Newsweek articles from June 2008

Newsweek archives from June 2008

A Building For A Song.(The Arts; Design)(Playing the Building)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Brian Braiker Talking Head David Byrne's latest project turns a New York City landmark into a musical instrument. David Byrne has been writing songs about architecture for three decades. The first single by his postpunk...

The Poetry Of Pain.(The Arts; Poetry)(Elegy)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Jerry Adler In 'Elegy,' Mary Jo Bang finds inspiration in the darkest of places. Once, years ago, I visited the home of a family whose son had died in childhood, and watched a video tribute the parents had made to the life of...

Deep In The Tweeds.(The Arts; Books)(The Classmates)(Book review)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Evan Thomas Going back to school with John Kerry and the St. Paul's class of '62. Success was an expectation for graduates of St. Paul's School when 14-year-old John Kerry entered the school in September 1958. WASPs still...

Don't Bet On the President.(The Money Culture; Daniel Gross)(stock markets)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Daniel Gross Market calls inspired by politics are based on the false premise that the stock market prefers Republicans to Democrats. It's that time of the leap year. Personal-finance magazines and investment analysts are...

Mortgages And Madness.(Business)(Mark Kellogg)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Michael Hirsh Questionable lending practices turned a peaceful Cleveland neighborhood into a blighted slum. Mark Kellogg's hot-dog stand sits at Broadway and Fleet Avenue, the main intersection of Slavic Village, a traditional...

A Terrible Beauty.(The Arts; Photography)(The Americans)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Malcolm Jones Robert Frank's landmark photography book, 'The Americans,' turns 50 this year. It doesn't look it. Two landmark photography books were published in the middle '50s in the United States. The first, "The Family of...

Toothbrush Not Included.(Enterprise; Bytes)(Flylite)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern Lost luggage, security checks, extra-bag fees and spilled shampoo make suitcase stress one of the worst parts of traveling, but Flylite thinks it has the solution. The two-year-old Massachusetts company is a clothing...

Or Just Bring A Friend!(Enterprise; Bytes)(showers)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern We do love our leisurely showers. But some entrepreneurs aim to cut water consumption while saving the experience. Enter the Quench from Australia's HydroCo. Its first cycle is a normal shower for sudsing, shampooing...

Quick Read.(Enterprise; BYTES)(How to Be Useful: A Beginner's Guide to Not Hating Work, Escape From Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams, Millionaire by Thirty: The Quickest Path to Early Financial Independence)(Book review)
June 2, 2008... How to Be Useful: A Beginner's Guide to Not Hating Work By Megan Hustad Young, ironic liberal-arts types typically recoil in horror from the earnest advice dispensed in uncool career guides. But these eager beavers, generally clueless as...

Old Brands, New Tricks.(Enterprise; Luxury)(business reinvention)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Nick Foulkes Venerable names are opportunities. The trick is to know when to reinvent. In recent years, heritage has become part of the venture capital formula. It seems that the sight of a few venerable brands reinventing...

Virgin Master.(Enterprise; Q & A With Steven Levy)(Richard Branson)(Interview)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Steven Levy Entrepreneur Richard Branson wants to save the Earth--and ride his rocket into outer space. When it comes to starting companies, Richard Branson, founder and president of the Virgin Group, is anything but a virgin....

It's Picture Perfect.(Enterprise; Innovation)(Shutterfly)(Company overview)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Andrew Murr Shutterfly is the little Silicon Valley company that could. It survived the dotcom bust and now competes with two behemoths in the online photo industry. Jeana Scholl is a typically dedicated Shutterfly customer....

Managing All The Geeks.(Enterprise; Leadership)(Shane Robison)(Interview)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Richard M. Smith HP's chief technology officer on life outside the lab. During his long career as a technologist, Shane Robison worked at Apple, AT&T Labs and Compaq. Now, as the chief technology and strategy officer at...

Cookies That Cost A Fortune.(Enterprise; Executive Life)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Jaime Cunningham If your sweet tooth is acting up again and you're tired of Swiss chocolate, there are always cookies. ENTERPRISE has found exotic confections that should impress even the most hardened sugar addicts. Try...

