Mixing Fact and Fiction
Our review of the new Reagan bio: the author's trick of putting himself in the story often captures the subject but loses the reader

Elegy for a Gone Boy (Dividing Line)
A father searches for meaning in his son's murder

New York's Art Attack
The culture wars finally hit the culture capital


The Pension Revolt
Boomers are challenging a new "cash-balance" plan

Where It's Chic To Sleep
Ian Schrager's edgy inns are leading a boutique-hotel boom. But is there room for so many players?


Unconventional Warfare (The Arts/Cinema)
Director David O. Russell set out on a mission to update the standard-issue war movie. He triumphs with the smart, funny and genially bizarre Three Kings

Dirty Doings (The Arts/Cinema)
The sex drama Romance lacks a passion for life

Love and Larceny In a Small Town (The Arts/Cinema)
You can find trouble in Happy, Texas--and a delightful time too

Capital Ideas (The Arts/Television)
A speechwriter's--sorry, scriptwriter's--D.C. series

Whitewashing the Farm (The Arts/Television)
A sunny ending mars a strong Orwellian update

Think (The Arts/Short Takes/Book)
By Simon Blackburn

Bud, Not Buddy (The Arts/Short Takes/Children's Book)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Temperamental (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Everything but the Girl

A Rather English Marriage (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
PBS, Oct. 3

Judging Amy (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
CBS, Tuesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.

Frank's Ashes (The Arts/Books)
The sequel to a beloved best seller is glum going

High Scorer (The Arts/Books)
There are no simple answers in The Big Test

Men on the Edge (The Arts/Books)
Feminist Susan Faludi comes to the defense of the American male

The Best of the Boyos (The Arts/Books)
Roddy Doyle vividly portrays the wild passions of an Irish Everyman in A Star Called Henry

A Different Hat (The Arts/Music)
The biggest male star in country music heads off in a new direction--rock 'n' roll

Dave Barry (The Arts/Q&A)

Inside China's Search For Its Soul (China's Search For Its Soul)
The 50th anniversary of Mao's revolution finds the nation balancing a rotting ideology against a hopeful future

Answers Found In Ancient Ways (China's Search For Its Soul)
The Goddess

Exile (One Man's Faith)
Driven from his homeland, Tibet's god-king still dreams of Marxism and reconciliation

The Spirit Lives In Rock 'n' Roll (China's Search For Its Soul)
The Idol

Twins (Two Lives, Two Paths)
Splintered for decades by China's violent revolution, a family comes back together

Tears and Trembling
Taiwan is slammed by a devastating earthquake that levels cities and may hobble the economy


Cooling Off Hotseattle (Crime)
A Web star faces charges of online pedophilia

Einstein's Lost Child (History)
A new book speculates about what happened when the great scientist fathered more than relativity

Hijacked by Porn (Crime/In Brief)

The Tragic Carpet? (Sport)
A rash of injuries is again focusing attention on the safety of artificial turf


The Economy Of The Future? (Time Select/Business/E-Commerce Special/TIME's Board of Economists)
TIME's board says the Internet will transform nearly everything, mostly for good. But don't take it for granted

Called To Account (Time Select/Business)
With business eager to show social and environmental sensitivity, accounting firms have a new bottom line

House-Rich (Time Select/Business)
Home-equity loans are the quickest bucks in town. But are they good for consumers?

Tales From The E-Commerce Front (Time Select/Business)
The online biz draws players and watchers at every level. Here's how a few are faring


Bully or Grovel? (Personal Time/Your Family)
Which approach do you take at your parent-teacher conference? Well, here's a better one

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Family)

The Colon Checkup (Personal Time/Your Health)
Forget the embarrassment and discomfort. Those tests for cancer can save your life

Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)

The Flood Fiasco (Personal Time/Your Money)
Why and how to get flood insurance--no matter what your wet-behind-the-ears agent says

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Money)

TV on the Web (Personal Time/Your Technology)
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