Vol. 169 No. 15
COVER
Here is our guide to some of the planet's best ideas, with an assessment of their impact and feel-good factor
On the Front Lines Of Climate Change (Global Warming)
cities can learn from them
What Now For Our Feverish Planet? (Cover Story / Global Warming)
players, those with deep pockets--and the rest of us
NATION
Their roles have changed with the times. Now they're finding fellowship--online
The Dems' Universal Ailment (The Well / Nation)
All the party's major candidates are thinking big on fixing the broken health care system. How an untouchable issue became the hot topic for 2008
Crashing the Party (The Well / TIME Election Index)
As Clinton and Giuliani stall, voters give Edwards and McCain a new look
ESSAY
With poll ratings at rock bottom, Israel's PM could make a grand gesture toward a Middle East breakthrough. Don't hold your breath says Joe Klein
In 2008 It's Ronald Reagan vs. Bobby Kennedy (Commentary)
Both parties want to nominate reincarnations of their ideal statesmen. Guess which candidate stands to benefit
A Can-Do Nation
The pessimistic story we're being told about America's capabilities is just plain wrong
SOCIETY
One man's mission to eliminate a doctor's most dangerous instrument: the pen
Knee Deep (Life / Health)
Examining how exercise, fatigue and the differences between men and women affect sports injuries
Someone's Gotta Love It (Life / Why We Work)
in dirty work have a lot to teach us, says its most famous chronicler
Hoya Happening (Life / Sport)
Backdoor cuts. Ferocious slams. How Georgetown coach "JT3" has rewritten basketball's racial "rules"
The Armageddon Gang (Life / The Curious Capitalist)
For a few market seers, recession is just an optimistic forecast
Parents: Relax (Life / The Contrarian)
Teens are acting more responsibly. It may even be time to reward them with some of the rights adults have
A New Fast-Food Invasion (Life / Food)
No, not McDonald's on the Champs Elysees. Joel Stein takes a taste from a new smorgasbord of foreign franchises that are popping up in the U.S.
NOTEBOOK
A time of misgivings about Guant脙隆namo and what it has come to signify
Washington Memo: Hagelian Dialectic (Briefing / Dashboard)
Diplomacy Takes to the Friendly Skies (Dashboard)
The March 28 inaugural Washington-Beijing flight wasn't the only notable addition to global route maps. What the new nonstops say about a changing world
powershare (LEXICON)
Artifact (Dashboard)
Global Note (Dashboard)
Penmanship (Dashboard)
World Spotlight: Iran's Shadow Army (Dashboard)
Newsreel (Dashboard)
Verbatim
Numbers
Milestones (Briefing)
People (People)
THE SCORE
WORLD
Two decades after he conquered the chess world, Garry Kasparov is taking on his biggest challenge: Russian President Vladimir Putin
Postcard: Naples (Postcard)
Sure, this port city has serious crime. But the daily infractions are what make its citizens uniquely Neapolitan. Welcome to the town where La Dolce Vita and lawlessness mix
The Small-Town War (The Well)
U.S. troops fight insurgents where they are dug in hardest: away from Baghdad, in the Iraqi hinterlands
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The toll of the disease is still high, but more and more patients are fighting it to a draw, enjoying one active, busy year at a time
BUSINESS
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has high hopes for his new FlipStart. But with powerful cellphones on the way, is there a niche for a shrunken laptop?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The End of the Soprano Administration (Television)
It's time for the Mob boss to be thinking about his legacy. On TV, at least, it's secure
Blood on the Streets (Movies)
As horror films lure in ever more youthful audiences, parents wonder: How much, how young?
PEOPLE
In her new movie, The Reaping, she plays a professional debunker of religious events. In real life, she is still skeptical of the oddest phenomenon of all: stardom. Hilary Swank will now take your questions
SPECIAL SECTION
Iceland's President is turning the landscape into a lab for climate-change research
Peter Liu (Innovators)
Eco-entrepreneurs can seek funding at New Resource Bank, where the bankers are as green as the money
Robert Socolow and Stephen Pacala (Innovators)
These Princeton profs have a plan for limiting carbon emissions one step at a time with current technology
Shuji Nakamura (Innovators)
Edison's incandescent lightbulb
Angela Belcher (Innovators)
An M.I.T. polymath uses genetic engineering to make a better car battery out of viruses
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
With the contemporary-art market booming, limited-edition furniture has a whole new cachet
(Pursuits / Giving Back)
Want to do more than write a check? Create your own nonprofit organization
What Makes a Great Collection? (Pursuits / Collecting)
A renowned collector reveals the most important rules when buying art
TO OUR READERS
Now that the threat of global warming is more widely understood, our special issue shows how we can all do something about it