Obama: The Game Changer (Cover Story)
Barack Obama has refused to play by the old political rules. He's about to be rewarded for it


Obama: How He Learned to Win (The Well / Campaign '08)
Trounced in his first big race, Barack Obama retooled and won a Senate seat. How the ward politics in Chicago gave Obama an education that has earned him a shot at the presidency

The Five Mistakes Clinton Made (The Well / Campaign '08)
Hillary Clinton began the race with all sorts of advantages, but she and her advisers never grasped how much had changed


Genetic Discrimination: Unfair or Natural?
Congress voted to ban genetic discrimination. But how much equality do we really want?


Israel at 60: The Long View (Israel at 60)
At 60, Israel has established itself as a vibrant democracy in a hostile neighborhood. So why are its people so divided about its future?
 Israel in 2068
Twelve thinkers, writers and statesmen on how Israel will respond to its challenges over the next 60 years
 The Look of Israel at 60
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state, photographer Tivadar Domaniczky finds a silver lining of hope in the region's cloudy future.

Burma's Second Agony (The Well / World)
Months after a brutal military crackdown, the impoverished Asian country is devastated by a cyclone. A look at a nation's calamity

Why the World Can't Afford Food (The Well / World)
And why higher prices are here to stay

Postcard: Omaha (Postcard: Omaha)
It's a scary time for the economy, but Warren Buffett is as calm as ever--and his annual shareholders' meeting is just as festive. The world's greatest investor throws a party
 Photos: The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders' Meeting
Where the rich come hoping to get richer


Numbers

The Last Lap. (Briefing / The Moment)
A filly's tragic end casts a grim spotlight on the sport of kings

Dashboard (Briefing)

Milestones (Briefing)

Verbatim

People

Memory: Forgetting Is the New Normal (Science)
The more we study the workings of memory, the more we understand why it so often fails. The good news: it may be in your control


How to Take a Gas Holiday (Life: Travel - Parenting / Travel)
As the presidential candidates spar over prices at the pump, here's a smart guide to cutting back

Growing Up Green (Parenting)
No way around it: your child is an environmental disaster. How eco-parenting can ease the impact


Iron Man, Speed Racer and the Future (Arts: Movies - Books - Culture - Downtime / Movies)
The summer's first two blockbusters provide glimpses of the future of movies

The New James Frey: A Review (Arts: Movies - Books - Culture - Downtime / Books)
Oprah's whipping boy is back with a novel that isn't a memoir, but is entertaining despite itself

Martial Arting With David Mamet (Culture)
In which a Pulitzer Prize winner tries to teach me a choke hold

Recount: New Docudrama Could Influence Election (Tuned In)
An accidentally timely docudrama shows how the election of 2000 led to the obsessions of 2008

5 Things You Should Know About. (Arts: Movies - Books - Culture - Downtime / Downtime)
A Vegas wedding, French lovers and songs of dismay from young and old

The Classy Quickie (Arts: Movies - Books - Culture - Downtime / Downtime)


We Must Stand Up to Japan (Oops, I Meant China) (Global Business)
Analysis: History reveals several lessons on how to gauge America's economic relationship with Asia today


10 Questions for Toni Morrison (10 Questions)
She's won the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes and recently received the PEN/Borders Literary Service Award. A new collection of her nonfiction, What Moves at the Margin, is out now. Toni Morrison will now take your questions

Jhumpa Lahiri: The Quiet Laureate (The Well / Profile)
How did Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth, a book of short stories about Bengali immigrants, become a No. 1 best seller? She has no idea either


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