Leveling the Praying Field (Cover Story / The Well / Nation)
The Democratic front runners are leading their party's crusade to win over religious voters


John McCain, Maverick No More (The Well / Nation)
The onetime frontrunner has put off moderates and turned off conservatives


Bush's July Surprise for Iraq (Commentary)
The President is trying to fend off a Republican rebellion over the war. But broad-brush propaganda may not work this time

The Origins of the God Gap (Viewpoint)
Only 30 years ago, the party of Jimmy Carter had religious voters locked up. How it lost this crucial bloc is a story of fear, ignorance and political deafness


The Tony Soprano of North Korea (The Well / World)
As Pyongyang shuts its nuclear reactor, TIME reveals the criminal enterprises that keep Kim Jong Il in power


Getting Credit for Saving Trees (Health & Science / Going Green)
Forest cover is a natural defense against global warming. Let's pay to preserve it

The Slow-Motion Space Mission (Life: Space - Law - Environment - Technology / Space)
The Dawn probe may be the feeblest spacecraft NASA's ever built, but it may usher in a new age of ultraefficient space travel


Verbatim

Who Dies in Harry Potter? God (Briefing / The Moment)
Why we love a world where dragons are real and religion is the fantasy

People

Milestones (Briefing)

Numbers

Dashboard (Briefing / Dashboard)

The First Green First Lady (Briefing / Appreciation)
When environmentalism was a word few people had heard, Lady Bird Johnson made Americans see the beauty and frailty of their natural surroundings

Creating a Cute Cat Frenzy (Life: Space - Law - Environment - Technology / Technoculture)
Talking cats have taken over the Web. But are great online fads like this one a dying breed?


A New Day at The Fair (The Well / Portfolio)
Alongside corn dogs, we now find empanadas. What endures is the unapologetic streak of real life, and lessons learned
 Photo Essay: County Fair
Photographer Greg Miller documents America's enduring love for corn dogs and tilt-a-whirls

A Fight over Privileged Positions (Life: Space - Law - Environment - Technology / The Law)
Congress orders Bush aides to testify; the President says they won't. It's a very familiar situation


Downtime (Arts: Books - Culture Complex - Downtime / Downtime)
What you should see, what you should skip--and a dazzler from the past on DVD

What Would William Read? (Arts: Books - Culture Complex - Downtime / Books)
Writers reveal their guilty summer pleasures

The War at Home (Arts: Books - Culture Complex - Downtime / Culture Complex)
Viewers have stayed away in droves from TV on the Iraq conflict. Then along came Army Wives


10 Questions for LeBron James
Though his Cavs fell short in the finals, the man they call King James lived up to his name. The 22-year-old superstar co-hosts the July 15 ESPY awards, the sporting world's Oscars. LeBron James will now take your questions


Inbox


Lucky in Love (Checkout)