ANALYSIS
Laos Steps Into Globalized World
Bertil Lintner
Nuclear Shadow Falls Over Turkey
Mehmet Kalyoncu

ECONOMIC WATCH
Is a US Brain Drain on the Horizon?
Vivek Wadhwa

ENVIRONMENT - After Copenhagen
Doors Opening for Carbon Tax
Julio Godoy
Carbon Prices Reflect Uncertain Year
Matthew Berger
A Giant Beginning Toward an Uncertain End
Scott Barrett

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Development is a Discipline
Rajiv Shah

SECURITY SCENE - Terrorism's New Avatars
An Important Battle in a Broader War
Bruce Riedel
Perverting Cyberspace, Al Qaeda Recruits Online
Gabriel Weimann

SOCIAL REPORT - Mozambique
A Peaceful Climb From Poverty
Ben Barber

 

FOODWAYS
The Sweetest Common Value is Asure
Gulizar Baki

HEALTH
Injured Troops Enjoy Horseback Therapy
Karen Goldberg Goff

PATHWAYS
Dalip Singh Saund: First Asian-American in Congress
Ray Tannock

TRAVEL
Beng Melea: Cambodia's Ancient Soul
James Michael Dorsey

BOOKS IN BRIEF
Revelation and a Duck Named Dora
Muriel Dobbin
The Monster in the Box
Ruth Rendell
The Brutal Telling
Louise Penny

Dark Side Byways in New England
Philip Kopper
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (A Novel)
Katherine Howe
Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town
Elyssa East

COMMENTARY
Anne Frank: A Voice Still Heard
Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife
Francine Prose

FEATURED BOOK
Pursuing Dracula: A Travel Guide
Steven P. Unger
In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journey and Travel Guide
Steven P. Unger

REVIEWS
Alice Munro's Clear Voice
Bruce Allen
Too Much Happiness: Stories
Alice Munro

Exposing Popular Lies About the Economy
Doug Bandow
The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free-Market
Michael Medved

"Pirate Latitudes:' Michael Crichton's Final Novel
James E. Person Jr.
Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton

A New American Economy?
James Srodes
The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward
Bruce Bartlett

FILM
Spell-binding ''Twelve O'Clock High''
Gary Arnold

INTERARTS - 2009 Kennedy Center Honorees
Dave Brubeck : Maestro of Cool
Ann Geracimos
Mel Brooks: Master of Parody
Sonny Bunch

THEATER
Greek Farce Satirizes Corruption
Iason Athanasiadis

CRUCIBLES OF SCIENCE
Protein Complex Crucial to Embryo Development Identified
UNC Medical Center News Office

IMPACTS
MESSENGER Draws First Map of Mercury
Nikki Staab

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Stomach Bug Linked to Cancer
Diana Yates

SECRETS OF NATURE
Leaf Beetles Reveal Evolutionary Secrets
David F. Salisbury

UNLOCKING THE COSMOS
Hubble Finds Most Distant Primeval Galaxies
Colleen Sharkey

FOLK WISDOM
Drums and Shadows
Collected by Georgia Writer's Project

PEOPLES
Shyrdak and the Art of Felt
A. M. Keuppers
New Year’s Celebrations Gain Acceptance in Turkey
Minhac Celik

REMEMBERING HISTORY
New Era Dawns in Naval Warfare
John Lockwood

TALES OF FIRE AND STRIFE
The Confederate Navy and the CSS Shenandoah: Part 1
William Connery

VOICES FROM THE PAST
An Unusual Friendship: Lincoln and Douglass
William Connery