Newsweek articles from March 2006

Newsweek archives from March 2006

Remembrance Of Things Past; There is now only a single woman on the court. Imagine the world if homes, businesses, schools, had one woman for every eight men.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Anna Quindlen In the glow of modern progress, the stories I tell my children about my girlhood sound as ancient as the Parthenon, beginning with my impossible (and improbable) dream of being an altar girl. The classified ads...

The Art of the Deal; This year's Whitney Biennial arrives as the market for new artists is superheating. Bring your checkbook--and don't get burned.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Peter Plagens JP Munro, 30, is only six years out of art school and already he's in this year's Whitney Biennial, the art world's thrumming combination of "American Idol" and debutante ball. (The exhibition runs at New York's...

A Tough Race for GM Against Toyota.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Allan Sloan Auto racing isn't about just the car and the driver. If you've got to haul around a ton of stuff and the other guy doesn't, it's hard to be competitive. For years now, we've heard General Motors complain that it's...

Outsourcing: Silicon Valley East; Americans once feared their jobs would be shipped to India, but the backlash was overdone. Now everybody's winning.(Cover Story)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Keith Naughton (With Brad Stone) During the height of the dot-com boom, Dan Scheinman was one of Silicon Valley's most popular tech execs. As the chief of mergers and acquisitions for Cisco Systems, he couldn't go to a party...

Heavy Medal Edition.
March 6, 2006... Here's a sign that life isn't turning out the way you'd planned it: you've gotten into watching curling... Bush - On ports, Iraq and Katrina, even many Republicans are challenging his competence. Have fun in India. Iraq...

Letters; Issue dated March 6, 2006.
March 6, 2006... Relationships and the Single Baby Boomer Many readers responding to our Feb. 20 story on baby boomers were displeased by our cover photo. The majority were uncomfortable with what one described as a "blurred naked body." Another called it...

India Rising; Messy, raucous, democratic India is growing fast, and now may partner up with the world's richest democracy--America.(Cover Story)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Fareed Zakaria Every year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, there's a star. Not a person but a country. One country impresses the gathering of global leaders because of a particularly smart Finance minister or a compelling tale...

My Two Lives; The Pulitzer-winning writer felt intense pressure to be at once 'loyal to the old world and fluent in the new.'.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Jhumpa Lahiri I have lived in the United States for almost 37 years and anticipate growing old in this country. Therefore, with the exception of my first two years in London, "Indian-American" has been a constant way to describe...

Sex, Religion & Politics; Ahead of his visit to the White House, Italy's prime minister explains some nutty rumors to NEWSWEEK.(Silvio Berlusconi)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Christopher Dickey (With Jacopo Barigazzi and Barbie Nadeau in Rome) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, 69, is one of President George W. Bush's most faithful--and flamboyant--friends in Europe. And Berlusconi's not the only...

War of the Mosques; Reprisal raids follow an unholy attack on a revered shrine, sparking fears of all-out civil war. A report from the streets--and a worried Washington.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Babak Dehghanpisheh, Michael Hastings and Michael Hirsh When is the moment you realize your country is on the brink of disintegration? Perhaps it is when you are too scared to remain in your own home. That's the way it felt to...

'Not Lovers of Blood'; The Hamas leader on Israel and the Palestinians.(Ismail Haniyeh)(Interview)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Lally Weymouth The surprise victory of the radical Hamas party in recent Palestinian elections presents the United States and Israel with a dilemma: how to pressure the militant Islamists without causing a humanitarian crisis....

The Editor's Desk; Issue dated March 6, 2006.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Whitaker I'll never forget my first trip to India. It was 25 years ago, and as a student making my way around the world on a few thousand dollars, I spent three weeks traveling in the crowded, noisy compartments of third-class...

This Week Online; Issue dated March 6, 2006.(interview with Bill Emmott)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: For Susanna Schrobsdorff's full interview go to NEWSWEEK.com on MSNBC NEWSWEEK: Is it hyperbolic to ask if we are headed toward a clash of Muslim and Western civilizations? Bill Emmott, outgoing editor, The Economist: We are in...

