotel to just read you a bedtime story. For every traveler who's ever had those thoughts, there's Hyatt's...

Quick Read.(Enterprise)(Book review)
April 14, 2008... Byline: John Sparks The Levity Effect: Why It Pays to Lighten Up By Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher Anybody who's ever had to cope day after day with a gloomy workplace will warm to the idea of having more fun on the job....

Holes In Your Soles.(Enterprise; Marketing)(Geox)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Anna Kuchment Geox has made a footwear business out of stopping sweat. Now it aims to overtake Nike and Adidas. Mario Moretti Polegato is a man obsessed with sweat. Slipping his index finger behind the waist band of his stylish...

I Want My (Web) MTV.(Enterprise; Strategies)(music television)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Digital impresario Mika Salmi is transforming Viacom's MTV Networks into a new-media powerhouse, saving it from a fate worse than death: middle age. Mika Salmi's band of adrenaline-drunk buddies were all...

Grand As Well As Green.(Enterprise; Executive Life)(resorts)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Jaime Cunningham Just because a hotel is luxurious doesn't mean it has to compromise the environment. Some topnotch resorts are experimenting with innovative ecological programs that aim to keep the planet's--and their own--best...

Capital Gains: The IRA Maze.(Enterprise; Capital Ideas)(individual retirement account)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern Roth plans are tricky. But with planning you can boost your retirement earnings. High earners can snag a tax break on retirement savings if they start planning now for a 2010 tax change that for the first time will...

Made In The Shade.(Enterprise; Executive Life)(lampshades)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Alison Moodie These lampshades shine in the spotlight. Rothschild & Bickers's ruby hand-blown glass shade with fabric trimming infuses contemporary style with a touch of Victorian decadence ($475; rothschildbickers.com). Designer...

Mail Call.(Letters)
April 14, 2008... Barack Obama's long quest for identity 'When "Barry" Became Barack': Readers of our cover story were intrigued by Barack Obama's youthful road to self-discovery, as mirrored in his name change. "Barack retracted his boyhood surrender,...

The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)(Column)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Jon Meacham Jerry Adler, who writes for us about the environment, science, ideas and--well, Jerry has a gift for writing on just about everything--has what one could very safely call a dry sense of humor. When I asked Jerry--the...

Open Wide. No, Wider.(Health)(natural orifice surgery)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Tina Peng Are we ready for an era of 'natural-orifice surgery'? Twenty-five years ago, typical appendectomy patients could expect to spend as many as seven days in the hospital and the rest of their lives with a two-inch scar...

China Feels The Heat.(International)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Melinda Liu And Mary Hennock; With Jonathan Ansfield In Beijing And Keith Naughton And Joan Raymond In Detroit The Games are a test of its superpower status. Beijing may be flunking. The former silk road oasis of Hetian perches...

Sacrificed To The Surge.(Iraq)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Silvia Spring and Larry Kaplow; With Babak Dehghanpisheh, Hussam Ali And Salih Mahdi In Baghdad Tribal fighters have cut down Iraq's violence. But they're subjecting women to often-medieval mores. The insurgents have been...

These Four Walls Won't Fall Down.(Giving Globally)(Peter Brewin and William Crawfords' concrete canvas tents)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Jennie Yabroff A pair of British inventors are making tents that are as strong as houses. Peter Brewin and William Crawford were visiting a refugee camp in northern Uganda in 2004 when a tropical storm broke. Within 20 minutes...

I Am Not The Enemy.(My Turn)(author on being a public prosecutor)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Felicia J. Nu'Man; Nu'Man Lives In Louisville. I put people in jail because they break the law, not because I'm a puppet of a racist judicial system. I battle crime every day, and i defend myself every day, too. I'm a black...

Come, O Come, Emanuel.(Politics; The Endgame)(Rahm Emanuel )
April 14, 2008... Byline: Suzanne Smalley and Evan Thomas; With Jonathan Alter, Richard Wolffe, Martha Brant And Sarah Kliff It ain't over till it's over. But at some point soon, someone may have to not-so-gently tell Hillary time is up. Enter 'Rahmbo.' ...

A Silver Lining In The Blue Battle.(Opinion)(Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Markos Moulitsas Hillary's destructive coup attempt: it's a good thing for the Democratic Party. Hillary Clinton has proved during the past few months that she is a fighter, that she is tenacious, and that she is in the race to...

A Man, Not A Monument.(Point of View)(Martin Luther King Jr.)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Allison Samuels Since Martin's death, there isn't a day or two that goes by that someone doesn't ask me, what would Martin say about this or that,'' says Clarence B. Jones, lawyer and adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. You can...

The Bespoke Broker.(Living Politics)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Howard Fineman If you are Vernon Jordan, it's hard to lie low. But for now, he's trying. At 6 feet 4, a figure of bespoke suits and regal bearing, the 72-year-old lawyer is the ultimate Washington insider. He and his wife, Ann...

Al, Jesse And Barack.(Race)(Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama )
April 14, 2008... Byline: Joshua Alston Barack Obama is asking us to talk through our racial problems. But what if that actually works? In his 1963 book "Strength to Love," Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, "All progress is precarious, and the solution of...

Battle of the Brands.(Newsmakers; DUELING DIVAS)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... No, it's not 1990, though you'd think so when you see who's at the top of the pop charts: Madonna and Mariah. They both shimmied past Elvis last week--Madonna for the most top 10 singles, Mariah for the most No. 1 songs--but still, both are...

A New Pole Position.(Newsmakers)(Interview)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh Elizabeth Berkley, everyone's favorite "Showgirl," is the co-host of Bravo's "Step It Up and Dance." She spoke to Ramin Setoodeh. What's your favorite dance movie? I love the old ones. Fred Astaire. Ginger...

Going Cra-Z For Jay-Z.(Newsmakers)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Coming out of retirement was the smartest thing that rapper/mogul Jay-Z ever did--unless he's married Beyonce by now. Concert promoter Live Nation, which also has deals with Madonna and U2, just paid him $150 million. Jay will be required to...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)
April 14, 2008... Byline: SOURCES: AP, The Washington Post, Newsday, AP, New York Times, CBS (2), The Washington Post, CBS, Reuters, CNN "This is a monument to executive supremacy and the imperial presidency." Yale Law professor Eugene R. Fidell, on a...

A Top Pentagon Lawyer Faces A Senate Grilling On Torture.(Periscope; Justice)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Michael Isikoff With little advance notice,aPentagon general counsel William Haynesaquietlyaresigned at the end of February toatake a top legal job ataChevron. But Haynes, a close ally of Vice President Dick Cheney,aremains a key...

Peace And Bitterness.(Periscope; Campaign 2008)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Mark Hosenball, John Barry And Daniel Stone; And The Clintons are resisting the disclosure of a document that could help clarify the New York senator's claims that she was "instrumental" in Northern Ireland peacemaking. The...

A Child Stripper's Saga.(child welfare)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Byline: Gretel C. Kovach and Arian Campo-Flores It wasn't the first time the 12-year-old Dallas girl had disappeared. In 2006, after flunking the fifth grade, she ran away out of fear she'd get in trouble, says her grandmother. Eventually,...