Newsweek articles from October 2008

Newsweek archives from October 2008

He Gave Liberalism A Good Name.(Lionel Trilling )(Essay)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Jeremy McCarter Lionel Trilling wasn't just a critic. He traced--brilliantly--the way our literary and political lives intersect. When the feuding tramps in "Waiting for Godot" trade insults, Gogo ends the exchange with a slur...

Don't Keep Talking Happy Talk.(financial crisis )
October 6, 2008... Byline: Daniel Gross Yes, we have to be careful about crying "fire" in a crowded theater. But calling this a meltdown is like crying "fire" in an inferno. Having difficulty coping with financial stress? Forget Bernanke & Paulson....

The Monster That Ate Wall Street.(Business; ECONOMY)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Matthew Philips How 'credit default swaps'--an insurance against bad loans--turned from a smart bet into a killer. They're called "Off-Site Weekends"--rituals of the high-finance world in which teams of bankers gather someplace...

Love the New Skin You're In.(Culture; ARCHITECTURE)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan ***** Correction: In "Love the New Skin You're In" (Oct. 6), we incorrectly said Edward DurellStone designed the U.S. embassy in London. In fact, the architect was Eero Saarinen. Stone designed the embassy in...

Start Grousing Now!(Enterprise; EXECUTIVE LIFE)(Brief article)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Britain's grouse-hunting season is in full swing until midOctober. The British sporting company Roxtons offers bespoke driving and walking shoots in Scotland and northern England, charging $218 per brace of birds...

Shoes: A Different Platform.(Enterprise; EXECUTIVE LIFE)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Last season, heels on women's shoes took on innovative shapes, including chain links, flowers and spheres. Now designers are giving wedges and platforms a makeover. Towering at nearly four inches high, Louis...

Quick Read.(Enterprise; EXECUTIVE LIFE)(Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go Beyond Making a Profit to Making a Difference)(Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know)(The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future )(Book review)
October 6, 2008... Byline: John Sparks; John Sparks Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go Beyond Making a Profit to Making a Difference By Tim Sanders Former Yahoo executive Sanders won't be mistaken for Lenin (he lacks a...

Won't You Stay a Bit Longer?(Enterprise; BUSINESS TRAVEL)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Daniel Mcginn Hip, new extended-stay hotel chains cater to road warriors who expect amenities like flat-screen TVs, stainless-steel appliances and outdoor fire pits. It's cocktail hour in the lobby of the Element, a new hotel...

Leading The Green Charge.(Enterprise; ENERGY)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Christian Caryl and Akiko Kashiwagi Japan's automakers are zooming ahead in the eco-car race to market. Honda's new FCX Clarity feels like a perfectly ordinary car--which may well be the most shocking thing about it. Slip...

The Tsunami That Changed My Life.(Enterprise; MY TURN)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Jet Li; Li is an actor and the founder of the One Foundation (onefoundation.cn). A famous Chinese actor almost lost his children during an island vacation. His world view changed, and he started a foundation dedicated to disaster...

A King Of Agriculture.(Enterprise; LEADERSHIP)(Interview)
October 6, 2008... Cargill's CEO has to manage a vast set of businesses. Few companies are as well established as Cargill, the Minnesota-based agricultural powerhouse. Its history stretches back to the 1860s, and today it has 160,000 employees and more than...

My Blackberry As A Bomb Sniffer?(Enterprise; INNOVATION)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Benjamin Sutherland Expensive radiation detectors may not be as effective as widely distributed chips in cell phones. What do bananas, smoke alarms, toilets and large granite buildings have in common? They're all sufficiently...

Women Want to Focus On Real Issues.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 6, 2008... 'From Seneca Falls to -- Sarah Palin?' Our Sept. 22 cover story prompted cries of "Enough already!" One reader lamented, "A hurricane hits, our economy is failing and you devote a third cover in a row to Palin?" Another asked what Joe Biden...

The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Jon Meacham Nearly half a century ago, in 1960, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., the Harvard historian and committed Democrat, wrote a book that, in retrospect, would seem to be among the least necessary volumes of the mid-20th century:...