An Agent, a Publisher And a Polygraph Test? I thought my memoirs were true, but there was only one way to be sure I hadn't been lying to myself.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Krouse Rosenthal lives in Chicago.) I'm writing this while eating some chicken salad." True. "I'm allergic to penicillin." True to the best of my knowledge. (On my medical chart, but I might have outgrown it...

No Safe Harbor Here; How a routine sale became a political gale--and what's next for Bush in the ports storm.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Richard Wolffe and Holly Bailey (With Mark Hosenball, Michael Isikoff and Christian Caryl) It was talk radio's Michael Savage who first alerted the president's inner circle to the supposed Arab takeover of America's ports. One of...

Reality Check for 'Roe'; With the hard right hoping for reversal, the black-and-white war over abortion finds itself immersed in shades of gray.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Martha Brant and Evan Thomas (With Stuart Taylor Jr.) At first glance, it appeared that the forces of the pro-life movement were on the march last week. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on partial-birth abortions, and...

Invasion of The Body Snatchers; Investigating a grim trade in stolen human tissue.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Sarah Childress (With Hilary Shenfeld) In November 2004, New York Police Det. Patricia O'Brien went to the Daniel George and Son Funeral Home in Brooklyn to check out what she thought was a routine business dispute. The new owners...

Newsmakers: Rainn Wilson, Donald & Martha.(Interview)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Keith Naughton (Nicki Gostin) Rainn Wilson plays Dwight Schrute, the office nerd that everybody loves to hate in "The Office." He spoke with NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin. I love Dwight. Do you ever cringe playing him? Rainn...

Perspectives.
March 6, 2006... "People don't need to worry about security." President George W. Bush, responding to lawmakers who disapproved of a United Arab Emirates-owned company running U.S. ports "I would never wear them, put them on or separate them. There is...

Investigation: The CIA's No. 3 Has a Friend in the Spotlight.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Hosenball and Jamie Reno As logistics chief at the CIA's main base near Frankfurt, Germany, Kyle (Dusty) Foggo sat at the crossroads of agency operations. Operatives and VIPs passed through, and former top spies say Foggo was...

Health: Getting Ready for Bird Flu.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Anne Underwood Nigeria, India, Germany, France... Avian flu has been spreading rapidly among birds, increasing concerns about a possible human pandemic. How could the U.S. be more prepared? Stockpiles of Tamiflu and the development...

Hollywood: 'Brokeback': No Bump.(Brokeback Mountain box office)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Sean Smith An Oscar nod for Best Picture often means big box-office increases, but "Brokeback Mountain" hasn't gotten the kind of bump insiders expected. Unlike last year's "Million Dollar Baby," which saw an 88 percent increase...

Transition: Don Knotts, 81.(Obituary)
March 6, 2006... Byline: N'gai Croal In recent years, much of actor Don Knotts's Hollywood work had been in voice-overs for animated movies. But in 1998, Knotts made one of his last on-screen appearances in "Pleasantville," playing a mysterious TV...

Fast Chat: Thank You, Academy.(Bennett Miller)(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Susannah Meadows Long before he was nominated for best director for "Capote," Bennett Miller made another film about an oddball writer with a squeaky voice. Released in 1998, "The Cruise" is a documentary tribute to Timothy (Speed)...

Inventions: Taking to The Air.(Transition)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Mary Carmichael Look, in the sky--it's a bird! It's a plane! It's... a personal air vehicle? Whatever you call the new Transition, says its inventor, Carl Dietrich, just don't call it a flying car--even if it's the closest thing to...

Jobs: Fill the Prescription.(Forecasts and trends of Pharmaceutical industry)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Robert Stein Studying drugs has never been so popular--because, experts say, the United States needs 150,000 more pharmacists by 2020. That's when the first wave of boomers turns 75, an age when the average individual has three...

Culture: Gamers' Good News.(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: John Ness Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition: Christians are finally getting a high-caliber shoot-'em-up videogame of their own. Due out on PCs in the second half of 2006, Left Behind: Eternal Forces is the first game adapted...

People: He's Cooking.(Jeff Henderson)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Karen Springen Oprah, add this name to your book-club address list. Jeff Henderson, 41, a cocaine dealer turned high-end chef, just signed a six-figure deal with William Morrow/HarperCollins to write his memoirs. Henderson pitched...

