Summaries of what's in Time, Newsweek, etc.

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• A Grave Grievance The Nation on antiwar soldiers.
  Christopher Beam Dec. 27, 2006
  
• Flush With Happiness The Economist on wealth's role in contentment.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Dec. 18, 2006
  
• Putin the Menace Economist on Russia, the bully of the Eastern Bloc.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Dec. 11, 2006
  
• Boom in Khartoum The Economist on Sudan's burgeoning wealth.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Dec. 4, 2006
  
• The Diving Dollar The Economist on American currency's waning value.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Nov. 27, 2006
  
• Fall Into the Gap New York Times Magazine on how to bridge the education gulf.
  Blake Wilson Nov. 20, 2006
  
• Coming Green The Economist on alternative-energy sources.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Nov. 13, 2006
  
• Criminal Intent The New Republic on nabbing the Bush administration for warrantless spying.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Nov. 10, 2006
  
• Lagos Lament The New Yorker's George Packer on the lost "megacity."
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Nov. 8, 2006
  
• Sectarian Strife Newsmagazines parse ideological conflicts on the evangelical front.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Nov. 6, 2006
  
• Republican Referendum? Why the GOP should get "clobbered" in the midterm elections.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Nov. 3, 2006
  
• Money Matters New York on how Gothamites make do.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Nov. 1, 2006
  
• The Oracle of Hip-Hop The New Yorker on how a self-help author is bolstering rap's elite.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 31, 2006
  
• The "Gray" Zone Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria on evading defeat in Iraq.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 30, 2006
  
• Revoking Bush's Evangelical Card New Republic on the evangelical backlash against Bush.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 27, 2006
  
• Nuclear Islam New York Times Magazine on WMD and holy war.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 25, 2006
  
• The Evolution of Microcredit The New Yorker on the state of microfinance.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 24, 2006
  
• Trolling for Voters How parties are drumming up support as Election Day looms.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 23, 2006
  
• Congressmen Gone Wild New Republic on congressional irresponsibility.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 20, 2006
  
• Pushing Up Poppies A reinvigorated Taliban is backing poppy farmers.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 18, 2006
  
• Putin On the Pressure The Weekly Standard on why it's time to stop humoring the Russian president.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 17, 2006
  
• Obama in 2008? Time on Barack Obama's wishy-washy march to the White House.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 16, 2006
  
• Destiny Manifested Why land-grabbing is in America's genes.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 13, 2006
  
• Colbert the New O'Reilly? New York on the left's favorite fake talking head.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 11, 2006
  
• Murdoch a Closet Liberal? The New Yorker tracks Rupert Murdoch's political trail.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 10, 2006
  
• Foley Sinking the GOP? Is the Foley sex scandal tanking the GOP's congressional chances?
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 9, 2006
  
• John McCain, Flip-Flopper? The alternating worldviews of the maverick senator.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Oct. 2, 2006
  
• A History of the Veto And why President Bush might actually start using it.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Sept. 25, 2006
  
• Girl Fight The latest battle in the "Mommy Wars."
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Sept. 18, 2006
  
• Thinking Globally Why Japan and India might cozy up to the U.S.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Sept. 11, 2006
  
• How the GOP Can Win It comes down to the base, not the moderates.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Sept. 5, 2006
  
• There Goes the Neighborhood How Republicans have taken over a Virginia suburb.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Aug. 28, 2006
  
• Yes, Welfare Reform Worked Clinton's landmark accomplishment, 10 years later.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Aug. 21, 2006
  
• Fall Fashion Special What Vogue, Elle, and others say about sequins, oversized sweaters, and "urban warrior" chic.
  Doree Shafrir Aug. 17, 2006
  
• Kitty Kelley's Latest Tell-All Her sit-down with Duke Cunningham's wife.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Aug. 14, 2006
  
• Jihad in Somalia? Islamism, poverty, and rapid growth put the nation on the brink.
  Melonyce McAfee Aug. 7, 2006
  
• Levant Is Going To Break Can the U.N. stop the Israel-Hezbollah conflict?
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski July 31, 2006
  
• It's Clinton vs. Dean The big battle for the netroots.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski July 24, 2006
  
• The Hezbollah Proxy Is the war an Iranian diversion?
  Melonyce McAfee July 17, 2006
  
• AIPAC Abetting? The controversy over the lobby's role in U.S. policy.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski July 10, 2006
  
• Kim Jong-il's Big Flop His hopes to intimidate the West fizzled with the failed missile tests.
  Melonyce McAfee July 3, 2006
  
• The $60 Billion Men Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and their joint philanthropy.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski June 26, 2006
  
• Preventing the Next 7/7 And what's wrong with London's strategy.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski June 19, 2006
  
• Bullets, Boots, and Beans Equipping our soldiers overseas.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski June 12, 2006
  
• No End to the Insurgency Zarqawi's death doesn't mean the jihad is over.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski June 5, 2006
  
• Is India the New China? Investment opportunities abound but so do bureaucratic hurdles.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski May 30, 2006
  
• The Problem With Oprah Plus, why the European Union is in trouble.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski May 24, 2006
  
• Taking Back the White House How the Democrats can do it.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski May 15, 2006
  
• Japan Shedding Its Pacifism Why constitutional changes could be forthcoming.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski May 8, 2006
  
• Force First! What we should have done in Darfur.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski May 1, 2006
  
• Makin' Bacon How geneticists have messed with the pig.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski April 24, 2006
  
• The Democrats' Big Chance And how they could blow it.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski April 17, 2006
  
• The Skeletons in Ahmadinejad's Closet How Iran's president once prepared young soldiers for martyrdom.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski April 10, 2006
  
• A Kinder, Gentler Nanny State The new paternalism.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski April 3, 2006
  
• Look Out, Microsoft How online applications threaten the software giant.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski March 27, 2006
  
• How Iraq Is Not Like Amazon.com Rumsfeld's failed attempt to run the Pentagon on the new-economy model.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski March 20, 2006
  
• The War on Fat President Clinton's new pet project.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski March 13, 2006
  
• Is Michael Crichton Right? The New Republic examines the author's "hectoring contrarianism."
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski March 6, 2006
  
• The New New Orleans Does "higher and safer" mean small and white?
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Feb. 27, 2006
  
• Hell No, We Can't Go Why we should stay in Iraq.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Feb. 22, 2006
  
• Boomers in Winter They're hitting 60. Will they ever retire?
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Feb. 13, 2006
  
• A Rift in the White House Are Bush and Cheney not getting along?
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Feb. 6, 2006
  
• What the GOP Can Expect in 2008 The front-runners on foreign policy.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Jan. 30, 2006
  
• Which Way Now? What Hamas' victory means for the future of Israel and Palestine.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Jan. 23, 2006
  
• Revolutionary Thoughts The Economist calls for "do-it-yourself regime change" in Iran.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Jan. 17, 2006
  
• The Man Who's Killing Newspapers A profile of Craig Newmark.
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Jan. 9, 2006
  
• Closing the Door Why Arizona doesn't want to become "the next Mexifornia."
  Zuzanna Kobrzynski Jan. 3, 2006