Vol. 164 No. 1
COVER
HE DRAFTED THE DECLARATION, SPARKED A REVOLUTION AND BECAME ENSNARED IN A SEX SCANDAL WITH A SLAVE. IN THIS THIRD ANNUAL CHAPTER IN TIME'S MAKING OF AMERICA SERIES, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MOST CONTROVE
A Life In Letters (The Writings)
Newly published missives reveal a complex character.
Mirror Of The Man (Thomas Jefferson)
How Monticello reflects Jefferson: His obsessions, his contradictions, his brilliance
To The Shores Of Tripoli (Thomas Jefferson)
Muslim foes. Kidnappings. How the Barbary Wars foreshadowed things to come.
Ignoring the Revolution Next Door (Thomas Jefferson)
Was the Sage a Hypocrite? (Thomas Jefferson)
The Best Of Enemies (Thomas Jefferson)
Jefferson was visionary and crafty. In Hamilton, he met his match. How the rivalry lives on.
The Patriot Act of the 18th Century (Thomas Jefferson)
(Thomas Jefferson)
Jefferson's spiritual beliefs were vague, but one thing is clear: he wanted to keep religion and politics separate.
Where Are The Jeffersons Of Today? (Thomas Jefferson)
The founders were a rare breed. But the future is up to all of us.
A Family Divided (Thomas Jefferson)
Sex, race and the Jefferson feud. An inside look.
NATION
Thousands of truckers, bus drivers and rest-stop workers are being enlisted to spot terrorists. Is this comforting news?
Dreaming About The Senate ('04 Campaign)
Why Democrats think they have a shot at taking it back, with hot candidates from Alaska to Illinois
Leaving Blacks Cold ('04 Campaign)
If African Americans are a natural constituency for John Kerry, why hasn't he been able to wow them?
WORLD
A TIME investigation reveals how insurgents in Iraq aim to create an Islamic state and turn the country into a terrorist haven
How Tough Will He Get? (The Prime Minister)
Life as a Target in a Besieged Kingdom (Letter From Riyadh)
For Westerners in Saudi Arabia, even going to the mall has become a gamble
Nowhere To Hide
How the ethnic cleansing of western Sudan has created a humanitarian crisis that threatens 500,000 lives
NOTEBOOK
Verbatim
A Gay-Marriage Dance
Watch Out For Those Floating Beer Coolers
Space Toy
Sour Notes Of Summer
Dating Websites: It's a Jungle Out There
Performance Of The Week
Milestones
24 Years Ago In Time
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Made Your July 1 Resolutions?
Forget January. The time to turn over a new leaf is when the leaves are full
Plenty More to Swear About
BUSINESS
What a landmark lawsuit aims to prove about how the No. 1 retailer pays its female workers
Curbing The Drug Marketers
How a clampdown on pitching drugs for unapproved uses is changing the way Big Pharma operates
Putting Trials on the Record (Drug Testing)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
She's on the road to being a star. But the comely Ms. Knightley just wants to be a good actress
Spinning Gold (Movies)
When It Rains, It Pours (Books)
Biblical characters are fiction's hot heroes. Now a first-time novelist takes us onto the ark with Noah
It's De-Pressing! (Movies)
A new Cole Porter biopic plays the great songwriter's life in a minor key
YOUR TIME
Owning a vacation home isn't all fun and games
Let's Play Two (Lifestyle)
Sightseeing In Gaddafi Country (Lifestyle)
Music To Your Wrist (Tech)
The Myth of Megapixels (Tech)
When picking a digital camera, those big numbers aren't the only thing
Water Tunes (Tech)
Womb with a View (Health)
Sonographic snapshots of Baby as a fetus make cool keepsakes, but are they safe?
The Baby With A Double Dose Of Muscles (Health)
Specs And Sports (Health)
The Calculus Of Cigarettes (Health)
PEOPLE
Ben Plays His Cards Right
Oops! She's Getting Ready To Do It Again
Scoring Points for the Ages
10 Questions For Kenneth Starr (Interview)