Does Might Make It Right?
With his aggressive military doctrine, Bush is asking for too much trust

So Much for the Mystique (Nation/Election 2002)

Brother, Where Art Thou?
Former NBA center Bison Dele sailed to the end of the earth to start a new life. It wasn't far enough


Can McDonald's Shape Up?
Will a broader menu and spiffy new digs get the burger giant on track?

Tastier, Plusher — and Fast


Hit The O-Spot For Out-of-Body
Had an out-of-body experience? Scientists believe they know why

Did The Earth Have A Ring?

Fighting Cancer From Within

Not in My Back Bay
Everybody likes the idea of windmills, but nobody wants to live near them — not even in Massachusetts

Not in My Back Bay


Is 60 Too Old? (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/On the Job)
It is for airline pilots, says the FAA. But some pilots are challenging the agency's retirement rule

Big Easy Bonanza (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Travel)
From kitschy to upscale, antiques are in abundance in New Orleans

Home Free (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Turning Points)
Edward Albee tells how fleeing his family was the best thing he ever did


Failures of Intelligence

Bush's Furor Over Der Fuhrer

Numbers (Notebook/MILESTONES)

Verbatim

Miracle-Diet Ads Lie? Well, Duh! (Essay)
Did we really need a two-year federal study to warn us about that?

Cow x 2

Doubts About Buffalo

Economist Layoffs

Hussein's to Blame — Again

Political Reality: Can TV Make a President?

Letters (Letters)

Inspections: Can They Work This Time? (IRAQ/WEAPONS INSPECTIONS)
Bush hoped his call for arms monitors would give the U.S. cover for a war. Here's how Saddam will try to use them to avoid one

Arafat's Last Stand?
As the walls crumble around Palestine's old soldier, his friends grow fewer and fewer

An Unruly Backwater Tries Going Straight (World/letter from Yemen)
Disturbed by links to terror, Yemen flirts with order

Accounted for, at Last
North Korea admits it abducted Japanese citizens to help train its spies and says some are still alive


Beck Gets (Kind of) Blue (music)
With a revealing new album of mournful ballads, the fusion king reveals a whole different side

A Prince of a Pitcher (Arts/Books)
A new biography of Sandy Koufax suggests the Dodger great was stellar on and off the mound


Bob Greene Gets Spiked (press)
The strange fall of a veteran columnist whose private life could not live up to his public voice


Boy in Vogue (Arts/FASHION)
Zac Posen is fashion's newest fling. Will he survive his success?

High Spirits (Arts/Movies)
Japan offers the year's most enthralling cartoon feature

Polishing Up the Badge (Arts/TELEVISION)
This fall oodles of police dramas give a tried, true but tired genre a mostly superficial make-over

A Frenzy of Renown (The Arts/BOOKS)
In Zadie Smith's new novel, fame substitutes for religion — and witty concepts for emotional heft

Where Is the Love? (The Arts/MOVIES)
Hollywood's passion for romantic comedies is on the wane. Here's why the genre has been jilted

Full-Monty Fever (The Arts/THEATER)
Female nudity? Ho-hum. Now it's the guys who are baring it all in an effort to shock stage audiences


Adding On (Personal Time/CELL PHONES)

Marriage Can Be Catching (Personal Time/COUPLES THERAPY)

Give it a Fig (Personal Time/IN SEASON)

Government Run but Still Fun (Personal Time/TRAVEL FOR THE REST OF US)

What to Do About Listeria (Personal Time/YOUR HEALTH)
A mysterious outbreak of food poisoning has killed at least a dozen, but there's no need to panic

What Breed of Dog Are You? (Personal Time/YOUR TECHNOLOGY)
Personality tests are booming online. Some are deadly serious; the rest are good for laughs