Finding A Winning Tune (Nation/Election 2002)
Republicans are better off if the election is about terror and George Bush. Democrats would rather croon about anything else

A Florida Vote=A Mess (Nation/Election 2002)
But the big news after the latest fiasco is that a Democratic novice may have a shot against Jeb Bush


Against All The Odds
Christopher Reeve, in a visit with TIME, tells how he is regaining control of his body, one finger at a time

Maid To Order (Technology)
A little robot called Roomba vacuums your house while you lounge by the pool. Is this the beginning of the end?

Meanwhile, in the Lab...


Middlesex (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
By Jeffrey Eugenides

Secretary (The Arts/Short Takes/Movies)
Directed by Steven Shainberg

The Banger Sisters (The Arts/Short Takes/Movies)
Directed by Bob Dolman

Demolition (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Ryan Adams

Voyage To India (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
India.Arie

Firefly (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
Fox, Fridays, 8 p.m. E.T.

Push (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
NEVADA ABC, Thursdays, 9 p.m. E.T. (preview, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 9 p.m. E.T.)

The Kids Stay in the Picture (At Lunch With Rory and Kieran Culkin)

A Few Words to Die By (The Arts/Books)
In Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk's Latest Novel, An Angry Man Discovers A Killer Rhyme — And Uses It

Kids Are Us! (The Arts/Books)

Look Back In Angst (The Arts/Television)
This fall the networks bet that anxious viewers will take refuge in nostalgia. What does it say about post-9/11 America if the cold war now seems cozy?


One Bush's War and Remembrance

Anything to avoid an F

On Edge

Playing the U.N. Card

School's In: Yoga's Out?

The Kennedy Update

Toronto, A Year Later

Verbatim

The Recalcitrant Ally

Letters (Letters)

The Forgotten War
Patrolling the skies over Iraq for the past 11 years has given U.S. pilots plenty of practice for a bigger war


Stop! And Say Cheese (Law)
Wilmington Police Are Snapping Pictures Of People In High-Crime Areas And Taking Names. Is This Legal?


Prostate Cancer: Cut or Wait? (Personal Time/Your Health)
New evidence tips the balance toward surgical intervention. But you still may not live longer

Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)

All Together Now (Personal Time/Your Lifestyle)

My Chicago (Personal Time/Your Lifestyle)
Chicago correspondent Wendy Cole gives us insider tips on the best places to go for:

Now, Stop Procrastinating (Personal Time/Your Lifestyle)

The Next Gourmet Item: Salt (Personal Time/Your Lifestyle)

Curing the Late-Payment Blues (Personal Time/Your Money)
Mortgage foreclosures are at record highs. The good news: lenders are willing to help bail you out

Get Rid Of Housing Stocks? (Personal Time/Your Money)


Exporting to Survive (TIME Global Business/Tech Start-Ups)
With U.S. customers in a crunch, new telecom firms go abroad for business

The No-Payment Plan (TIME Global Business/E-Commerce)
Thousands of young Indonesians commit cyberfraud for fun and profit

World Beaters (TIME Global Business/World Beaters)
Qantas' chairwoman; Wal-Mart's youngest exec; a Bollywood producer; Gap's new head; Nestle's acquiring CEO

When You Absolutely, Positively Don't Want It Stolen (TIME Global Business/E-Commerce)
Shippers and merchants fight back against credit-card and postal fraud

Dublin Calling (TIME Global Business/The Global Life)
Americans are flocking to Ireland for business — and discovering the pleasures of its green, gentle capital

Bet on Greed (TIME Global Business)
Buying fallen tech and financial stocks, insiders may be calling a market bottom

Very Small Business (TIME Global Business/Nanotechnology)
Nanotech is quietly seeping into everything from stain-resistant khakis to cancer drugs

Global Briefing (TIME Global Business/Global Briefing)
Investing in vice; Frank Gehry does Cleveland; secrets of high-earning women; deluxe bus travel for execs