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March 2005 Issue

	Putting the 'Social' Back in Social Security LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Oil Is Not Near Exhaustion
	SPECIAL REPORT--AMERICA: THE WORLD'S FIRST 'HYPERPOWER' America's Influence Extends Beyond Might to Ideals, Faith, and Entertainment David R. Sands Introduction The Editor America Becomes a Global Marketplace Jeffrey Sparshott The World Revolves Around English and Attends U.S. Colleges Joyce Howard Price U.S. Pop Culture: Some See It Enlivening, Some Plaguing the Planet Scott Galupo Second Place Is Not an Option in U.S. Sports Patrick Hruby ANALYSIS Who's Big? The Top 100 Entities in the World Fred H. Maidment Women Suffering Under China's 'One-Child' Policy Marion Baillot COMMENTARY Israel's Institutional Discrimination Uri Avnery Magnifying the Oil-for-Food Scam to Monstrous Levels Youssef M. Ibrahim The Missing Left Wing Mark Q. Rhoads Iraq and Vietnam: The Same Old Song Morgan Strong FEATURE Tearing Congo's Womb Mvemba Phezo Dizolele HUMAN WELFARE The Medicare Sky Is Not Falling Ellen Beck MEDIA IN REVIEW The Media's Fairness and Objectivity Can Help End Conflict Yen Makabenta
	DIET Inflated Diet Ads: Slim Chance Drugs Will Reduce Weight Jen Waters EDUCATION Age Doesn't Always Matter When Starting School Gabriella Boston HEALTH Hope and Hurdles on the Road to a Cure for the Common Cold Jen Waters Personalized Drugs May Be Ready Soon to Battle Constant Pain Christian Toto SERVICE Volunteering Can Be a Family Affair Gabriella Boston TRAVEL White on White: Polar Bears on the Tundra Are Unforgettable Candyce H. Stapen A Tradition of Elegance and Excellence at the Ritz in London Richard Slusser WORK Day Work: Better Than Nothing, but Not by Much Peter Gorman
	REVIEWS The Decline of American Power Dmitry Shlapentokh AFTER THE EMPIRE: THE BREAKDOWN OF THE AMERICAN ORDER Emmanuel Todd Rigid Rulers in Islamic States React Clumsily to Globalization Rene Wadlow GLOBALIZATION AND THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST Clement Henry and Robert Springborg How the U.S. Let bin Laden Slip Away Richard Sale AL QAEDA'S GREAT ESCAPE: THE MILITARY AND THE MEDIA ON TERROR'S TRAIL Philip Smucker Did Western Films of the 1960s Do More Than Entertain? Lyn Nofziger COWBOYS AS COLD WARRIORS: THE WESTERN AND U.S. HISTORY Stanley Corkin French Food's Dominance Linked to Its Culinary Assertiveness Claire Hopley ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE: THE TRIUMPH OF FRENCH CUISINE Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson From Ireland, Subtle Tales of Solitude and Quiet Beauty Debra Bruno A BIT ON THE SIDE William Trevor An Exquisite Vase Still Fascinates and Puzzles After Centuries Eric Gibson THE PORTLAND VASE: THE EXTRAORDINARY ODYSSEY OF A MYSTERIOUS ROMAN TREASURE Robin Brooks Satire of Fop to the Manner Born Reviewed by David Skinner The Real Mao Steven W. Mosher Non-governmental Organizations as an International Force Rene Wadlow NON-STATE ACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Bas Arts, Math Noortmann, Bob Reinalda

ART
Prints and Drawings of the Masters
Joanna Shaw-Eagle

FILM
The Alexander Backlash: Is the Box-Office Flop a Casualty of the Culture War?
Scott Galupo

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
Where American Indian Culture, History, and Issues Come Alive
Cynthia Grenier

POETRY
Transforming the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary: A Profile of Ted Kooser
Tobin Beck

THINKING ABOUT ART
The Dance with Darkness: The Limits of Human Interest in Science Fiction
Gary Westfahl

AT THE EDGE
A New Quest for an Ultra-Powerful Laser
United Press International staff writer

CLIMATE
Is the Climate 'Hockey Stick' Broken?
Dan Whipple

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
The End of the Oil Age?
Rasoul Sorkhabi
Wireless Technology Spurs a New Socioeconomic Revolution
Gene J. Koprowski

CIVIL WAR
The War Started and Ended in the Same Family's Home
Paul N. Herbert

HERITAGE
A Jewish Emigre Returns to Poland
Roberto Loiederman
Breathtaking Urban Treasures of the World
Henry Cleere

PATTERNS
Bhutan's Emphasis on Expanding 'Gross National Happiness'
Thinley Choden

PEOPLES
The Saudization of Saudi Arabia
Claude Salhani

ESSAYS
Harnessing Religion in the Quest for Peace
Rev. Marcus Braybrooke
Explanation in History
Peter Munz
The Coming Ethnological Revolution
Arnaud de Borchgrave