Style: Very Niche Marketing.("Pimp My Cubicle" kit for office decoration)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Robert Stein For only $14.95, you can turn your own drab office space into "dazzling digs." That's the promise of a soon-to-be-released kit, Pimp My Cubicle. With a title spun off the popular MTV show "Pimp My Ride," the kit will...

Will America Pass the Baton? The world is addicted to America's shopping spree. But some experts see emerging markets increasingly driving the world economy.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Robert Samuelson We may be close to a critical economic juncture. It's the moment when America's frenzied consumers relinquish their role as "locomotive" for the rest of the world. All our spending and borrowing have juiced the...

Color Us Impressed; A gutsy makeover show jumps into the racial divide.(Black. White)(Television Program Review)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Marc Peyser People go on reality TV shows for all sorts of crazy reasons: to find a husband, to lose weight, to learn ballroom dancing. Rose wanted to become black, so she signed on for FX's "Black. White." Changing her race is a...

Larry, We Hardly Knew Ye; Summers resigns and questions loom about his legacy, his successor and the future of Harvard University.(Lawrence Summers had announced his resignation)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Daniel McGinn At noon last Wednesday, several hundred Harvard students filed into a lecture hall and opened their notebooks. Harvard president Lawrence Summers had announced his resignation less than 24 hours earlier, but the...

Smart Moms, Hard Choices; As a new book explores an old question--to work? To stay at home?--economists say the answer is in the numbers.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Peg Tyre (With Karen Springen and Vanessa Juarez) When it came to balancing work and family, Stacey Parrent, 26, of Rapid City, S.D., didn't have many choices. Four years ago, after the birth of her first child, she sat down with...

At Home: American Masala; For young Indian-Americans, success is required. They're moving beyond med school to make their mark everywhere.(Cover Story)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh At 21, Amit Sharma has a resume that would impress most parents--just not his own. After graduating as the valedictorian of his high school in Carbondale, Ill., he entered the University of Chicago, where he majored...

Slip Sliding Away; Torino was rife with falls, feuds and frustration. Yet as always, there were a few great moments that will be long remembered.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Mark Starr (With Devin Gordon and Bret Begun) Former Olympic champion Oksana Baiul said her feet always told her when she was ready to skate. A glance at Sasha Cohen as she circled the ice before her long program Thursday and one...

Technology: Time For Your Mashup?
March 6, 2006... Byline: N'gai Croal Unless you're a geek, obsessed with DJs or under the age of 35, chances are you've never heard the word "mashup." The term was coined in 2001 after DJ Freelance Hellraiser took the vocal track from pop songstress...

The Checklist; Our top picks for the week ahead.
March 6, 2006... RENT 'Bleak House.' One of Dickens's best, but at more than 1,000 pages, it's a slow read. Give up and watch the eight-hour "Masterpiece Theatre" version, out on DVD this week, starring Gillian Anderson. HEAR 'Wicked Little High' by Bird...

Road Test: Ford Fusion; A DASH OF BLING.(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Tara Weingarten Ford cuts a little edge into the five-passenger family sedan with the new Fusion. This stylish car isn't a bad boy, but it does include some sharp architectural touches--loads of bling and shiny chrome. The...

Money: Is It Good Advice?(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Linda Stern Does your broker really have your back? New rules from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that went into effect this month hold financial advisers to a higher standard than stockbrokers, who don't always have...

Gadgets: Digital Debuts.(Correction notice)(Brief article)
March 6, 2006... ***** CORRECTION: CORRECTION: A picture caption in our March 6 tip sheet item "Digital Debuts" misidentified the brand name of a camera. The Evolt E-330 is made by Olympus, not Nikon. NEWSWEEK regrets the error. ***** Byline:...

Health: A New Booster Club.(raising HDL)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Anne Underwood So you're taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, and you've got your LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, way down. Congratulations! But if you want to reduce your risk of heart attacks and strokes, it's also important to raise...

Oscars: The Envelope, Please.(Academy Awards)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Sean Smith Winning the office Oscar pool isn't about guessing best picture. It's about picking the winners in categories that everyone else ignores. Tip Sheet is here to help. We can't guarantee results, but we have seen every...

