Vol. 171 No. 10
COVER
Some are arguing that Barack Obama is too green for the job. But does experience guarantee success?
The Science of Experience (The Well / Cover Story)
Would you prefer a doctor who has practiced medicine for 30 years or just 10? Research into expert performance shows that the choice isn't simple
NATION
Bill Clinton was supposed to be a major weapon in his wife's run for the White House. But with Hillary's campaign now fighting for survival, is Bill to blame? He, for one, doesn't think so
ESSAY
Middle-class voters are looking for big ideas. The candidate who provides them will win the White House
Hillary's SNL Strategy (Tuned In)
With assists from Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, Clinton tries to close the crucial entertainment-video gap
How Sorry Is This Guy?
If Ralph Nader wants any votes in this election, he should cop to the last one he screwed up
WORLD
For American troops on their second or third tours in Iraq, some familiar places now look much different. But in Mosul, the old battles have to be fought all over again. A report from the next front line
Ghosts of Kosovo (The Well / Commentary)
The latest flare-up in the Balkans is more smoke than fire, but crises like it may still come back to haunt us
Notes Of Hope (The Well / Dispatch)
Music opens doors that had been closed to our correspondent for two decades. A surreal day and a magical evening in Pyongyang
Postcard: Pasadena (Postcard: Pasadena)
At Caltech, basketball is the dismal science: the team hasn't won a league game since 1985. Air balls and astrophysics with the country's worst college hoops team
SOCIETY
New technology makes living on one more feasible. How to find the ultimate waterfront property
The Marketplace of Faith (The Well / Nation)
A new study finds Americans constantly moving among religions--or away from them
HEALTH & MEDICINE
More boomers are working into their senior years, and who wants to look like the office geezer?
SPECIAL SECTION
Whether you're heading east for business or pleasure, here's what you need to know to feel at home
The Best Jazz Club in Beijing (Life: Living - Health - Finance - Travel / Music)
BUSINESS
If this is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, why can the credit-card giant plan the biggest IPO ever?
Hey, Buddy, Can You Spare $10,000? (Life: Living - Health - Finance - Travel / Finance)
Peer-to-peer loans are rewriting the rules of credit and making bankers out of average folks
SCIENCE
The Milky Way's stars move in predictably lazy ways--but 10 of them are breaking all the rules
Senior Memories (The Well / Briefs)
How Race Affects Smoking (The Well / Briefs)
Ice Diver (In the Lens)
Rain, rain, go away. Now (The Well)
China is leaving nothing to chance as it plans the Olympics
534,500 Lives Saved from Cancer (The Well / Stat of the Week)
Mighty Mice (The Well / From the Labs)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Can Broadway woo a younger, more diverse crowd? Two new shows aim to try
In Prison with Jodi Picoult (Arts: Theater - Books - Downtime / Books)
The author's 15th novel, Change of Heart, ponders capital punishment.
A Night at the Space Opera (Arts: Theater - Books - Downtime / Review)
Rubber, Sold (Arts: Theater - Books - Downtime / 60-Second Synopsis)
It's De-Vegas, She's Divine (Arts: Theater - Books - Downtime / Bette Midler)
(Arts: Theater - Books - Downtime / Downtime)
A killer crime novel, more Tudor-era treachery and a musical ode to bologna
PEOPLE
She's a Harvard grad, an acclaimed actress and a humanitarian, but she says she's no role model. Her new movie is The Other Boleyn Girl. Natalie Portman will now take your questions
LETTERS
NOTEBOOK
The Golden State enlists its most reliable emergency responders ever
Dashboard (Briefing / Washington Memo)
Briefing
The Page (Briefing / The Page)
Verbatim
Numbers
Milestones (Briefing)
The Crusader (Briefing / Appreciation)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
McIntosh, beloved by fans but bereft of strategy, got a remix from its latest owner
Organizing Disaster (Global Business: Life At The Top - Top Business Teams / Top Business Teams)
CARE shows that planning carefully for the worst helps make a bad situation manageable