ANALYSIS
Bye-Bye Baby Boomers
Martin Walker

COMMENTARY
From Riches to Rags
Arnaud de Borchgrave
How to Win in Iraq Without Losing to Iran
Dilip Hiro

ECONOMIC WATCH
Europe's Tax Havens Cheating the World's Poor
David Cronin
Information Technology Workers on the Move
Anthony P. D’Costa

FEATURE
Finland's Rational Approach to Nuclear Power
Jack Spencer

MEDIA IN REVIEW
FCC Liberalizes Rules on Media Cross-Ownership
James L. Gattuso

WORLD PERSPECTIVES - China Takes Center Stage
Introduction
Stephen Osmond
Checkbook Diplomacy
Bertil Lintner
Virulence of Nationalism
Pranab Bardhan
Success Invites Scrutiny
Wenran Jiang
Wealth, Poverty and Corruption in Today's China
Josephine Chesterton and Patrick Docherty

 

COMMUNITY
Conference Advocates Core Values in Struggle Against Domestic Violence
Helda Martínez

DIMENSIONS
Americans Leave Vacations in Limbo
Gabriella Boston
Cane Creek Pork: Nutrient Cycling at Work
Lisa M. Dellwo

SPORTS
Soccer Players Get on Speaking Terms
Bob Cohn

TRAVEL
Arizona on a Grand Scale
Fred and Karen Eckert

COMMENTARY
Shadow Wordsmiths
John Coyne Jr.
White House Ghosts: Presidents and their Speechwriters
Robert Schlesinger

Conservatives and Hispanics: A Natural and Vital Alliance
Grace Vuoto
Los Republicanos: Why Hispanics and Republicans Need Each Other
Leslie Sanchez

FEATURED BOOK
America's Fate in the Chinese Era
Steven W. Mosher
In the Jaws of the Dragon: America's Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Hegemony
Eamonn Fingleton

REVIEWS
A Jazz Sideman's Life of Swing and Courage
William F. Gavin
Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues
Joe Evans with Christopher Brooks

When This Nation Fought Against Comic Books
Stephen Goode
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America
David Hajdu

Playing Life's Hard Hand in County Derry
John Greenya
The Misremembered Man
Christina McKenna

Inside the Pentagon as Iraq War Loomed
John Weisman
War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism
Douglas J. Feith

Shades of Flashman
Joseph C. Goulden
The Reavers
George MacDonald Fraser

WRITERS AND WRITING
Ginsberg, Kerouac, the Beats and the Hippies
Fred Stern

FILM
Frank Sinatra's Film Legacy Lives On
Gary Arnold
Norwegian Film Follows Two Female Terrorists
Tarjei Kidd Olsen

PAINTING
Goya Paintings Restored to Life
Richard Slusser

THEATER
Four Broadway Plays Lament the Lot of the Housewife
Lucy Komisar

CRUCIBLES OF SCIENCE
Bacteria in Dish Recreate Predator-Prey Interactions
Richard Merritt

IMPACTS
In India, a Small Stove With Big Ambitions
Margot Cohen

NATURE WALK
Help Support the Battle Against Invasive Species
David Eisenhauer, Michael Lusk and Jenny Ericson

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Reducing Burrowing Shrimps’ Impact on Oyster Production
Laura McGinnis

SECRETS OF NATURE
Proving Their Prowess: Insects Help Preserve Germplasm Collection
Ann Perry

FOLK WISDOM
Master and Man: An Irish Folktale
Retold by T. Crofton Croker

PEOPLES
Brigitte Bardot's Trial Raises Free Speech Questions
Kelly Jane Torrance

WORLD HERITAGE
Who Owns The Past? Antiquities and Heritage
James Cuno

REMEMBERING HISTORY
Disproving Many Historical 'Facts'
Martin D. Tullai

TALES OF FIRE AND STRIFE
Research Unveils Reality Behind Family Story
Stuart Herder

VOICES FROM THE WAR
Sarah Edmonds: Only Woman in Grand Army of Republic
Peter Cliffe