Farewell, Election Day.(George F. Will; THE LAST WORD)(Column)
October 6, 2008... Byline: George F. Will What kind of people will not vote if doing so requires them to get off their couches and visit neighborhood polling places? The sentiment expressed by a sly bumper sticker this year (EVERY DISASTER IS A CHANGE)...

Got Insurance?(Health)(Katherine Swartz on the presidential candidates' health policies)
October 6, 2008... Why the candidates' plans might not deliver on universal health coverage Barack Obama and John McCain have put forth radical--and radically different--proposals to change the way Americans do, or don't, get health insurance. Is it really...

Worlds Apart.(Cover Story: Campaign 2008; CAMPAIGN 2008)(presidential debate)(Cover story)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Michael Hirsh; With Suzanne Smalley, Holly Bailey and Richard Wolffe in Washington After last week's debate, it's obvious how different the foreign policies of Barack Obama and John McCain would be. What's less well understood are...

'We Should Join Hands'.(International; INTERVIEW)(Wen Jiabao)(Interview)
October 6, 2008... Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao speaks out in his first interview with a major U.S. publication in years. In New York for last week's U.N. General Assembly opening, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao gave a rare interview to NEWSWEEK's...

Palin Is Ready? Please.(Fareed Zakaria; WORLD VIEW)(Sarah Palin)(Column)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Fareed Zakaria McCain says that he always puts country first. In this important case, that is simply not true. Will someone please put Sarah Palin out of her agony? Is it too much to ask that she come to realize that she wants,...

At The Helm In The World's Hot Spots.(International; INTERVIEW)(Hamid Karzai )(Interview)
October 6, 2008... One faces a deadly insurgency, the other confronts a belligerent neighbor. Two presidents on their perils. With the security situation in his country steadily deteriorating, and Taliban activity on the rise, Afghan President Hamid Karzai...

At the Helm In the World's Hot Spots.(International; INTERVIEW)(Interview)
October 6, 2008... One faces a deadly insurgency, the other confronts a belligerent neighbor. Two presidents on their perils. The world is divided between those who admire Georgian President Saakashvili's valiant attempts to bring democracy to his country...

The Vices of Their Virtues.(Cover Story: Campaign 2008; CAMPAIGN 2008)(Cover story)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas; With Holly Bailey and Richard Wolffe John McCain's impetuosity is either thrilling or disturbing. Barack Obama's cool is either sober or detached. It's clear now how each would govern. October came...

Love Me, Love My Mix Tape.(Entertainment; MOVIES)(Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist)(Movie review)
October 6, 2008... Byline: David Ansen Think all teen movies are shallow? Meet 'Nick & Norah.' To anyone who grew up in the past three decades, it may seem as if Hollywood had been created to serve the youth market. Movies for, about and starring...

Flowers From Uncle Sam.(My Turn)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Heubeck; Heubeck lives in Baltimore. I'd hoped the federal stimulus check would allow me to splurge a little. But the family budget didn't. Every time I step outside to water the flowers on my front porch, I am...

'Ask Not What You Can Do For Barack Obama, Ask What Barack Obama Can Do For You'.(Campaign 2008; A LETTER TO MY GENERATION)(Column)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Darman Dear Young Americans: I won't tell you how special you are because you've heard it before. For the past nine months, the mainstream media have showered you with adulation. Before the Iowa caucuses, Barack...

The Books of John.(Campaign 2008; POLITICS)(John McCain)
October 6, 2008... McCain's editor on what he's learned from poring over a decade's worth of the senator's manuscripts. In the past 10 years, I've edited five books by John McCain and his longtime aide and collaborator, Mark Salter.aAt my urging, McCain and...

A Teachable Moment.(vice presidential debates)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Howard Fineman Vice presidential debates, like vice presidents, used to be low voltage. Now they are prime time, big time. Why? Two words: Dick Cheney. In 2000 and 2004, his debate performances (he played the calm, well-informed...

What If Obama Loses?(Campaign 2008; POLITICS)(Barack Obama)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Allison Samuels African-Americans thought he had no chance--then they started to believe. Now they fear defeat. If you had tuned in to "The Michael Baisden Show" early last year, you would probably have heard the host talking...

