Vol. 169 No. 22
COVER
still begging him to run
Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason
"Why do reason, logic and truth seem to play a diminished role in the way America now makes important decisions?," writes Al Gore in his new book
ESSAY
He came across as forceful and elegantly deflected the attacks from the other Republicas
Pro-Choice Convictions Overturned (Commentary)
Giuliani and Romney are taking torturous paths to dispatch with their pesky abortion beliefs
Jerry's Kids
Where Falwell preached division, a new generation seeks common ground
WORLD
Once the fanciest place in Iraq, Mansour is now one of the most dangerous. Can the surge save it?
SOCIETY
The Lavender Heart of Texas (Life: Society - Education - Fashion / Society)
How once conservative Dallas has quietly become one of the nation's most gay-friendly cities
NOTEBOOK
Global Note (Dashboard)
Verbatim
Numbers
Family Values and Immigration (Briefing / Dashboard)
The State of Divorce: You May Be Surprised (Dashboard)
Oath of Loyalty (Briefing / The Moment)
How illegal wiretapping connects with the U.S. Attorney scandal
Pakistani Power Sharing? (Dashboard)
Co-Belligerent
Milestones
Nation Building (Dashboard)
Newsreel (Dashboard)
Lawyer Liable? (Dashboard)
BUSINESS
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Brides seeking elegant simplicity find it in Ethiopian designer Amsale Aberra's chic gowns
The Education of A Comic Prodigy (Arts: Movies - Books - Downtime / Movie)
How Seth Rogen became summer's leading man
The Kite Runner Author Returns Home (Arts: Movies - Books - Downtime / Books)
What happened after Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini finally returned to Afghanistan
(Arts: Movies - Books - Downtime / Downtime)
What you should see, what you should skip--and what you won't be able to avoid
Officeworkers Need a Springsteen Too (Arts: Movies - Books - Downtime / Culture Complex)
Pop singers love blue collars. But who heralds the heartbreak in the cubicles?
PEOPLE
A dismal loss in Tasmania yanked the outspoken, "bootylicious" tennis star out of a funk. Having won the Australian Open, she's powered up for the French
10 Questions for Don Cheadle
In Hotel Rwanda, he portrayed a hero who fought genocide. Now the Darfur activist and co-author of a new book, Not on Our Watch, is trying to halt another horror. Don Cheadle will now take your questions
Moore in The E.R. (The Well / Interview)
France, with Jeffrey Kluger
SPECIAL SECTION
With a million users and a payroll of eight, software sensation 37signals excels by doing more with less
Heavy Hitter (Global Business / Energy)
Alexander Medvedev, the hockey-playing deputy head of Gazprom, isn't afraid to slam opponents into the boards
Altitude Adjustment (Global Business / Airlines)
Long delays and jammed airports knock India's soaring airline industry back down to earth