Department Index
Other Magazines 2008:
Summaries of what's in Time, Newsweek, etc.
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- America's Checkup Time on how to fix the health care system.
Nov. 21, 2008 - The Redprint Newsweek's Karl Rove prescribes a Republican comeback plan.
Nov. 18, 2008 - Change.gov The Economist and Time on Obama's transition.
Nov. 14, 2008 - How He Did It Newsweek and The New Yorker on Obama's win.
Nov. 11, 2008 - To the Left, to the Left The New Republic on how America is becoming more liberal.
Nov. 7, 2008 - Barack's To-Do List Newsweek on the meaning of an Obama presidency.
Nov. 5, 2008 - Brits for Barack The Economist endorses Obama.
Oct. 31, 2008 - Dear Mr. President Newsweek gives unsolicited advice to the next commander in chief.
Oct. 28, 2008 - The Never-Ending Stories The New York Times Magazine on McCain's many campaign narratives.
Oct. 24, 2008 - Red Europe vs. Blue Europe The Weekly Standard on the other continental divide.
Oct. 21, 2008 - Privatize This The Economist on why capitalism still works.
Oct. 17, 2008 - Beautiful Minds Malcolm Gladwell on the two types of geniuses.
Oct. 14, 2008 - Kosher Wars The New York Times Magazine examines the battle over food and religion.
Oct. 10, 2008 - Getting Bitter All the Time The New Republic on Sarah Palin's class resentment.
Oct. 7, 2008 - Depression 2.0? Time compares the current financial troubles to the Great Depression.
Oct. 3, 2008 - Virginia Slim The New Yorker on Barack Obama's push for Old Dominion.
Sept. 30, 2008 - Bringing Down the House The New York Times Magazine on deconstructing foreclosed homes.
Sept. 26, 2008 - Bailout Blues The New Yorker, New York, and Harper's on the Wall Street rescue plan.
Sept. 23, 2008 - A Black Week The Economist on Wall Street's ongoing nightmare.
Sept. 19, 2008 - Fishing With Dick The Weekly Standard challenges Cheney to a fly-fishing contest.
Sept. 16, 2008 - Come to Jesus The Economist and New York on the Palin effect.
Sept. 12, 2008 - Palin Around The New Republic and Weekly Standard can't stop talking about McCain's veep.
Sept. 9, 2008 - The Alaskan Surprise The Economist and Time look north to Sarah Palin's home state.
Sept. 5, 2008 - Blog at Your Own Risk The Nation on how the military restricts soldiers' Internet activities.
Sept. 2, 2008 - Magicians for Christ Mother Jones on proselytizing with illusions.
Aug. 29, 2008 - Joe the Turncoat New York on how Joe Lieberman came to align himself with Republicans.
Aug. 26, 2008 - Obamarama The press rolls out the red carpet for the DNC.
Aug. 22, 2008 - Burma's Slow Burn The New Yorker on the decades of struggle of the Burmese.
Aug. 19, 2008 - Georgia on Their Minds Time and the Economist consider how Russia's show of force will change its relationship with the West.
Aug. 15, 2008 - Michelle, My Belle New York on the softening of Michelle Obama's image.
Aug. 12, 2008 - Grabbing the Torch New York Times Magazine on the generation gap among black leaders.
Aug. 8, 2008 - Watch Out, Michael Moore The Weekly Standard on Hollywood's increasingly vocal conservatives.
Aug. 5, 2008 - Trolling for Trouble The New York Times Magazine on the menace of Web 2.0.
Aug. 1, 2008 - China's Low Self-Esteem Newsweek on why the Olympic host suffers from a national "inferiority complex."
July 29, 2008 - Right-Wing Rewards Harper's on how Jack Abramoff made conservative politics profitable.
July 25, 2008 - The Miracle of Circumcision The New Scientist on the debate over whether the procedure can reduce the risk of HIV transmission.
July 22, 2008 - Modern-Day Marauders The Economist on pirates in the digital and seafaring worlds.
July 18, 2008 - Barack's Home Turf The New Republic and The New Yorker examine Obama's time in Chicago.
July 15, 2008 - Happy 90th, Nelson Time commemorates Nelson Mandela.
July 11, 2008 - The King of New York The magazine pays tribute to its late founder, Clay Felker.
July 8, 2008 - Pity the Oil Speculators The Weekly Standard and Newsweek defend the much-maligned group.
July 1, 2008 - No Child Left New York Times Magazine on Europe's abysmal birth rates.
June 27, 2008 - How To Speak Bubba The Weekly Standard on wooing rural voters.
June 24, 2008 - So Long, Soybeans The Economist on the new generation of biofuels.
June 20, 2008 - Bucks for Babies Reason on countries paying citizens to have more children.
June 17, 2008 - Peace at Last? The Economist suggests that the violence and chaos in Iraq may be calming down.
June 13, 2008 - Webb's the Man? The New Republic and New York Review of Books on the possible Barack Obama/Jim Webb ticket.
June 10, 2008 - Prozac on the Battle Field Time on soldiers' increased use of psychiatric medication.
June 6, 2008 - The Tyranny of the Toddler Weekly Standard on the repercussions of overindulgent parenting.