Rate Escapes.(Enterprise; CAPITAL IDEAS)(inflation)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern Inflation is on the rise. But there are ways to protect your portfolio and purchasing power. Those rising food and gas prices may be the first signs of a new period of inflation. "The Fed's attempts to prop up asset...

Putter Up: New Latin Links.(Enterprise; Executive Life)(golf courses)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Joseph Contreras Just as Latin American players are becoming big names in golf, Latin courses are getting notice. Golf Magazine's latest list of the top 100 includes courses from Baja California and the Dominican Republic. New...

Wii's Unintended Consequences.(Enterprise; INNOVATION)(WiiMote)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Christopher Flavelle Programmers are now using the hit game console to invent their own devices. When Nintendo released its $250 Wii videogame console in December 2006, the product was sold out even before it hit the shelves....

The Fall Campaign: How Low Will It Go?(Letter to the editor)
June 2, 2008... "The O Team": Readers commented on how Barack Obama's campaign team has resisted getting down and dirty. One said, "I hope Republicans will rise to meet Obama, instead of dragging him down to them." And another posited, "We have yet to see the...

The Editor's Desk.(Editorial)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Jon Meacham For those who support Barack Obama, our cover this week may seem yet another examination of their candidate's problems with white voters. For those who support John McCain, raising the race factor can suggest that those...

Caesaropapism Rampant.(George F. Will; THE LAST WORD)(The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power)(Book review)
June 2, 2008... Byline: George F. Will Americans are not cynical about politics. They are presidential romantics. Hence they suffer serial disappointments. Barack Obama recently said, "I believe in our ability to perfect this nation." Clearly there is...

A Sperm-Biz Overhaul.(Family)(sperm donors are no longer anonymous)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Claudia Kalb A Sperm-Biz Overhaul A new era of openness about reproductive options is shaking up an industry based on donor anonymity. A few months ago, Si'mone braquet, 41, of Sugar Land, Texas, and Tim Gullicksen, 41, of...

A Jihad Between Neighbors.(International)(Afghanistan, Pakistan)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Sami Yousafzai And Ron Moreau Pakistan talks peace with tribal radicals but may just be pushing their fighters across the border into Afghanistan. Mullah Jihad Yar didn't want the Pakistani recruits when they were assigned to...

The Only Thing We Have To Fear ...(Fareed Zakaria; World View)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Fareed Zakaria If you set aside the war in Iraq, terrorism has in fact gone way down over the past five years. You know that we are living in scary times. Terrorist groups are metastasizing all over the globe. Al Qaeda has...

Hollywood's Most Beloved Fugitive.(The Arts; Documentaries)(Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired)(Movie review)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan In 1977, Roman Polanski had sex with a 13-year-old. A new documentary revisits the scene of the crime. There's an enigmatic little scene near the end of "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," the captivating...

A Life Dictated By The Bell.(My Turn)(fire emergency bell)
June 2, 2008... Byline: David Fraser; Fraser Lives In Clearwater, Fla. As a firefighter, I'm mentally prepared for anything. But at 50, I just hope that my body can keep up. We all remember learning about that Pavlov guy, who taught dogs to respond to...

A Memo To Senator Obama.(Cover Story: Campaign 2008; Politics)(Barack Obama)(Cover story)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Evan Thomas; With Richard Wolffe, Suzanne Smalley, Holly Bailey And Sarah Kliff Given his successes, it's easy to argue that Barack Obama doesn't need advice. But how he'll handle race going forward is by no means a settled issue....

How We Really Help Ted.(Jonathan Alter; BETWEEN THE LINES)(Ted Kennedy)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Alter We'll find out if the senators who were crying in the moment will be ready to get serious about cancer. It's too bad that Hamilton Jordan isn't still alive to remind the media that Ted Kennedy isn't already dead....

A Secret Side to The Secret Service.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Mark Hosenball And Eve Conant ***** CORRECTION: In "A Secret Side to the Secret Service" (June 2), we misidentified the first name of the special agent in charge of the James J. Rowley Training Center. She is Renee Triplett....

