Making Themselves Feel Right at Home (Letter From Bagram Air Base)
A new campaign against al-Qaeda has allied forces digging in for a long stay

10 Questions For Jesse Ventura (Interview)

How Green Is The White House? (Politics)
It's greener than the environmentalists admit. But it still rolls out the red carpet for corporations. Here's how


The French Rejection
Employees and investors turn against Messier's Vivendi media empire. Can Barry Diller help?


Pedophilia (Society)
Why do some people want to touch kids? What can we do about it? What happens to the victims? Everything you always wanted to know about one of society's worst taboos — but were too angry to ask

Seen This Show Before? (Crime)
Robert Blake's arrest eerily echoes the O.J. Simpson case, but this time the L.A.P.D. wants to get it right

The Thin Line Between Love and Lust (Society)
Men who serve boys and men who abuse them have some things in common

Why Hybrids Are Hot (Technology)
Cars that run on both gas and electricity are finally catching on. TIME takes the newest models out for a spin

The Vatican Finally Speaks Up (Society)

What to Say to Your Kids (Society)
Parents should view sexual abuse as an issue that the whole family is concerned about

When The War Hits Home
America's mediation efforts aren't working, and the lethal exchanges between Israelis and Palestinians show no signs of letting up. Amid the machismo of wartime, MOTHERS on both sides struggle to keep their families and themselves intact in the face of the grief and hatred. These are their stories.

Children of the Holocaust (Global Agenda)
Why do so many Europeans reject America's view of the Middle East?

How Images of Death Became Must-See TV (Letter From Cairo)
A TIME reporter visits al-Jazeera's viewers and finds a flowing pipeline of anger


Hollywood's New Flavor (At Lunch With Charlie Kaufman)

Laughter in the Dark (The Arts/Books)
Jonathan Safran Foer's dazzling debut novel sheds a comic light on history's shadowy secrets

Part Devil, Part Angel (The Arts/Books)
Robert Caro's massive and magisterial Master of the Senate charts Lyndon Johnson's cunning rise

Revenge Served Cold (The Arts/Movies)
The Salton Sea is ambitious but needlessly dark

Deep-Fried, Honey-Dipped (The Arts/Music)
Southern rap--some real, some real corny


Avon Calling (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Passions)
Just as he was about to retire from editing, Herman Gollob fell in love--with Shakespeare

Mojave Modern (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Time Traveler)
Sunny, sandy Palm Springs is an oasis of retro-cool Modernist architecture

Bond Aid (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Turning Point)
At 71, the man who played 007 has a new mission: helping the children


The Pros and Cons of Botox (Personal Time/Your Health)
Just because the FDA has approved the anti-wrinkle shots doesn't mean that they're for you

Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)

The Browser That Roared (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Enter Mozilla, Web-surfing software by the people, for the people. Has Microsoft met its match?

Your Technology (Personal Time/Your Technology)