Vol. 171 No. 9
COVER
A visit from George Clooney, home handyman and the last true movie star
NATION
For the first time in memory, Lone Star liberals will cast a crucial vote in a national race. Inside the Democratic challengers' battle to win the most blue votes in a very red state
Changing the Script (The Well / Campaign '08)
His independence, a liability in the GOP primaries, may be his biggest strength in November. How John McCain plans to win
ESSAY
A forum in Qatar illustrates the challenges that await the next U.S. President in the Middle East
Courting Joe Six-Pack (Commentary)
The Democrats may seem divided along class lines, but it's actually the Republicans who need to worry
Wanted: Someone to Play God
Science has given us childbirth miracles. Now we need laws to create some boundaries
NOTEBOOK
Numbers
Washington Memo (Briefing)
The Kosovo Test (Briefing / The Moment)
Why only half the world welcomes a new Balkan independence day
Briefing
Verbatim
The Page (Briefing / The Page)
Campaign Insider. It's good to be Barack Obama's national field director
WORLD
With Fidel Castro finally fading from the scene, his brother and heir Raúl has a golden opportunity to take the country on a new path to freedom. The U.S. can help--if it is prepared to break some shackles of its own
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Psst! Exercise is good for you. Knew that already? So do most of us, yet we still do nothing about it. Here's why
SOCIETY
Dave Arnold doesn't shout "Eureka!" when he cooks, but he could
Exposing the Credit-Card Fine Print (Finance)
Hidden credit-card charges and soaring interest rates have consumers steamed. And Congress is finally listening
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Nations want their looted art returned. Great museums want to keep the treasures. Is there a right way to divide the past?
(Arts: Antiquities - Downtime / Downtime)
5 Things You Should Know About. Classics are remade, from Beowulf to old films to Thriller
PEOPLE
He's a multi-aliased rapper, an actor and a fashion mogul, and his intense turn as an ambivalent striver in the TV-movie adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun airs Feb. 25 on ABC. Sean Combs will now take your questions
TO OUR READERS
Journalists are supposed to inform readers about the issues, not sway their votes. So why do newspapers still endorse candidates?
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Dutch electronics giant Philips wants to make itself easier to manage
Brazil's Behemoth (Global Business: Corporate Strategy - Mining And Metals / Mining and Metals)
Vale do Rio Doce, once a state-owned slacker, has played the commodities boom brilliantly
Business Books
Web icon Seth Godin loves to chide big outfits for their indigestible online marketing. His message: Stop adapting and start reinventing