In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 164 No. 26
NOTEBOOK
Year of the Insurgents
(Essay)
Letters (Letters)
47 Years Ago In Time (Notebook/Milestones)
A Season Cursed
Worst Ideas Of 2004 (People)
Sure, they seemed like the right thing to do in the moment like that fourth drink on New Year's Eve. But now it's clear: these are some of the year's most dubious judgment calls
Milestones (Notebook/Milestones)
Bin Laden's New Message
People Who Mattered 2004 (People Who Mattered 2004)
Two truth seekers, a First Lady and her son, Presidents (and wannabes), a marrying mayor and five housewives all are part of our gallery of those who made a difference. Oh, and just for fun, a horse (of course)
Homeland Security 101
One Last Goodbye (People Who Mattered/Milestones)
Last goodbyes to a former President, an acting titan, a TV captain and more
Marketing 2004 Hot Spots
Numbers
The Year In Buzzwords
Verbatim 2004
Why He Popped The Question
An American Revolutionary (From the Editor)
THE ARTS
Rise of the Tall Buildings
(Arts/Architecture)
It used to be that the only way to build a skyscraper was up. But now the tall building is being totally reimagined and taken in some very unusual directions. Look out below
Going Up ... and Up: When Height Is All That Matters (Arts/Architecture)
O Come, All Ye Fight-ful (Arts/Movies)
YOUR TIME
The Year of Obesity
(Your Time/Health)
Our perennial interest in losing weight became a national obsession in 2004
Happy New Gear! (Your Time/Lifestyle)
A forecast of the hot trends, gizmos and DVDs of early 2005

Cartoons of the Week
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
The Weekly Acoustic News
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World
Photos: Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Short List: TIME's Weekly Critics' Picks
Piecing Together Nabokov's Last Novel
Photos: Peru's Sacred Glacier Is Melting
New Moon Review: Team Jacob Ascending