Vol. 145 No. 2, September - September 2012
Index
- America's challenges.
- Americas's challenges.
- Barack Obama.
- Mitt Romnney.
- Cartoon analysis.
- Juveniles & crime.
- Photo analysis.
- Teacher's edition.
- Clear blue waters?
- Soccer smarts.
- Don't discount your fractions.
- Mona Lisa's bones?
- The Comback Cube.
- $280,000.
- 132.
- 17'7".
- 36%.
- 40%.
- A star bison is born.
- The first 'OMG'?
- Sugar wars: to combat obesity, New York City wants to ban the sale of large sugary drinks. Is your diet the government's business?
- Crime & punishment: the Supreme Court recently struck down mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles. The ruling signals a shift in how the law treats young offenders.
- The 30 second campaign: even in the Internet era, TV ads still play an enormous role in presidential elections. Can they be trusted?
- 10 things you need to know about the Middle East Part 2: everyone has a hard time understanding the world's most volatile and complicated region. Here are the basics from Ethan Bronner, former Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times.
- The Cuban missile crisis: fifty years ago next month, the U.S. and the Soviet Union came dangerously close to nuclear war.
- How can I get my friend to stop cheating?
- Cartoons.
- Is it time to end affirmative action? The Supreme Court is set to rule on the use of racial preferences in college admissions.