Vol. 169 No. 12
COVER
problems
How Rice's Posse Struck Back (Nation)
Don't Try Lying to This Guy (Nation)
NATION
No one can see the future. But there's no harm in some enlightened, highly educated, thoroughly irresponsible guessing, is there? In that spirit TIME presents a thinking person's guide to the year to come >>>
WORLD
How an irreverent Internet news channel is shaking up British politics
The Saga of Ghana
How the story of three lives captures the hopes and struggles of Africa's first 50 years of freedom
Bush's New Friend in Mexico (Profile)
Wrapping up his Latin American tour, the President pays a visit to the anti-Chavez--Mexico's Felipe Calderon
NOTEBOOK
Why Should Iowa Have All The Fun
Can The Scan?
China Counts...And Counts
What's Next
Numbers
Milestones
Verbatim
Start The Madness
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Everyone has to get serious, and soon, about energy use. What must nations do? What can you do?
Why Almost Everyone Has Trouble Saying No (Change Agent)
A master negotiator shows us how to do it without guilt or embarrassment
BUSINESS
Putting finaglers in jail may make the White House look tough, but it won't clean up corporate ledgers
The Zeal For the Job (Why We Work)
For many professionals, the ultimate success is the freedom to employ their passion
Programming Provocateurs (Why We Work)
What draws workers to MobiTV? A hot technology, a cool company and maybe even a big payoff
Thanks, Rich People! (The Curious Capitalist)
Income inequality has one shared benefit: it fills federal coffers with tax money
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Arcade Fire takes a half step toward the big time
Stand-Up Diplomacy (Culture Complex)
How many Middle Eastern--American comics does it take to change a perception?
Host with The Most (Movies)
Here's a monster thriller with plenty on its mind
YOUR TIME
Claudia Wallis, a TIME editor and mother of a 13-year-old, wrestles with the decision to take her daughter for the controversial shot against sexually transmitted disease
SPECIAL SECTION
A remodeled Dunkin' Donuts brews an expansion strategy
Air France: Climbing (Global Business)
The renaissance of the once dysfunctional carrier
1848: When America Came of Age (History)
Our first high-tech, new-media, urban-pop-culture, go-go moment
A New World Ablaze (History / Book Excerpt)
An exclusive excerpt from Kurt Andersen's Heyday, a rollicking tale of love, murder, revolution, the Gold Rush and young America
PEOPLE
People
LETTERS
ESSAY
TIME correspondent Michael Weisskopf, a former patient, looks at how the hospital came to symbolize what's wrong in Iraq