Vol. 140 No. 8, January 2008
Index
- A flying palace.
- Anti-crime outfit.
- Breaking the Neanderthal Stereotype.
- Marauding monkeys.
- School menus go on a diet.
- Boys vs. bulls.
- Lather, rinse, donate.
- Numbers in the news.
- * Arctic Meltdown: the polar ice cap may be shrinking much faster than scientist thought.
- 16 candles and a ballot?: Almost 40 years after the U.S. lowered the voting age to 18, there's talk of letting 16- and 17-year-old go to the polls.
- 'Old enough to fight, old enough to vote': the 26th amendment.
- The new citizenship test: could you pass?: the test for becoming an American is about to get a lot harder.
- Do you have a right to "bear arms"?: in the more than 200 years since the adoption of the Bill of Rights, the Supreme Court has never ruled on what the Second Amendment really means. But that may be about to change.
- Democracy: if Vladimir Putin gives up the presidency but holds on to power, is Russia really a democracy?
- The Middle East: can the U.S. deliver peace? with a push from President Bush, Israel and the Palestinians have committed to finalizing a peace treaty this year.
- Cash for graduates: should students--and adults--get paid just to do the right thing? New York City is giving the idea a try.
- FDR: how he changed America--and still affects your life today: no President has had as great an impact on everyday rife in America today as , who took office 75 years ago this spring.
- Should the U.S. bring back the draft? Two Congressmen, both veterans, on whether a volunteer military or conscription makes more sense.
- Keeping America competitive: why the U.S. needs to attract and keep the world's first-round intellectual draft choices.
- Hitting the campaign trail: Iowa state freshman Logan Pals spent much of the fall volunteering for Mitt Romney's campaign in Iowa.
- Cartoons.