Travel: He's On A Short Leash.(skijoring)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Konnie Lemay Cross-country skiing has gone to the dogs. A newly popular sport from Scandinavia, "skijoring," can be a great workout for you and your canine. Here's how it works: you outfit your dog in a special harness so that it...

Ask Tip Sheet.(analysis of court administration)(Brief Article)
March 6, 2006... Byline: Nancy Peterson, Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Robert Stein) Why do they schedule executions at such odd times, like 12:01 a.m.? Nancy Peterson, Manhattan Beach, Calif. In many cases, states choose 12:01 a.m. so that they have a full 24...

Heck of a Prob, Brownie; 'The Da Vinci Code' publisher is sued in the U.K.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Cathleen Mcguigan With Ginanne Brownell If you've read "The Da Vinci Code," you know author Dan Brown loved planting anagrams as clues in his best-selling thriller. But when he named a scholarly British character Sir Leigh Teabing,...

When the Name Game Isn't Just a Game.(Apex Hides the Hurt)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Raina Kelley The protagonist of Colson Whitehead's new novel, "Apex Hides the Hurt," is a "nomenclature consultant"--a veritable Adam of Madison Avenue. He's also a mystery, moving through the book without a name or an immediate...

Detroit Muscles Up; Hold the obit! Motown finds some new life by reviving its monster hits of the motorway.(classic American muscle cars)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Keith Naughton GM chief designer Ed Welburn sweeps into his Chevrolet design studio and it's as if he were stepping back in time. On one side of the cavernous white room, designers huddle over a silver retro remake of the Chevy...

Anna Nicole Supreme Edition.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Buxom grieving widow wows Washington and the Supremes with her classy black duds. Talk about a super-duper precedent. Bush - Falsely claimed nobody could have predicted New Orleans levee breach. Let's go to the videotape! ...

Letters to the Magazine; Issue dated March 13, 2006.(shooting accident)
March 13, 2006... Cheney's Hunting Mishap Nearly 350 readers responded to our Feb. 27 cover story on Dick Cheney's shooting accident. Some found the Veep's handling of the situation telling. "The arrogance Cheney showed in this incident demonstrates what is...

Let States Be Entrepreneurs; Competition between states concentrates their minds on this: Capital goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated.(entrepreneurial federalism)
March 13, 2006... Byline: George F. Will Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the proposition that "entrepreneurial federalism" is unconstitutional. No one used that phrase, but it captures what the court is pondering: When states...

Love in a Time of Madness; A Sunni and a Shiite fall in love in Iraq. They get married, have kids. Then Muslim extremists start a religious bloodbath. What should a mixed family do?
March 13, 2006... Byline: Babak Dehghanpisheh, Rod Nordland and Michael Hastings The two Iraqi teachers met as students at the University of Baghdad. They flirted between classes and hid the romance from friends and family. The furtive nature of their...

'Nigeria Could Feed Africa'; They lost everything in Zimbabwe. But a hardy bunch of white farmers is making a new start.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Joshua Hammer The sun is rising over the maize fields of Kwara state in western Nigeria, and Graham Hatty has already been up for hours. Bouncing in his Indian-made jeep down a track that borders his property, Hatty points out a...

Separating Fact From Fantasy; It's the president who needs to learn from his mistakes. Hindsight may not be the only wisdom, but it's better than operating in the dark.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Fareed Zakaria Watching what's happening in Iraq right now, with Shias and Sunnis polarized, hostile and increasingly violent, it is easy to conclude that this is all a product of ancient hatreds and that Iraq will inevitably...

New Rules for Nukes; As Bush pens a nuclear deal with India, Pakistan's Musharraf is keeping his 'strategic options open.'.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Michael Hirsh (With Ron Moreau in Islamabad and Holly Bailey traveling with the president) George W. Bush doesn't seem to have many friends in Pakistan. To greet him on his visit last week, Islamic and secular political parties...

The Editor's Desk.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Mark Whitaker The writer and editor of this week's cover story have something else in common: they both grew up in families of scientists and doctors. Barbara Kantrowitz 's father is a physicist and her mother was a biochemist; she...

Bright Side of the Moon; Forget that black outfit--David Gilmour has mellowed.(last year's Live 8 benefit concert)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Lorraine Ali When the members of Pink Floyd reunited--after 22 years--to play last year's Live 8 benefit concert, the buzz around these rock senior citizens upstaged the appearances by Mariah, Madonna and even the controversial...

