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Legend or Loser: Does 'Seinfeld' Still Hold Up After 10 Years?(Television)(Viewpoint essay)

May 12, 2008; Peyser, Marc ... Nope: When 'Seinfeld' signed off, it was hailed as a classic--the original must-see TV. Looking back now, you can't help wondering, what were we thinking? By Marc Peyser Are you ready to feel old? It was 10 years ago this month that "Seinfeld" went off the air. The ...

The 2008 Bench Press.(Anna Quindlen; THE LAST WORD)(choosing a Supreme Court nominee)

May 12, 2008; Quindlen, Anna ... Byline: Anna Quindlen The most important decision a president ever makes? It's choosing a Supreme Court nominee. Voters, take note. John Roberts could probably walk through any Home Depot in the nation unnoticed. Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton--chaos in the ...

Honor Thy Father.(Books)(Honor Moore's The Bishop's Daughter)

May 12, 2008; Yabroff, Jennie ... Byline: Jennie Yabroff A daughter's memoir roils her family and the Episcopal Church. Six months after the death of Paul Moore, the Episcopal bishop of New York from 1972 to 1989, his daughter Honor got a phone call. It was her father's birthday, and she was at home ...

Web Site of Hard Knocks.(The Technologist; Steven Levy)(FastWeb)

May 12, 2008; Levy, Steven ... Byline: Steven Levy FastWeb links students with scholarships. But is a $1,500 grant for duck-calling really worth pursuing? Two thoughts occur to just about any parent whose child is about to enter college. The first is "I can't believe how quickly the years have ...

The Art Of Mayhem And Murder.(Technology)(Grand Theft Auto IV)

May 12, 2008; Croal, N'Gai ... Byline: N'Gai Croal The game gives our mercurial hero a conscience, a fatigue with death, a desire to start over. When I write a post about videogames on my NEWSWEEK.com blog, Level Up, my target audience is the sizable one that's already knowledgeable about the ...

An Artifice For America.(Culture)(Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies)(Book review)

May 12, 2008; Gates, David ... Byline: David Gates In a new history of Niagara Falls, a natural wonder is reshaped by man--and its surroundings become a toxic wasteland. The first European to see Niagara falls didn't enjoy it. "When one stands near the Fall," wrote Father Louis Hennepin (who did ...

Letters.(Letters)

May 12, 2008 ... "The Martyr Factory": Readers were fascinated by the tale of a small Libyan town's disproportionate contribution to the pool of Iraqi suicide bombers. One found Kevin Peraino's cover story "historically interesting, insightful and painfully revealing of the festering, fearful issues that ...

The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)(Editorial)

May 12, 2008; Meacham, Jon ... Byline: Jon Meacham Perhaps naively, I have always been skeptical of what you might call the Gibbonization of America--that we are, like Rome, fated to inevitable decline. Admittedly, history offers little support for my view that things are rarely as bad as people think they ...

A Chain That Pigs Would Die For.(Project Green)(Heritage Acres)

May 12, 2008; Kuchment, Anna ... Byline: Anna Kuchment Can food be fast--and fastidious? Chipotle Mexican Grill insists on humanely raised meat. Russ Kremer still chuckles when he remembers the day Steve Ells, CEO of the fast-food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill, called to ask if he could land his ...

Natural Response.(Project Green)(organic food)

May 12, 2008; Naughton, Keith ... Byline: Keith Naughton; With Hilary Shenfeld, Joan Raymond And Mary Chapman As prices of organic foods rise, plain old fruits and vegetables suddenly look better. Twice a month, Chris McCullough would drive to the Whole Foods market near Cleveland to stock up on ...

Empty-Net Syndrome.(Project Green)(Pacific salmon)

May 12, 2008; Tolme, Paul ... Byline: Paul Tolme A disastrous crash in Pacific salmon closes the season. Fishermen wonder: will they come back? Bill Dawson, the owner of San Francisco's Seafood Suppliers, has been in the salmon business for 35 years. Dawson has seen California's salmon harvest ...

Crying Over Spilt Milk.(Project Green)(food inflation)

May 12, 2008; Gross, Daniel ... Byline: Daniel Gross; With Miyoko Ohtake In San Francisco Everyone's talking about the rising costs of food. But for most Americans, the reality isn't so dire. Every day, Bill Higgins, co-owner of Real Restaurants--a group of 13 San Francisco eateries including the ...

The Rise Of The Rest.(Cover Story: International; The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria)(rest of the world)(Cover story)(Excerpt)

May 12, 2008; Zakaria, Fareed ... It's true China is booming, Russia is growing more assertive, terrorism is a threat. But if America is losing the ability to dictate to this new world, it has not lost the ability to lead. Americans are glum at the moment. No, I mean really glum. In April, a new poll revealed ...

Something To Shout About.(Giving Globally)(SolarAid)

May 12, 2008; Margolis, Mac ... Byline: Mac Margolis Africa needed hearing aids. Howard Weinstein got a chance to start over. It's a long way from Montreal to Otse, a speck of a town in the backcountry of Botswana. But Howard Weinstein, 57, is glad he made the journey. When he first arrived in this ...

The Left Starts to Rethink Reagan.(History)(Ronald Reagan)(Discussion)

May 12, 2008 ... Barack Obama's not the only one calling him a 'transformational' leader. So is Sean Wilentz. The outcome of this November's election may hinge on a single question: which presidential candidate will prevail among the "Reagan Democrats"? Those traditionally Democratic voters made ...

Marking Time With A Glacier.(My Turn)(Portage Glacier)

May 12, 2008; Yeager, Tom ... Byline: Tom Yeager; Yeager Lives In Girdwood, Alaska. As our family grew larger, climate change caused the massive wall of ice to grow smaller. It is a bit disconcerting to be old enough to have witnessed changes that were once thought to take longer than a human ...

Obama's New Gospel.(Politics)(Barack Obama)

May 12, 2008; Conant, Eve ... Byline: Eve Conant And Richard Wolffe What does Barack Obama believe? It's a question that an army of surrogates, out trying to assure religious voters of his faith, is answering again and again. Tim Roemer is a gifted salesman working a tough territory. For weeks, ...

A Turbulent Pastor.(Politics)(John Hagee)

May 12, 2008; Bailey, Holly ... Byline: Holly Bailey John Hagee has his share of out-there opinions, but lucky for the candidate, he's in a moment of silence. John McCain likes to think of himself as a straight shooter--a man of honor who doesn't duck tough questions. But at least one question does ...

She Thought She Could Do Better.(Tragedy)(Deborah Jeane Palfrey)

May 12, 2008; Conant, Eve ... Byline: Eve Conant And Evan Thomas Deborah Jeane Palfrey saw a business opportunity and took it. But her success was also her downfall. She was never your typical madam. Discretion was definitely not one of her virtues. After Deborah Jeane Palfrey was charged with ...

Emile Hirsch's Amazing Race.(Newsmakers; Q&A)(Interview)

May 12, 2008; Setoodeh, Ramin ... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh Emile Hirsch drives the Mach 5 in "Speed Racer." He spoke to NEWSWEEK's Ramin Setoodeh. After doing this movie, are you a better driver? It's all green screen. But I'd come off "Into the Wild," where I'd done intense preparation, so ...