An Answer For Every 'Little Jerk'.(Politics; The Presidency)(John McCain)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Holly Bailey John McCain's health records show he's doing just fine. John McCain often jokes that he's "older than dirt" with "more scars than Frankenstein." Earlier this year he told a reporter that he'd recently left "the old...

Black, White, Shades Of Gray.(Campaign 2008; Politics)(Barack Obama)
June 2, 2008... In a John McCain-Barack Obama matchup, what is the role of race in the 2008 race? It's a simple question with complicated answers. A NEWSWEEK forum. Harold Ford: Go Meet Them, Senator The night Barack Obama is expected to accept the...

The Gospel According To Al.(Newsmakers; Q&A)(Al Green)(Interview)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Joshua Alston Al Green is busy. He's leading his Memphis church and touring for his album "Lay It Down." He spoke to Joshua Alston. Where are you? I'm in New Orleans doing Jazz Fest. It goes from April to May. Is this...

Another Career Bump For Ms. Jolie.(Newsmakers)(Angelina Jolie)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... For Angelina Jolie, good things are coming in twos. First, while she was in Cannes, Jack Black spilled the beans that she (and Brad) are having twins--any more kids, and she'll beat Carol Brady. Angelina was there promoting a pair of movies:...

And the Winner Is ...(Newsmakers; 'AMERICAN IDOL')(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Congratulations on your "American Idol" triumph, David Archuleta. That's right--Archuleta. David Cook won the competition, but in the past, the male "Idol" winners have ended up losing out to a runner-up: 'Idol' Champ David Cook Sure,...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
June 2, 2008... "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June." White House hopeful Hillary Clinton, raising the specter of Barack Obama's assassination in an attempt to defend her decision to remain in the race, despite long mathematical odds....

Obama's Lobbyist Connection.(Periscope; Campaign 2008)(Barack Obama, ASK Public Strategies)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Michael Isikoff When Illinois utility Commonwealth Edison wanted state lawmakers to back a hefty rate hike two years ago, it took a creative lobbying approach, concocting a new outfit that seemed devoted to the public interest:...

Cyber Spying For Dummies.(Periscope; Intelligence)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Mark Hosenball Congressional experts fear that Defense intelligence agencies are not making wide enough--and smart enough--use of the vast pool of "open source" information now available in cyberspace. The House Armed Services...

States Of Emergency.(Periscope; ECONOMY)(California'a budget gap)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Matthew Philips Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is in a jam. Even after $10 billion of proposed cuts, California still faces a $17 billion budget gap. Most voters and lawmakers don't like his plan to fix it by borrowing billions against...

Some Things Just Aren't Funny.(Periscope; THE DIGNITY INDEX)(Bill O'Reilly, Alex Castellanos, Michael Savage)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... A weekly mathematical survey of bad behavior that measures just how low a person can go Fox News host Bill O'Reilly tries to pin the death of American troops in Iraq on GE chief Jeffrey Immelt. The evidence? Health-care-equipment sales to...

Unspeakable Edition.(Periscope; CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WATCH)(U.S. presidential election)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... By bringing up the worst moment in recent political history, Hillary may have stepped on the third rail of her campaign. Hillary Down: Cites RFK assassination in '68 as reason to stay in race (then apologizes). Time to go. Obama Up:...

Sports Bar Edition.(Periscope; A CW Look At May Sports)(Big Brown, Boston Celtics, Jon Lester)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... This is the time of year when two pro leagues have playoffs, baseball gets into gear and football is a tantalizing few months away. Horse racing Up: After Derby and Preakness wins, Big Brown could take first Triple Crown since 1978. ...

Absolution For Couch Potatoes.(Periscope; Television)(Image Bite Politics)(Book review)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Tony Dokoupil The knock on television news has long been that it emphasizes style over substance. But style, it turns out, may have some serious substance of its own. In their forthcoming book, "Image Bite Politics," Indiana...

Pitchforks For Change.(Periscope; Fast Chat)(David Sirota)(Interview)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Tony Dokoupil In his new book, "The Uprising," author and populist gadfly David Sirota argues that a "fist-pounding, primal screaming" revolt is brewing in America--and it's about to boil over. He spoke with NEWSWEEK'S Tony...

