Table of Contents

10 QUESTIONS: Dan Glickman 8

LETTERS 11

NOTEBOOK

CIA Failures The Senate weighs in; presidential hair; Chinese whistle-blower 17

MILESTONES 22

IN THE ARENA: Joe Klein says Bush's toughest opponent is reality 25

COVER

TICKET TO RIDE An exclusive gallery of images from the first days of the Kerry-Edwards campaign by TIME photographer Diana Walker 28

RUNNING MATE: How Kerry chose, and what it says about him 34

CAMPAIGN DYNAMIC: A TIME poll shows how close a race it is 36

THE ECONOMY: Is the glass half full, or half empty? 41

LONG SHOT: The unlikely tale of a kid from up-country Carolina 46

LEGAL STAR: How Edwards became a wunderkind trial lawyer 48

ELIZABETH EDWARDS: She keeps her husband down-to-earth 50

WORLD

BAGHDAD BLUES For one typical family, each day is an ordeal marked by hardship and the terrifying threat of violence 53

KIDNAPPING IN IRAQ: It has become a business--and there's a method to getting hostages freed 56

BUSINESS

ENRON AGAIN The case against former CEO Ken Lay: How much did he know about his company's book-cooking schemes? 62

SPORT

EXTREME SURFING Thrill seekers are using technology to search the world for the ultimate challenge: finding and riding a 100-ft. wave 64

SCIENCE

HEALTHY STRESS Some kinds can actually boost your immune system 68

HIV: Thailand's successful defense against the virus is slipping 69

RELIGION

GONE BUST An Oregon archdiocese declares bankruptcy in the wake of sex-abuse lawsuits 71

ARTS

FORGET LITERATURE Summer's the time for trashy novels. Here's our Top 10 list 72

ENTOURAGE: HBO's latest sitcom is no breakthrough, but it's fun 76

YOUR TIME

LIFESTYLE: Quinceaneras go mainstream; Roomba improved 83

HEALTH: A hidden epidemic of wheat allergy; new appendix scan 85

PEOPLE: Elvis' granddaughter; Hollywood Mormons 89

ESSAY: Why movie sequels are nothing to sneer at 90

COVER: Photograph for TIME by Gregory Heisler