Our Grief Doesn't Make Us Experts; Politicians and reporters seek out our opinions, but what we really know about is how to survive loss.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Nikki Stern (Stern lives in Princeton, N.J.) We hear so much about "moral authority" these days, but do we know what it means? We might assume it's a quality ascribed to individuals who can provide clarity on the ethical, social or...

Washington: The Next Storms; The Bush crew thought Katrina had died down. Guess again.(video briefing on Hurricane Katrina)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Richard Wolffe and Mark Hosenball (With Holly Bailey and Eleanor Clift) The president's aides thought they had a lock on the headlines. George W. Bush had just embarked on his Asian tour with a surprise visit to Kabul. Within hours...

Katrina's Latest Damage; Crime is up. Schools are overcrowded. Hospitals are jammed. Houston welcomed a flood of hurricane evacuees with open arms. But now the city is suffering from a case of 'compassion fatigue.'.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Arian Campo-Flores (With Richard Wolffe, Mark Hosenball and Sarah Childress) In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, Houston earned a loving moniker among many of the evacuees who sought refuge there: the Big Heart. This, after all,...

'Netbangers,' Beware; Street gangs are going online to compare notes and pick fights. But the cops are right behind them.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Daren Briscoe With a seasoned cop's knowing eye, Lake Worth, Fla., police agent Brian Hermanson cruised recently through some known gang hangouts. He was soon onto potential trouble: someone rolling through the neighborhood in a...

Awaiting the Almighty; Rudy Giuliani may or may not run for president. But he's having a heavenly time thinking about it.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Howard Fineman If you're a republican who wants to be president, the place to be this weekend is Memphis's Peabody Hotel, with its parading ducks--and politicians. Unless, of course, you're Rudy Giuliani. In that case, you skip the...

Newsmakers: Conan O'Brien, Anna Nicole Smith.(Interview)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Nicki Gostin (David Gates) This Friday, Conan O'Brien airs his fantastic Finnish jaunt, where he hobnobbed with his look-alike, Finnish President Tarja Halonen. He spoke with NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin. How did this all start? ...

Perspectives; Issue dated March 13, 2006.(quotations)
March 13, 2006... "We are fully prepared." President George W. Bush, in a leaked video recording of high-level government deliberations the day before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans "We have our job cut out for us." Joe Madeira, director at...

Watchdog: What Ever Happened to the Civil Liberties Board?
March 13, 2006... Byline: Michael Isikoff For more than a year, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has been the most invisible office in the White House. Created by Congress in December 2004 as a result of the recommendations of the 9/11...

Yates: A New Insanity Angle.(insanity defense)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Carol Rust Did Andrea Yates, the 41-year-old mother who drowned her five children in a bathtub in 2001, coach a fellow inmate on how to build an insanity defense? That's what one witness may testify in Yates's retrial, set to begin...

Politics: Using Sign Language.(New York Senate race)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Susannah Meadows Though K. T. McFarland is poised to jump into the New York Senate race, she says she's not ready yet to discuss the issues or the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton. She doesn't have to: the naval relics on her...

Transition: Otis Chandler, 78.(publishers in modern times of America)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Byline: David J. Jefferson The great-grandson of Los Angeles Times owner Harrison Gray Otis wasn't interested in the family business while a student at Stanford University. A muscle-bound 6-foot-3, this child of privilege preferred surfing...

Tractors: Let The Good Times Roll.(compact utility tractors)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Karen Springen By day, Mike Hepworth works full time as an oil-company consultant. By night, he cultivates his three-acre Oregon garden with his own $12,000 John Deere tractor, complete with cup holder, headlights and adjustable...

Energy: Blowing in the Wind.(Aspen Ski Company)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Paul Tolme Aspen Ski Company, which owns four ski mountains and two hotels in Colorado, just greenlighted a plan to convert entirely to green energy. Starting this June, 100 percent of Aspen's operations--from chairlifts to...

Imax Theaters: Taking the Plunge.(IMAX 3-D movie)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Robert Stein In the new IMAX 3-D movie "Deep Sea 3D," squids appear to dart toward viewers' 3-D glasses and jellyfish float within arm's reach. To get this effect, director Howard Hall had to use the world's largest camera....