Behind The Lens.(Periscope; CLOSURE)(Robert A. Rosenberg)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Scott Spjut News stories captivate us for a moment and then vanish. We revisit those stories to bring you the next chapter. Starting Point November 2000: With the presidential race too close to call, Florida law mandates a...

Hamilton Jordan, 63, POLITICAL STRATEGIST.(Periscope; Transition)(In memoriam)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Evan Thomas HAMILTON Jordan, who died last week of cancer, may be remembered, wrongly, as the good ole boy who got Jimmy Carter elected president in 1976 and was bizarrely investigated (though never charged) with snorting cocaine...

A Life in Books: Jane Yolen.(Periscope)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... The author of more than 280 books, Yolen, a writer of folklore fantasy and children's literature, is best known for her Holocaust novella "The Devil's Arithmetic." Her latest work, "Naming Liberty," tells the story of a Russian girl and the...

The NASCAR Of The Age Of Ragtime.(Periscope; WORTH YOUR TIME)(Crazy Good)(Book review)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Tony Dokoupil It's hard to fathom the America that Charles Leerhsen recaptures in "Crazy Good," his wire-to-wire biography of Dan Patch, one of the early 20th century's most celebrated athletes-- who also happened to be a horse....

Blog Books Go For Broke.(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Jessica Bennett ***** CORRECTION: "Blog Books Go For Broke" (PERISCOPE, June 2) stated that a 2006 book by the creators of the DailyCandy Web site had sold approximately 11,000 copies, according to Nielsen BookScan. BookScan...

Boxed Vino Goes Primo.(Periscope; Drink)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Jessica Bennet Fans of boxed wine have always taken the good with the bad, the good being the price; the bad, of course, being the quality. But for those who've outgrown cheap hangovers but not cheap prices, a new breed of...

The Milquetoast Manifesto.(Belief Watch)(An Evangelical Manifesto)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Lisa Miller Though Saddleback's pastor, Rick Warren, helped draft the document and was rumored to be among the signers, he is not. What if the evangelicals wrote a manifesto and nobody cared? It was supposed to be a decisive...

The Dumbest Generation? Don't Be Dumb.(Culture)(The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30))(Book review)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Sharon Begley and Jeneen Interlandi George Santayana, too, despaired of a generation's ignorance, warning that 'those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' That was 1905. Really, don't we all know by now...

The Vote Fraud Bogeyman.(Dahlia Lithwick; THE VERDICT)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Dahlia Lithwick Evidence suggests that rampant voter fraud is a myth, and voter-ID laws may suppress votes rather than protect them. Just as a sizable fraction of American children firmly believe in a bogeyman in the closet,...

How to Get a Leg Up for Fitness.(Tip Sheet Health; WELLNESS)(wellness coaching)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Christina Gillham A coach helps you devise a plan and helps motivate you to carry it through. When Sharlene Langner won four free sessions with a wellness coach through a local school raffle, she was skeptical. At five feet and...

Checklist.(Tip Sheet)(Jeff Koons, Sitelines 2008, Wii Fit)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Our top picks for the week See "Jeff Koons" at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The provocateur artist known for his large, kitschy sculptures has collaborated with the museum for this exhibition of his iconic works...

Move Over, Speed Racer.(Tip Sheet; ROAD TEST / MERCEDES SL63)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Tara Weingarten The new seven-speed sports transmission shifts quickly and responds like a manual transmission but with the ease of an automatic. Go, man, go. Mileage: 12mpg city, 17 highway Engine: 6.3-liter, V-8 ...

Wanted: Leaders To Flip Burgers.(Tip Sheet; Summer Jobs)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern It's not too late for job-hunting teens to land a good summer job, despite the overall weak job market--some industries always need help in the summer and may have been slow to staff up. "Employers will be continuing to...

Bag It, With Style.(Tip Sheet; Environment)(grocery bags)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Miyoko Ohtake The problem with reusable grocery bags is that they often get left in the car or piled up at home. New ultracompact versions, small enough to stash in a purse or clip to a key chain, are helping to solve that problem....

