Table of Contents: Dec. 8, 2003

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10 QUESTIONS: Jimmy Carter explains why he wrote a novel and assesses Dean's chances 8

LETTERS 9

NOTEBOOK: Al-Qaeda outsources terror to Turkey; Newt's hand in the Medicare bill; will San Francisco go Green?; Coulter, Rummy and dancing Saddam dolls 21

MILESTONES: Goodbye to pitcher Warren Spahn and literary critic Hugh Kenner 27

WORLD

BUSH'S TURKEY DAY The President's risky visit to the troops in Iraq deftly blended patriotism with politics and provided a preview of a campaign strategy to come 30

NO WAY TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS: U.S. efforts to crack down on militants are also turning ordinary Iraqis from friends into foes 35

NATION

INSIDE GUANTANAMO The base is growing, detainees keep arriving, and a legal battle is brewing. What's next for Gitmo? 40

SPIES WITHIN: Is security compromised? 42

WHERE ARE YOU, ROSS PEROT? A $400 billion Medicare bill, pork galore--fiscal responsibility has become so '90s 48

MEDICARE: How the bill could affect you 50

BUSINESS

TROUBLES IN TOYLAND Wal-Mart launches a holiday price war, and other toy merchants fire back 54

AMERICAN GIRL: Classic (and pricey) doll 56

COVER STORY

DIABETES EPIDEMIC We've never known more about treating diabetics, yet their numbers are soaring. What's needed now: conscientious personal regimens and insurance reform 58

HISTORY

WRIGHT THEY WERE A cool use for a 12-horsepower engine and 1.5 quarts of fuel: exactly how the aerial age was born 100 years ago 72

ARTS

JACK, ROLE MODEL? At 66, Nicholson gives us a December-December romance. He may be just the guy to tutor the boomers on how to grow old in style 74

CINEMA SEX: What? You mean people are frisky after age 50? 76

EASTWARD CRUISE: Tom may be the last samurai, but he's hardly the least 78

TOUCHED BY ANGELS: A brilliant TV adaptation of Tony Kushner's AIDS "fantasia" Angels in America evokes a 1980s resonant of the present 81

MAJOR KEYS? Not quite, but Alicia's sophomore effort has six great cuts 87

YOUR TIME

HEALTH: Busy surgeons are best; women smokers at double the risk; preemies thrive on nitric oxide 93

MONEY: No-fun fund fees; Congress fights identity theft; cruising (and resort hopping) with teens 94

TECH: A Jetsonian test kitchen; Dell's answer to iPod; laptop 3-D without the funny glasses 96