Vol. 143 No. 7, December 2010
Index
- Cartoon analysis.
- Game show: statements to read: correct response.
- Photo analysis.
- Teacher's edition.
- Teenage smokers.
- But can she dunk?
- From Paris to Amman.
- Chocolate, unwrapped.
- Did Lucy eat steak?
- Google takes the wheel.
- $17.25 million.
- 101.
- 24%.
- 4,000.
- 75%.
- Required reading: Stalin's horrors.
- Tweetinq from Everest.
- Hard knocks: head injuries among football players are rising and the after-effects are more serious than previously thought. Is football just too dangerous?
- Targeting tobacco: cigarette packages will soon come with graphic warning labels meant to shock smokers. Will they prevent teens from getting hooked?
- What's your religion IQ? Many Americans get an 'F' when it comes to their knowledge of religion. Take this quiz to see what you know.
- Rising son: North Korea is one the most isolated, repressive, and dangerous nations in the world. Soon, its ailing dictator may hand over power to his mysterious 20-something son.
- 1991: the war before the war: the Persian Gulf War, launched 20 years ago next month, helped shape America's involvement in the Middle East today.
- World War I ends--again: the fighting stopped in 1918, but it took another 92 years for Germany to pay off the reparations.
- Prescription pain medications: just because a doctor prescribes them doesn't mean they are safe to abuse.
- As spell-check replaces proofreading, students learn the hard way that mistakes can really matter.
- The Ethicist: life's full of questions; he's got answers.
- Is the health care law good for the nation? President Obama says the new law will reform a broken system, but its unpopularity with some voters contributed to Democratic losses in the House and Senate in last month's midterm elections.
- [Cartoon].