Why Only-Children Rule.(Tip Sheet; Kathleen Deveny / MODERN FAMILY)
June 2, 2008... Byline: Kathleen Deveny; With Anna Kuchment I have one older brother, and when I was growing up our family was considered tiny. Only-kids were freaks. I'm afraid there's a puppy in my future. It's not because one of my daughter's first...

Michael Cunningham.(Periscope; A LIFE IN BOOKS)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... The novelist summoned the spirits of Virginia Woolf in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book "The Hours" and Walt Whitman in 2005's "Specimen Days." His picks: My Five Most Important Books 1. "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf. We see her...

Gifts for Dad.(Tip Sheet; FATHER'S DAY)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... Looking for something new and interesting to give Dad this year? TIP SHEET has some suggestions: 1. The Ecosphere is a self-contained ecosystem of active microorganisms and tiny shrimp (from $79; eco-sphere.com). 2. ARC'TERYX'S Accelero...

The Same People.(Anna Quindlen; THE LAST WORD)(gay marriage issue)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Anna Quindlen Scream, shout, jump up and down. No matter. The gay-marriage issue is over and done with. The upshot: love won. During his sophomore year in high school, one of our sons mentioned at the dinner table that a...

Southern Discomfort.(Photography)(Breach of Peace: Portraits of the Mississippi Freedom Riders, Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement 1956-1968)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Jennie Yabroff Revisiting the promise and the pain of the civil-rights movement, via two books of photographs Helen Singleton confronts the camera with an expression of serene acceptance. She wears a slight smile and a tidy...

Graveyard Shifting.(Books)(The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds)(Book review)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Malcolm Jones The new American way of death? Keep those tombstones out of sight. Marilyn Yalom's "The American Resting Place," her survey of American graveyards and burial practices, is the story of a disappearing act. Over the...

Their Right Arms.(Books)(AK47: The Story of the People's Gun)(Book review)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Malcolm Jones A new book explores how the AK47 became the gun that's second to none. Here we go! AK47: the very best there is! When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherf---er in the room, accept no substitute!"...

Jeffs and Their Mutts.(Business)(Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes, General Electric's Jeff Immelt)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Time Warner and GE could be the marrying kind. It's a hotly rumored corporate dalliance--that of CEOs Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner and Jeff Immelt of GE, parent of NBC Universal. No doubt their forefathers, the...

Is Wal-Mart Too Liberal?(Business)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Daniel McGinn Once a paragon of Red State values, it's being criticized for bowing to political correctness. For investors, most annual meetings are anything but a hot ticket. They're typically held in small auditoriums and...

The Tears of a Clown.(The Technologist)(comedy websites)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Jennifer Ordonez The Internet as a medium seems made for comical content. But as a business, comedy on the Web has been a joke. In a recent episode of "South Park," the show's young cartoon protagonists need to raise some money...

Slicing Up Assets in Advance.(Jane Bryant Quinn; CAPITAL GAINS)(prenuptial agreement)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn It's one thing to write about prenups, and quite another to live through their making. Doing a prenup isn't for sissies. There I stood, in Vera Wang's dreamy Madison Avenue shop, trying on a wedding dress. On...

Ten Years Old and Mentally Ill.(Letter to the editor)
June 9, 2008... 'Growing Up Bipolar': Readers were touched by our article on Max Blake. One called it "a poignant telling of the extraordinary pain and suffering wrought by mental illness." Some who have experienced bipolar disorder firsthand were thankful for...

The Editor's Desk.(Editorial)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Jon Meacham The interview--about the Bush administration's record on protecting endangered species--was over, and Daniel Stone, who works in our Washington bureau, was about to leave Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's office when...

The Genetic Detectives.(Health)(Undiagnosed Diseases Program)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Mary Carmichael A new government program will study, diagnose and ultimately treat people with mysterious diseases. For the first four years of his life, Zachary Townsley was a medical mystery. His mother, Janine, noticed...

Up In The Sky, An Unblinking Eye.(The Military; The UAV Revolution)(unmanned aerial vehicle)
June 9, 2008... The hundreds of drones cruising over Iraq and Afghanistan have changed war forever. The whole art of war consists of getting at what is on the other side of the hill," said the Duke of Wellington, conqueror of Napoleon at Waterloo. In the...

