COMMENTARY
Jack Kemp Called His Own Plays
Ralph Z. Hallow

ECONOMIC WATCH
Root Causes of Financial Meltdown
Branko Milanovic
Twin Excesses Caused Crash
Ashok Bardhan

EYE ON THE HIGH COURT
Obama Wants Pick to Show 'Empathy'
Stephen Dinan
Issues of Race and Employment Before Court
Michael Bowman

FEATURE
Brazil's Two-Pronged Energy Policy
Fabiana Frayssinet

 

HEALTH
Biology Supports 8 Hour Workday
Jennifer Harper

LIFE AND IDEALS
Bringing Smiles to Children
Anne Malinee

PROFILE
Francisco Jimenez: Out of the Fields
Suess Karlsson

TRAVEL
Kayak Where Columbus Sailed
Stuart Wasserman
Tallinn: Medieval Treasure of the the Baltic
Harvey Hagman

COMMENTARY
Walk to Kabul: Taxi to Baghdad
Stephen Osmond
The Places In Between
Rory Stewart
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
Rory Stewart

FEATURED BOOK
America's Original 'Power Couple'
Faiza Elmasry
Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage
Edith Gelles

REVIEWS
Charismatic Champion of Brand Image
Clive Davis
The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising
Kenneth Roman

Dashing the Myths of a Newspaper Icon
Joseph C. Goulden
The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst
Kenneth Whyte

Knitting, Purling and Sisterhood
Claire Hopley
The Beach Street Knitting and Yarn Club
Gil McNeil

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Eli Lake
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Mark R. Levin

WRITERS AND WRITING
Saadi of Shiraz: The 13th Century Persian Poet of Compassionate Wisdom
Rasoul Sorkhabi

Counting the Ways: Contemporary Poets
Fred Stern

Dickens: Public Readings, Private Pain
Michael Timko

FILM
Film's Grainy Future
Sonny Bunch
Rachmaninoff: Soundtrack for Romance
Gary Arnold

MUSIC
The “System” Collects Accolades
Humberto Marquez

PERSPECTIVE
Indonesian Teaches Art in East Timor
Matt Crook

IMPACTS
Robots Seed Change in Orchards
Rosanne Skirble

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Stimulated to Heal
Melissa Crytzer Fry

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Mangroves May Protect Life in Storms
Jeffrey R. Vincent

SECRETS OF NATURE
Unlocking Secrets of Microbial Evolution
Margaret Coulombe

UNLOCKING THE COSMOS
Water Possible on Exoplanet
European Southern Observatory

HERITAGE
Nine Mile Canyon: The Longest Art Gallery
Zulima Palacio
Appalachian Craft Guild Preserves Unique Culture
Mike Osborne

PEOPLES
The Great Indian Coin Bazaar
Ramesh Avadhani

REMEMBERING HISTORY
Jacksonian Democracy Rooted in Frontier Meritocracy
Jonathan Kelly

TALES OF FIRE AND STRIFE
Wounded in Action but Dishonored
Joseph W. Stahl

VOICES FROM THE PAST
Letters Detail Camp Life, POW Miseries
Jack Trammell