Time to Channel Cousin Frank.(Jonathan Alter; BEWTEEN THE LINES)(Franklin D. Roosevelt)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Alter McCain's answer to the charge he's impulsive: so was Teddy Roosevelt, and look how he turned out. John McCain wants us to think he's a man of character when he's actually just a character. There's a big...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
October 6, 2008... "If money isn't loosened up, this sucker could go down." President George W. Bush, watching nervously as negotiations on the federal bailout plan hit partisan snags after he'd asked for congressional bipartisanship "I didn't know you...

A Freddie Mac Money Trail Catches Up With McCain.(John McCain)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Michael Isikoff and Holly Bailey Few advisers in John McCain's inner circle inspire more loyalty from him than campaign manager Rick Davis. McCain and his wife, Cindy, credit the shrewd, and sometimes volatile, Republican insider...

Paulson's Goldmen.(Hank Paulson's financial advisors)(Brief article)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Mark Hosenball Critics of Henry Paulson's effort to put together a financial bailout worry that the Treasury secretary is getting too much of his advice from aides who were his colleagues at Goldman Sachs, where he was the CEO...

Saving Face Goes Sour.(Periscope; CHINA)(Fonterra's relationship with Sanlu Group)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Melinda Liu Could a New Zealand dairy trader have done more to prevent China's milk scandal? At press time, Sanlu Group milk products contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine had killed four babies, sickened 53,000 and...

Cracking the Highest Glass Ceiling.(Periscope; APPLES AND ORANGES)(similarities between Sarah Palin and Tzipi Livni)(Brief article)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Katie Baker History repeats itself, but not without a few wrinkles. We make the connections, then pick them apart. The Comparison Former lawyer Tzipi Livni is poised to become Israel's next prime minister, which would make...

Overlooked: The Littlest Evacuees.(Periscope; RECOVERY)(need for precise statistics on the number of children during disaster evacuation)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Sarah Kliff and Catharine Skipp Within hours of hurricane Ike's landfall in Texas, San Antonio officials had compiled precise statistics about their evacuee situation. They knew the city would need to care for 5,303 people (561 of...

First Great Debate Edition.(Periscope; CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WATCH)(Brief article)
October 6, 2008... Most popular YouTube video of the week: Katie Couric field-dressing Palin. Sometimes it takes a woman to expose a woman. Obama UP-Passes "presidential" test and stays loose in debate. Tie goes to the challenger. McCain...

Arguing Against the Atheists.(Periscope; BELIEF WATCH)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Lisa Miller Hitchens was cruising for a fight. Over and over, the priest expressed his sympathy and agreement. Sometimes I argue in my mind against the new generation of professional atheists, and the arguments go something...

A Nation, Glazed And Confused.(Periscope; PAGE TURNER)(Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Oscar Raymundo "Doughnuts," Homer Simpson once marveled. "Is there anything they can't do?" From one expert to another: In "Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut," anthropologist Paul Mullins traces the pastry from sweet-tooth...

The Slippery Art of Polling.(Sharon Begley; ON SCIENCE)(election polling method)(Column)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Sharon Begley Young cell-phone-only users prefer Obama by 35 points, almost triple the spread among landline users. If quantity fostered quality, this year's polls asking "McCain or Obama?" would be the best in history: polls...

From Clarence Thomas to Palin.(Dahlia Lithwick; THE VERDICT)(similarities between the supreme court justice and the Republican Party vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin)(Column)
October 6, 2008... Palin and Thomas are both casualties of an effort to create a country that measures diversity only in terms of appearance. When it comes to the perils of affirmative action, there's nobody as eloquent as Justice Clarence Thomas. In both his...

Saving the World for a Latte.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Keith Naughton and Daniel McGinn A startup is betting free coffees and groceries will encourage reluctant recyclers. It's trash day in Everett, Mass., and the streets are lined with garbage cans. But as a white truck rumbles...

To Postal Workers, No Mail Is 'Junk'.(Project Green)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Caitlin Mcdevitt With revenues falling, the post office owes its future to stuff we throw out. These are tough times for the U.S. Postal Service. It's being pummeled by high fuel costs. The soft economy is crimping the overall...

