The Best Inventions Of the Year (Best Inventions)
Your Guide to the Most Interesting New Products and Ideas of 2007

Invention Of the Year: The iPhone (Cover Story / Best Inventions)

The Best Of The Rest (Best Inventions)

Tech Buyer's Guide (Best Inventions / Tech Buyer's Guide)
All the details on the newest products to help you decide how to spend your money wisely

'I Have Found It!' (Best Inventions / The Best Inventions Of the Year)
Inventors Who Changed Our Lives

Warren Buffett, Adjust My Bra (Best Inventions / Viewpoint)
Scientists in Hong Kong have discovered there's a better way to build a bra. How will the lingerie industry respond? An open letter to the one man who can help


Innovation
We celebrate the year's most remarkable inventions--and introduce a few of our own in our coverage of the 2008 election


Why Our Farm Policy Is Failing (The Well / Nation)
Congress's new farm bill is bad for the country's economy, environment, and rural towns. Naturally, it's a shoo-in

The Art of Tailgating (The Well / American Scene)
America's love of a good football party ranges from chic tents in college towns to parking lots

Mitt Romney's Defining Moment (The Well / Nation)
First in a Series

The Ron Paul Revolution (The Well / Nation)
Voters throng to hear the long-shot GOP contender preach Austrian economics and a return to the gold standard. Seriously

The Eco Vote (Going Green)
A field guide to the would-be Presidents

Declarations of Faith (History)
Playing to the religious vote isn't new. In 1800 it may have determined who became President


Hit Her Again! (Commentary)
That's how pundits want Obama to handle Clinton. But he's far more presidential when he speaks the quiet truth

Among the Ruins
As the smoke clears in California, Americans are once again heroes--and agents--of a crisis


Verbatim: Nov. 12, 2007

People: Nov. 12, 2007 (People / People)

Politics (Briefing / Politics)

Briefing: Nov. 12, 2007 (Briefing)

Market Casualties (Briefing / The Moment)
The housing downturn hits Wall Street, teaching a familiar lesson

Milestones Nov. 12, 2007 (Briefing / Milestones)

NUMBERS: Nov. 12, 2007 (NUMBERS)

Tortured Answers (Briefing / Washington Memo)

Spain v. Jihad (Briefing / World Spotlight)

Appreciation: The Entertainer: Robert Goulet (Briefing / Milestones)

The Don Quixote of Darfur (Profile)
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, is ready to try his first Darfur war-crimes case. If only it were that easy

Postcard: Panama (Postcard: Panama.)
A bitter dispute over a wealthy American's will has become a metaphor for this nation's big divide. Inside the fight for $50 million


Staph on the March (Life: Sport - Living - History - Health - Environment - Life After Work / Health)
The deadly bacteria are beginning to emerge in schools


The Backlash Against Circumcision (Life: Sport - Living - History - Health - Environment - Life After Work / Living)
Rates for the common procedure are falling, as parents debate whether it does more harm than good

Sneaker Cents (Life: Sport - Living - History - Health - Environment - Life After Work / Sport)
Stars are endorsing affordable gear, but is the cheap stuff worth it?

Conspicuous Consumption (Food)
At the top-rated restaurants across the country, prices have gone right over the top


The Do-Gooder Option (Life: Sport - Living - History - Health - Environment - Life After Work / Life After Work)
More people are taking an early detour from the corporate world into volunteerism

Restoring Wal-Mart (The Well / Business)
With U.S. sales growth lagging, the huge retailer is trying to execute a massive overhaul of its discount outlets and get closer to its customers--and its employees


The Lions Roar (Arts: Movies - Exhibit - Tuned In / Movies)
Know anyone in this photo? Three legends and one critic talk film and politics

The Man of Mysteries (Arts: Movies - Exhibit - Tuned In / Exhibit)
Martin Puryear, one of America's greatest artists, makes powerful enigmas--by hand

Looks like Meerkat Love (Tuned In)
The cute Kalahari critters have touched a nerve--and told us something about ourselves

Downtime: Nov. 12, 2007 (Arts: Movies - Exhibits - Tuned In / 5 Things to Look Out For.)
It's a good week for motion pictures and DVDs. For music, maybe not so much


10 Questions for Anthony Bourdain (10 Questions)
He has eaten seal eyes in the Arctic and cobras in Vietnam. The outspoken chef has a new book based on his adventure-travel eating show No Reservations. Anthony Bourdain will now take your questions


Inbox: Nov. 12, 2007


Hollywood's Power Couple (Business / Top Business Teams)
Two producers take a family approach to forming and managing creative teams

Turning the Pages at Hearst (Business / Publishing)
Cathie Black wrote the book on why women's magazines have held off the Internet challenge

MTV's Arab Prizefight (Television / Television)
Viacom's new channel can tiptoe around cultural issues but not around its competitors