Vol. 168 No. 1

COVER

The Making of America — Theodore Roosevelt (Roosevelt)
At home and abroad, he was the locomotive president, the man who drew his flourishing nation into the future

The War of 1912 (Roosevelt)
would animate the century

The Police Commish (Roosevelt)
With righteous fury and mixed results, Roosevelt tried to weed out corrupt cops and suppress vice in big, bad New York City in the 1890s

The Self-Made Man (Roosevelt)
He was a sickly child. But through sheer will, muscular effort--and a lot of time in the great outdoors--he became a powerful, passionate adult

The River of Doubt (Roosevelt)
Roosevelt nearly died while exploring an uncharted stretch of the Amazon. It was his final adventure

Charging Into Fame
hillside in Cuba made Roosevelt a national hero. A look behind the legend

Birth Of A Superpower (Roosevelt)
Roosevelt's expanded Navy vanquished Spain and helped the U.S. project its might around the world

How To Shrink The World
Roosevelt called building the Panama Canal "by far the most important action" he had taken in foreign affairs. Why did he succeed where others had failed? He made his own rules

The Strenuous Life (Roosevelt)

Fighting the Fat Cats (Roosevelt)
To put the brakes on the growth of huge, monopolistic corporations, Teddy took on one of the nation's richest men: J. Pierpont Morgan

Lessons from a Larger-than-Life President (Roosevelt / Viewpoint)

(Roosevelt)
Conservatives unhappy with the President's limitless ambition and world-saving impulses wish he would find a different 20th century Republican hero than Teddy

(Roosevelt)
Because he was a natural maverick and reformer who did what he thought was right — whether with regard to the environment, immigration, or America's role abroad

NOTEBOOK

18 Years Ago in TIME

How Bad is Your Boss?
FROM THE CUBICLE

Verbatim
With bloggers, consituents and many party officials still angry about his support for the war, Connecticut's moderate Democratic senator is fighting for his political life

What the Democrats Could Say About Iraq (In The Arena)

Cash Can Buy You Cheaper Gas

Punchlines

Numbers

Immigration Road Show

Milestones

Update

"I've Been Called a Thief" (Q & A: Imelda Marcos)

Paintings by Numbers

NATION

The Jihadi Next Door?
The arrest of some unusual suspects in Miami says less about homegrown terror than a new attempt to police it

WORLD

Iran's Power in the Shadows
The country's supreme religious leader keeps a low profile—and may be the U.S.抯 best hope for avoiding another war

The Politics of Immigration in Mexico (Letter From Latin America)
In picking a new President, the country is waging its own debate about the hot button issue

SOCIETY

How Safe is MySpace?
Social-networking sites are all the rage with kids. Now a lawsuit accuses the most popular one of not doing enough to protect them from predators

You Gotta Have Friends (VIEWPOINT)
that Americans are getting lonelier

SCIENCE

Revenge of The Whale Hunters (ENVIRONMENT)
Japan says the giant mammals have recovered in the 20 years since whaling was banned. Tell that to the whales

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Get The Office At Your Office (TELEVISION)
time with your computer than with your TV? Then TV's coming to find you

6 Summer Albums to Play Nice and Loud (Worth Your Time)
arrived, so roll down the windows and crank up these albums

YOUR TIME

How I Passed My Boards (Health)

Grandpa Goes to College (Money)

PEOPLE

People

TO OUR READERS

Why History Matters

LETTERS

Read the story

ESSAY

Forget Flag Burning
during war is a waste of time and sends troops the wrong message

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