Apartments: Celebration of Small.(book review)(Book Review)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Daniel McGinn In real estate, there's one variable that buyers value nearly as much as "location, location, location": square footage. The average newly built U.S. home contains 2,350 square feet, up 57 percent since 1970. But...

Fabulous: It's 'Grey Gardens,' Again.(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Nicki Gostin The documentary "Grey Gardens" has long been adored by fashionistas and gay men, but now the cult classic is going mainstream with an off-Broadway musical and an upcoming book and movie. The 1975 film examined the...

New Math for College Costs; We're seeing more 'sorting' by income and class in American education. The average private college is trolling for students who can pay.(American Council on Education reports)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn (Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld) Higher education just got more expensive. Under the new federal budget, interest rates will rise on student loans. Many lenders will start charging students higher fees, as...

Snap Judgment.(Show Your Bones)(Audiovisual Review)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Lorraine Ali The name. The post-everything style. The no-bassist thing. This New York City (of course) rock trio is overloaded with hip cachet. "Show Your Bones," their third full CD, evokes sneering punk abandon, folkie gaminess,...

Food News Blues; Fat is bad, but good fat is good. What about fish? Wine? Nuts? A new appetite for answers has put science on a collision course with the media.(Women's Health Initiative)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Barbara Kantrowitz and Claudia Kalb (With Anne Underwood and Pat Wingert) You couldn't miss the headlines. The New York Times: low-fat diet does not cut health risks, study finds. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: reducing fat may...

BlackBerry Deal: Patently Absurd; It's like a judge in a murder case pondering execution while ignoring new DNA evidence.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Steven Levy What is the value of a bunch of discredited patents? We found out last week when Research in Motion (RIM), the company that makes the beloved BlackBerry, paid a company called NTP $612.5 million to settle a claim that...

Blog Watch; A mainstream-media look at what's hot (and what's not) in the ever-widening world of weblogs.(nationaljournal.com)
March 13, 2006... Several recent articles claim that blogs are dying. Journalist William Powers (nationaljournal.com/powers.htm) begs to differ. As National Review founder William Buckley declares the war in Iraq a lost cause, conservative writers debate...

Spain--The Next Italy.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Jerry Adler In Catalonia, on the northeast coast of Spain, it is said that a fish swims three times: in water when it's alive, in oil as it's cooked and then in the wine that washes it down. For the fish, we are suggesting chef...

The Checklist; Our top picks for the week ahead.
March 13, 2006... HEAR 'The Little Willies' by the Little Willies. Norah Jones and her friends get together for an album of their favorites. Check out the sweet cover of Willie Nelson's "Night Life." WATCH 'Paper Clips' on DVD this week. A moving...

Road Test: Porsche Cayman S; Just Like Heaven.(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Tara Weingarten A week in the Cayman S and I am a new woman, almighty and invigorated. I am also stripped down to raw nerve endings, feeling every punch of the throttle. You might say the Cayman is just a hard-topped version of the...

Money: Unhappy Returns.(nasaa.org)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Linda Stern Don't buy that! Here are what regulators say are the most scam-susceptible investments of 2006. (See nasaa.org for more info.) Oil and gas deals. There's a guy on the Internet who wants to sell you a piece of an...

Technology: He's Got You Cornered.(Chessboard prices and rates)(Buyers Guide)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Peter Suciu The game of chess is actually easy enough to learn, but the finer aspects can take years to master. While there are no shortcuts to playing a better game, here are some high-tech chessboards that will help you sharpen...

Tax Time: Look, Mom, My First Tax Return!(methods of tax returns)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... So, this is the first time you're filing a tax return. Have no fear: despite all the scary stories you may have heard about the IRS, it doesn't have to be a nightmare. In fact, we asked our experts at Ernst &Young LLP and authors of the Ernst &...

Travel: Get Thee To A Play.(services of entertainment industry)(Brief Article)
March 13, 2006... Byline: Raina Kelley and Michelle Jana Chan All the world may be a stage, but many of this year's best productions will be mounted in Stratford on Avon this spring. England's Royal Shakespeare Company is launching The "Complete Works"...