A Nudge Can Help.(Project Green)(Brief article)
October 6, 2008... Why energy costs need to be visible In "Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness," scholars Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein argue that by tinkering with the default choices and information given when people make...

So Where's the Epidemic?(divorce)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Kathleen Deveny; With Karen Springen The number of families in our position is actually much smaller than you might think. It's become a rite of each school year, a masochistic little ritual that I can't resist. As soon as my...

The Verdict: A Legend.(Culture; PAUL NEWMAN, 1925-2008)(In memoriam)
October 6, 2008... Byline: David Ansen Paul Newman played a lot of antiheroes, but his cool charm made viewers love him all the same. When Paul Newman turned 70, I asked him about the pros and cons of aging. "What's difficult about getting old," he said,...

Education, the Song of Hope.(Turning Point)(a charitable foundation created by the author to help finance the education of underprivileged children in Colombia)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Shakira; Shakira has sold more than 50 million albums; her next is slated for release in the spring. How going from middle class to poor as a child set Shakira on a mission. Often you don't know what you have until you lose it....

Best Organics for the Buck.(The Tip Sheet; FOOD)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Karen Springen Fewer Americans are buying organic. The number of people who regularly consume organic food and drinks dropped from 25 percent to 22 percent in the last year, according to a new report from consultant NPD Group. With...

Which Is Better?(The Tip Sheet; NUTRITION QUIZ)(nutritional content of General Mills' Lucky Charms Low-Fat Granola bar)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Tina Peng Sugary cereal enriched with marshmallows in the shape of rainbows and pots of gold, or crunchy granola cereal with raisins sprinkled throughout? If your first instinct is to reach for the granola, think again. Compared...

Should You Go Generic?(The Tip Sheet; DRUGS)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Mary Carmichael A new study says Medicare patients prefer cheap generic drugs only when they're footing the bill themselves--when government pays, they want brand names. Recent news may shed some light on why: the FDA is...

The Leadership Lid.(Anna Quindlen; THE LAST WORD)(women's leadership)(Column)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Anna Quindlen One of the greatest natural resources in America is going underused. And she may be sitting right at the next desk. Years ago someone referred to me as a show pony, trotted out to prove a point. It was at some...

A Lawyer's New Jefferson Memorial.(Entertainment; RACE)(Annette Gordon-Reed)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Jennie Yabroff The next chapter in the Hemings saga When she was in first grade, Annette Gordon-Reed made history. Although Brown v. Board of Education had passed a decade earlier, the school district of Conroe, Texas, where...

The Titanic's Last Secret.(Entertainment; CULTURE)(Book review)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Jeneen Interlandi All along, the shipbuilders knew the hull was weak. The Titanic sank into the North Atlantic 97 years ago. Since then, as Harvard historian Steven Biel quipped, "Only Jesus and the Civil War have been written...

It Takes Power to Cut the Cord.(Daniel Lyons; TECHTONIC SHIFTS)(Lilliputian Systems' development of a charger for smart phones using fuel cells)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Daniel Lyons 'Batteries are holding back the portable revolution,' says the CEO of a firm that's developing an answer: a pocket-size fuel cell. My new 3g iPhone is a wonderful device, but it has one very serious short-coming....

The New Fixers.(Business)(comparison between the 1907 and 2008 financial crises in the United States)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Daniel Gross In 1907, one man saved us from financial collapse. Today it takes a troika. "This is the place to stop this trouble!" J. P. Morgan said on the afternoon of Oct. 23, 1907. After the failure of several trust...

Trouble Beyond the Emergency Bailout.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 13, 2008... 'Big Government to the Rescue': Readers were clearly frustrated by the struggling economy and political gridlock over the bailout. "Washington is stumbling blindly through an economic minefield while we watch helplessly from the sidelines," one...

The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)(analysis of the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin)(Editorial)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Jon Meacham Let us stipulate this right off: Sarah Palin won her debate with Joe Biden. She won, it is true, by not imploding, but a win is a win. Though the polls have given the evening to Biden on substance, Palin, after her...

