Vol. 167 No. 4

SPORT

Rebel on the Edge (2006 Olympics)
Bode Miller, skiing's wild child, is willful, thoughtful and the most exciting show on snow

Shani Davis: He's Fire on Ice--and Off It (2006 Olympics)

Mavericks On Board (2006 Olympics)

WORLD

Who Are You Calling A Bush Lover? (Letter From Canada)
A conservative is poised to lead liberal Canada. How did he get this far?

Slamming Its Doors on the World
As Iran confronts the West over nukes, its leaders are patrolling the Web to silence critics at home

Israel's Quiet Crisis
The handover of power has been smooth, but disarray in the Palestinian territories will create new problems for Ariel Sharon's successor

SCIENCE

Why Are These Frogs Croaking? (Environment)
Massive die-offs in the American tropics are an early warning of the effects of global warming

Balding, Wrinkled, and Stoned (Health)
The '60s are gone, but for some baby boomers, the drugs aren't. A guide to the cost of a 40-year high

NOTEBOOK

Numbers

No Changing His Stripes

The Blunt Instruments of War

Getting Over Alito

Blogwatch

The FBI Gets Tough

Verbatim

Milestones

Punchlines

FEMA Still Fiddles

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

A Spa for Him Too (Time Bonus Section February 2006: Generations)
Couples spa resorts are the latest rage. Here's why the two of you should share a mud bath

Cold Shoulder (Time Bonus Section February 2006: Generations)
How Bush is alienating many older Americans, and what that means for the coming midterm vote

Passion Play (Time Bonus Section February 2006: Generations)
Gail Sheehy's latest tells how women can spice their sex life

New Roles for Two of Our Favorites (From The Editor)

NATION

Can This Elephant Be Cleaned Up?
The Republicans hope Tom DeLay's successor will repair their reputation, but the stink of the lobbying scandal clings hard to the G.O.P.

Jack Abramoff's $10,000 Question (Quid Pro Quo?)

Whose Recovery Is It? (After The Flood)
people. How happy they will be is another question

6 Ways to Fix K street (Reform)

BUSINESS

The Next Energy Crisis?
How the natural-gas shortage is hurting the economy--and what it will do to your heating bills

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Trouble With Memoirs (Books)
An author is accused of making up key parts of his best-selling life story. Does truth really matter?

Nobody Used the Big One (Books)
A major American historian revisits the global struggle between communism and the West

Let the Revolution Begin (Movies)
For Hollywood, Bubble means trouble: a new way of releasing films. Oh, and the movie's good too

6 Choice Imports To Catch (Television)
TV is an American cash crop, but these shows make the case for free trade

YOUR TIME

Is Bird Flu Overhyped? (Health)

Doctor's Orders (Health)

5,000 Channels: TV On The Internet (Technology)
Television content has come to the Web. It's still not very easy to find or use, but there are lots of classics, and you get to watch what you want, when you want. Here's what's playing on a monitor near you

PEOPLE

People

10 Questions for Emma Thompson (Interview)

Q&A Albert Brooks

LETTERS

Read the story

ESSAY

We Don't Need a New King George
How can the President interpret the law as if it didn't apply to him?