How The Wedge Issues Cut
A campaign about Iraq and jobs abruptly shifts to the fraught territory of God, gays and guns. But will the values debate help Republicans this year?

Who Gets to Talk About Mary Cheney?

Translating Faith into Spanish


Online Travel: The Race Is On!
Booking trips on the Web will only get easier, thanks to the ambitions of two business titans

Spitzer Strikes Again
New York's attorney general is attacking the insurance business — and a high-profile CEO


Dinosaur Tales (Science/Paleontology)
Did today's birds really evolve from dinosaurs? Two spectacular discoveries make the case even stronger

He Never Gave Up (Science/Health)
What actor and activist Christopher Reeve taught scientists about the treatment of spinal-cord injury


Is That a Verichip Under Your Skin? (Your Time/Health)

Malaria Vaccine (Your Time/Health)

No Bones About It (Your Time/Health)
It's almost Halloween, a good time to start thinking about your skeleton

Stitch in Time (Your Time/Health)

How I Lost The Lakers (Your Time/Sport)
In his new book, Phil Jackson dishes on Kobe, Shaq and how to manage a mess

Serving Up Support (Your Time/Sport)

Clubs for People Who Point and Clique (Your Time/Tech)
The rich and fabulous now have their own online hot spots. Can we get in?

History Lesson: How a '60s Film About Algeria Resonates Today (Your Time/Tech)

Netting Drugs (Your Time/Tech)

Iraq's Shadow Ruler
When Ayatullah Sistani speaks, millions obey. Can the conscience of the nation make it safe for democracy?

Taking the Battle to the Enemy
U.S. and Iraqi forces launch high-risk probes of the insurgency in Fallujah and Ramadi. A TIME exclusive


All Too Superhuman (Arts/Movies)
Breaking rules, making megahits, the Pixar team now unleashes a family of repressed superheroes

A Gift of Tea and Sympathy (Movies)
With Vera Drake, Mike Leigh has made a film about abortion that is neither strident nor preachy

Hard People, Stark Beauty (Arts/Art)
Bloody and brutal, the Aztecs produced powerful art. The Guggenheim offers the biggest survey ever

He's Got Good Taste (Arts/Movies)

When Puppets Get Political (Arts/Movies)

Greene Lite (Arts/Books)
Discovering all about Graham Greene except who he was

He Cannot Tell a Lie (Arts/Books)
A historian who stretched the truth about his own life writes a candid biography of George Washington

The Office Punches Out (Arts/Television)
The instant-classic British-workplace sitcom — U.S. version coming soon — says goodbye in top form

Scenes from A Marriage, Part 2 (Arts/Theater)
Arthur Miller is still in the thrall of Marilyn Monroe

People


The Fury of Women Scorned (Essay)
Desperate Housewives jabs a stiletto heel into manly-man, post-9/11 culture

Letters (Letters)

An Overdose of Invective (Notebook/In The Arena)

After Gitmo, Back to Terror

51 Years ago in Time (Notebook/Milestones)

And Besides, We'll Buy a Subscription
Why the Bush and Kerry campaigns fight tooth and nail for the endorsement of the Columbus Dispatch

Arnold vs. the Girly States
California's battle for jobs gets down and dirty

Milestones

Mutiny On The Convoy?
A 'breakdown in discipline' among reservists in Iraq raises troubling questions

Numbers

Verbatim

Why Didn't 99 Other Senators Close Up Shop Too?

Why It's So Close

10 Questions For The Dalai Lama (Interview)


How Nike Figured Out China (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/Marketing)
The China market is finally for real. To the country's new consumers, Western products mean one thing: status. They can't get enough of those Air Jordans

It's a Lawsuit, a Mighty Lawsuit (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/World Briefing)

Rainmaking 101 (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/World Briefing/Executive Summary)

Saying No to Microsoft (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/World Briefing)

Weaving Toward a Better Future (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/World Briefing)

Games, Tunes and Video to Go (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/World Briefing)

Who's Getting It Right? (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/Marketing)
American brands in the middle kingdom

Air Raiders (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/Airlines)
Budget airlines are taking over Asia's skiesincreasing competition and making travel accessible to millions

People to Watch in International Business (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/World Beaters)

Carrying Its Weight (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/Economy)
The euro was supposed to energize the European marketplace. Has it?

Hotel Heaven (TIME Bonus Section November 2004: Global Business/The Global Life)
Do you want a room with a personal sauna? Not a problem if you're a VIP