The Fall of America, Inc.(International; BUSINESS)(Viewpoint essay)
October 13, 2008... Along with some of Wall Street's most storied firms, a certain vision of capitalism has collapsed. How we restore faith in our brand. The implosion of America's most storied investment banks. The vanishing of more than a trillion dollars in...

The Age of Bloomberg.(Fareed Zakaria; WORLD VIEW)(Viewpoint essay)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Fareed Zakaria It's a time to figure out what works, not what ideological mantras to keep repeating. America's financial crisis has allowed all sorts of people--from British trade unionists to Asian central bankers to France's...

Best and the Brightest.(Future of Energy; THE FUTURE OF ENERGY)(Interview)
October 13, 2008... A Tennessee congressman says with the energy crisis we face another Sputnik moment. It sometimes seems as if the days of ambitious government science programs, like the Apollo space missions or the Manhattan Project, have ended. But Rep....

'Our Activities Are Legal'.(International; INTERVIEW)(Manouchehr Mottaki)(Interview)
October 13, 2008... Iran's foreign minister praises Washington for sending an envoy to talks, but remains defiant. In New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Iran's tough-talking Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki sat down with NEWSWEEK's Lally...

This (Illegal) American Life.(My Turn)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Maria E. Andreu; Andreu lives in Leonia, N.J. I may not look like an undocumented alien, but until the age of 18 that's just what I was. When the pundits began to tear into undocumented immigrants last summer, using terms like...

The Palin Problem.(Cover Story: Politics)(Sarah Palin)(Essay)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Jon Meacham; With Holly Bailey, Karen Breslau, Suzanne Smalley, Michael Isikoff and Sarah Kliff Yes, she won the debate by not imploding. But governing requires knowledge, and mindless populism is just that--mindless. The...

Good Luck to the Next Guy.(Howard Fineman; LIVING POLITICS)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Howard Fineman At the zenith of his presidency, George W. Bush wore a flight suit-- but now he's leaving his successor in a straitjacket. As the presidential candidates tout their plans for the future, it's easy to overlook the...

Name That Economy!(Nation; THE BIG IDEA)(Viewpoint essay)
October 13, 2008... The new system might best be called regulatory capitalism. Or life-jacket capitalism. Or Rube Goldberg capitalism. At the beginning of the century, when the United States briefly contemplated the prospect of paying off its national debt,...

Biden's Unified Theory of Biden.(Campaign 2008; POLITICS)(Joe Biden)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Alter At a Wilmington coffee shop, the veep nominee falls off the tight-lipped wagon. Joe Biden was so disciplined during the vice presidential debate, so brief (under five minutes!) in his speech bidding farewell to...

Palin, McCain and the Weeks Ahead.(Nation; POLITICS)(Sarah Palin, John McCain)(Viewpoint essay)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Karl Rove; Rove, the former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President Bush, is a NEWSWEEK Contributor. Palin's ties to 'everyday Americans' aren't an argument for her candidacy. But let's treat her ability to inspire...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)
October 13, 2008... "Dad, keep it short. We're in formation." Beau Biden, son of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, offering advice before the Democratic vice-presidential nominee's send-off speech to his son and other members of the National Guard as they prepared for...

Obama's 'Good Will' Hunting.(Periscope; CAMPAIGN 2008)(Barack Obama)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Michael Isikoff The Obama campaign has shattered all fund-raising records, raking in $458 million so far, with about half the bounty coming from donors who contribute $200 or less. Aides say that's an illustration of a truly...

The Mystery Spy Master.(Periscope; PAKISTAN)(Ahmed Shuja Pasha)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Mark Hosenball As Pakistan copes with a spate of terrorist violence and political unrest, Bush administration officials worry that they know too little about the man who was just appointed to lead the Muslim nation's sprawling spy...

An Apparent Flip-Flop On Gay Rights.(Periscope; PALIN)(Sarah Palin)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Karen Breslau Watching the vice presidential debate, you might have gotten the impression that Sarah Palin supports civil rights for same-sex couples. During an exchange on the topic, both she and Joe Biden said they oppose gay...