The New Face Of Islam.(Religion)(hadith)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Christopher Dickey And Owen Matthews; With Sami Kohen In Istanbul And Maziar Bahari In Tehran A critique of radicalism is building within the heart of the Muslim world. Back in the mid-1990s, Osama bin Laden had a problem, and...

The Last Egyptian Belly Dancer.(Culture)(Saudization of Egypt)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Rod Nordland; With Gameela Ismail In Cairo Rich Saudis are transforming Cairo's entertainment scene. Abir Sabri, celebrated for her alabaster skin, ebony hair, pouting lips and full figure, used to star in racy Egyptian TV shows...

The East Looks West.(Russia)(why the former Soviet republics prefer to study English than Russian)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews; With Anna Nemtsova In Tbilisi The Kremlin may act triumphant, but Russia is losing its hold on the youth of former Soviet states. It's been more than a century since a member of the Mebagishvili family of...

A Stock Exchange For Do-Gooders.(Giving Globally)(Celso Grecco)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Mac Margolis A Brazilian marketing ace fuels the trend toward targeted philanthropy. Celso Grecco used to think his priorities made perfect sense. "My plan was to work hard, get rich and retire," says the 46-year-old Sao Paulo...

The Return Of 'Sybil'.(Television; Movies)(Television program review)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Joshua Alston A new life for a TV movie that already had plenty "Hysteria is a woman's problem," says a brutish male colleague of Dr. Cornelia Wilbur (Jessica Lange), the psychologist treating the main character in the CBS...

A Plea For My Daughter.(My Turn)(peanut and tree-nut allergies)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Rebecca Fadel King; King Lives In Farmington Hills, Mich. I don't want to inconvenience others over Lydia's allergies. But to not do so would be unthinkable. I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I'll say to the other...

His Mobile Ministry.(Politics)(pastors, prayers for US presidential candidates)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Lisa Miller Politicians have long sought the counsel of faith leaders. Obama's got 100 dialing in to pray for him. The Houston mega-pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell--who presided over Jenna Bush's wedding last month and has offered...

The Man Who Made McCain.(Campaign 2008; Politics)(Morris Udall, John McCain)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Holly Bailey The presumptive GOP nominee attributes his maturation to Mo Udall. There were moments when John McCain had no idea if his friend even knew he was there. For eight long years, at least once a month, McCain would...

Just How Low Will They Go?(Campaign 2008; Politics)(Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Suzanne Smalley And Sarah Kliff; With Ramin Setoodeh, Holly Bailey, Jessica Ramirez, Richard Wolffe And Daniel Stone With 'elitist' a choice slur, candidates are trying to win over the new 'It' demographic: 'low-info voters.' ...

The Tipping Point.(Newsmakers; Q&A)(David Sedaris)(Interview)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Susanna Schrobsdorff David Sedaris is back with a new collection of essays, "When You Are Engulfed in Flames." He spoke with NEWSWEEK's Susanna Schrobsdorff. You've been living in France a long time. Can you be funny in French...

The Most Unlikely Dads Of The Year.(Newsmakers)(Clay Aiken, Zac Hanson)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... BROADWAY BABY MAKER: AIKEN in 'Spamalot' Is anybody really ever ready for fatherhood? Who knows, but it's safe to say nobody was ready for this: Clay Aiken is going to be a dad. That's right, the 29-year-old "American Idol" runner-up,...

Only Her Hairdresser Knows For Sure.(Newsmakers)(Sarah Jessica Parker)(Brief article)
June 9, 2008... VENN DIAGRAM Sarah Jessica Parker is America's favorite blonde. Except when she's a brunette. In the "Sex and the City" movie, she starts blond and then dyes (the movie's only "death," despite those Internet rumors). Here's a look back at...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
June 9, 2008... Byline: Quotation Sources: Fox News, CNN, LA Times, Politico.com, YouTube, New York Times (4), Huffington Post "He is a rock star. It's fantastic." News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch, on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama,...