June 3, 2008 - America's Next Top Mogul New York Times Magazine on Tyra Banks' burgeoning empire.
May 30, 2008 - Rethinking Jihad The New Republic and The New Yorker on recent blows to al-Qaida in the Muslim world.
May 27, 2008 - Gawker Shocker The New York Times Magazine on "oversharing" on the Internet.
May 23, 2008 - Wasted Resources The New Yorker on why science hasn't tackled the problem of the hangover.
May 20, 2008 - No Money To Burn Time and the Economist on how to fix the economic slowdown.
May 16, 2008 - Getting Away From It All New York on the "suicide tourists" who come to the Big Apple—and never leave.
May 13, 2008 - Break a Leg Like a Girl The New York Times Magazine on high-school female athletes' alarming injury rates.
May 9, 2008 - Return to the Frey Vanity Fair revisits one of the publishing industry's biggest fake-memoir scandals.
May 6, 2008 - The Cure for the Rage The New York Times Magazine on whether inner-city violence should be treated like an infectious disease.
May 2, 2008 - The Teenybopper Factory Portfolio on how Disney came to dominate the 'tween market.
April 29, 2008 - The Great Green Tease Mother Jones on the seven myths of energy independence.
April 25, 2008 - An Infighting Chance The New Republic on Hillary Clinton's intracampaign squabbles.
April 22, 2008 - The Do-Gooder's Dilemma Michael Pollan in the New York Times Magazine on going green. Plus, oversharing with Marc Jacobs in GQ.
April 18, 2008 - The Republican Closet Out on activists' threats to force right-wing congressional staffers from the closet.
April 15, 2008 - Politicians—They're Just Like Us! Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton campaign for their spouses in US Weekly.
April 11, 2008 - The Upside of Global Warming The Weekly Standard fights the conventional wisdom on environmentalism.
April 8, 2008 - Liberia's Bloody Legacy The New York Times Magazine on the violent coup in Liberia in 1980.
April 4, 2008 - The Rewards of Motherhood Newsweek on women who become "gestational carriers" to supplement the family income.
April 1, 2008 - Clipping the Right Wing New York Times Magazine on the downfall of the GOP and Time on the troubles facing Fox News.
March 28, 2008 - Funny Money New York, The New Yorker, and the Weekly Standard tackle the economy woes.
March 25, 2008 - That '70s Show The Atlantic and Time on how today is similar to the Vietnam era.
March 21, 2008 - The Women's (Stalled) Movement Portfolio on how female workers are losing ground.
March 18, 2008 - Eliot Spitzer's Behind the Times Reason on why prostitution was more socially acceptable in the early 1900s.
March 14, 2008 - The Iron Ladies The New Yorker on Hillary Clinton, Newsweek on Margaret Thatcher, and the New Republic on Michelle Obama.
March 11, 2008 - The Star System The New York Times Magazine on the symbiotic relationship between celebrities and charities.
March 7, 2008 - Remembering William F. Buckley The Weekly Standard and Newsweek eulogize the conservative stalwart.
March 4, 2008 - No Boys Allowed The New York Times Magazine on single-sex education in publicly funded schools.
Feb. 29, 2008 - Obama From the Left and Right The New Republic and the Weekly Standard address Barack Obama's flaws—and his cult appeal.
Feb. 26, 2008 - The Battle Weary The New York Times Magazine visits frustrated soldiers in Afghanistan.
Feb. 22, 2008 - Water-Boarding Revisited The New Yorker on the technique's use during the Philippine-American War.
Feb. 19, 2008 - Minds of Their Own The Economist on the return of the independent voter.
Feb. 15, 2008 - Keep the Change Newsweek on whether presidential candidates live up to their promises to shake things up.
Feb. 12, 2008 - The Gates Keeper The New York Times Magazine on Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Feb. 8, 2008 - Primary Madness New York, Newsweek, The New Yorker, the Weekly Standard, and other publications make their final Super Tuesday predictions.
Feb. 5, 2008 - Delegating Their Authority The New York Times Magazine on how the tight presidential-nomination races could depend on superdelegates.
Feb. 1, 2008 - The Cost of the Death Penalty The New Yorker on the expense—and bureaucratic mess—of executing a criminal.
Jan. 29, 2008 - The Global Has-Been The New York Times Magazine on America's shrinking influence on the world.
Jan. 25, 2008 - Who's Politically Correct? The Weekly Standard on the Democratic presidential candidates' battles over identity politics.
Jan. 22, 2008 - Space Invaders The Economist on the militarization of space.
Jan. 18, 2008 - You Just Can't Stop John McCain The Weekly Standard looks at the Arizona senator's up-and-down presidential campaign.
Jan. 15, 2008 - Give Me Property or Give Me Death! Portfolio on whether property seizures by the Chinese government may lead to demands for more freedom.
Jan. 11, 2008 - My Big, Fat, Quickie Greek Wedding Moment on how the Greek half of Cyprus has become "the Mediterranean's answer to the Las Vegas wedding scene."
Jan. 8, 2008 - Election Malfunction The New York Times Magazine on the possible computerized-voting snafus in 2008.
Jan. 4, 2008
- Today's Headlines
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