Whoever Hired This Guy is a Moron.(Periscope; THE DIGNITY INDEX)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... A mathematical survey of dubious behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low you can go. A minor offense, to be sure, but PBS's Gwen Ifill should've shared her plans for a book about Obama and black politicians prior to...

Wanted: A Bundle of Joy.(Periscope; ADOPTION)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Pat Wingert If Brangelina is any indication, American interest in adopting foreign children is stronger than ever. So why is the United States adopting fewer of them? According to early projections by the State Department, foreign...

Palin Gets Through It.(Periscope; CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WATCH)(Sarah Palin)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... The V.P. debate was the most anticipated matchup since Patriots-Giants. No game-changing fumbles but won't change many minds. Palin UP-Did she clear (ankle-high) bar? Darn tootin'! But Joe Six-Pack might want some gravitas. Biden...

Big Bailout Edition.(Periscope; A CW LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... Congress turned a three-page plan into a 451-page porkfest. But at least it actually did something. Wall St. SIDEWAYS-Bailout finally passes, but too late to save second homes from foreclosure. Main St. SIDEWAYS-Credit crunch trickles...

Where The Streets Have Two Names.(Periscope; ENOUGH ALREADY)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Devin Gordon In politics, every crisis gets its own cliche, and the near collapse of the U.S. financial system has already spawned a groaner: the false dichotomy pitting "Wall Street" versus "Main Street." Whenever Barack Obama and...

An Aviator's Final Flight.(Periscope; CLOSURE)(Steve Fossett)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Jesse Ellison In the mass-media age, news stories captivate us, then vanish. We revisit those stories to bring you the next chapter. STARTING POINT ON Sept. 3, 2007, record-setting adventurer Steve Fossett, 63, takes off...

A Salve for Slumping CEOs.(Periscope; ECONOMY)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Andrew Murr Feeling blue because you're an embattled CEO getting blamed for bringing down the U.S. economy? Jerry Levin feels your pain. The deposed Time Warner chairman, who oversaw the disastrous 2000 merger with AOL, is now the...

A Poet For Poet Haters.(Periscope; WORTH YOUR TIME)(Clive James)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Katie Baker In Britain, Clive James is known as a Union Jack of all trades: TV presenter, critic, radio host, novelist. He's also been churning out poems for the past 50 years, but by his own admission, the designation of "proper...

A Battle Over Billy Graham.(Periscope; RELIGION)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Lisa Miller The Evangelist Billy Graham turns 90 next month, and in this final chapter of his life, a number of laudatory books and movies are scheduled for release. One of these, a biopic called "Billy: The Early Years," arrives...

Neil Burger.(Periscope; A LIFE IN MOVIES)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... The writer-director of "The Illusionist" returns with a new film, "The Lucky Ones," about three Iraq War vets back at home. His picks: My Five Most Important Movies 1. "Dr. Strangelove." Kubrick's hilarious, frightening classic. The...

One Smart Book About Number Two.(Periscope; PAGE TURNER)(Brief article)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Samantha Henig It may not be fodder for dinner discussion. Or book clubs. Or, come to think of it, polite conversation of any kind. But journalist Rose George, author of "The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste...

Drop That Corn Dog, Doctor.(Periscope; HEALTH MATTERS)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Claudia Kalb If doctors aren't making wise choices about their health, what kind of message are they sendingtheir patients? I'm not naive when it comes to doctors' diets. I've seen M.D.s eat cookies in hospital cafeterias and...

Is This A Replay of 1929?(Robert J. Samuelson; JUDGMENT CALLS)(Viewpoint essay)
October 13, 2008... Byline: Robert J. Samuelson Unlike during the Great Depression the government is now a huge part of the economy. And officials have moved quickly, if clumsily, to contain the crisis. Watching the slipping economy and Congress's epic...

Obama's Other Pastor.(Society; RELIGION)(Barack Obama, Kirbyjon Caldwell )
October 13, 2008... Byline: Lisa Miller Conservative, outspoken, and Houston born, this preacher and Bush friend is backing Barack. In the early summer of 2000, the Houston megachurch pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell got a phone call that would change his life....