Vol. 140 No. 10, February 2008
Index
- Africa: rich and poor.
- Game show.
- Political cartoon.
- Mayans celebrate.
- Saving the planet in style.
- Tutoring goes global.
- Why fido is living large.
- $12,106.
- $300 billion.
- 40.
- 54%.
- 800%.
- A best--cellular list?
- Dollars that jingle.
- Merging two traditions.
- Dateline: Baghdad: husband-and-wife correspondents for The Times in Iraq fear for each other's safety as roadside bombs explode and young soldiers die.
- Iraq: what will the next president do? American officers on the ground in Iraq aren't sure that any of the candidates have realistic plans for how to move forward.
- Why the world is watching: the race for the White House always generates interest overseas, but this year's campaign has people all over the globe paying extra close attention.
- No I.D. no vote? Is requiring a photo I.D. a reasonable measure against fraud, or a deterrent to voting? The Supreme Court is Iikely to decide this spring.
- Dollar doldrums: for much of the world, America is on sale--and foreigners are snapping up bargains. But what does the "weak dollar" really mean, and how does its "fall" affect us?
- 1968 the my Lai massacre: forty years ago, in one of the lowest points of the Vietnam War, U.S. troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilians and the Army tried to cover it up.
- Slackers, beware! That fat envelope is conditional. If your grades drop, some colleges won't hesitate to take it back.
- Earth will survive. Will we? What is our responsibility to future generations?
- Should we elect the president by popular vote? After hundreds of attempts to abolish Electoral College, opponents are promoting a plan to work around it.
- Cartoons.