Newsweek back issues from August 2007:
When the Skinheads Ruled England.(This Is England)(Movie review)(Brief article)
Aug 06, 2007; ... Byline: David Ansen Shane Meadows's raw, exuberant "This Is England" pops off the screen from the moment the opening credits roll--propelled by Toots & the Maytals--and never flags. The setting is the English Midlands in the summer of 1983. Thatcher is in power, the Falklands ...
The Fast and The Curious; 'The Bourne Ultimatum' races to its flashy finish.(Movie review)
Aug 06, 2007; ... Byline: David Ansen How fast and furious is the third installment of the Bourne trilogy? Just in the first 15 minutes it charges from a chase in Moscow to CIA headquarters in Langley, Va.; to Turin, Italy; Paris, London and New York City, barely pausing to catch its (or our) ...
Let's Think Outside The Box of Bad Cliches; Sloppy writing leads to sloppy thinking, which is why I have a 'bone of contention' with trite phrases.
Aug 06, 2007; ... Byline: Gregory Pence (Pence lives in Birmingham, Ala.) As a professor of bioethics, I strive to teach my students that clear writing fosters clear thinking. But as I was grading a stack of blue books today, I discovered so many cliches that I couldn't help writing them down ....
What We Talk About When We Talk About Bonds; Booing masks a self-loathing for our own evasions of fair play.(Barry Bonds and other sports scandals)
Aug 06, 2007; ... Byline: David Gates (With Allison Samuels) Since the news broke that the Chicago white Sox had thrown the 1919 World Series, has the sports world had a nastier week? Or should we forget even that qualification? The Black Sox scandal seriously damaged major-league baseball, but ...
BeliefWatch: Christ-like.(scrutiny of Harry Potter books by conservative Christian leaders)(Brief article)
Aug 06, 2007; ... Byline: Lisa Miller Have you finished reading? What do you think? Is Harry Potter a Christian story after all? Harry has made news, ever since his arrival on the scene in 1998, for provoking the ire of some right-wing Christians who believe his magical powers and wizardly ...
A Life In Books: Natasha Trethewey.(Brief article)
Aug 06, 2007 ... Poet Natasha Trethewey won the Pulitzer Prize for "Native Guard," her latest book of prose inspired by historical events. These books shaped her personal history. My Five Most Important Books "The Diary of Anne Frank." I've loved this book since fifth grade. ...
The Color Of Sales.(green homes in demand)(Brief article)
Aug 06, 2007; ... Byline: Karen Springen The housing slump notwithstanding, sellers of ecofriendly homes are seeing green. "Our local real-estate market is in the tank, but we're hiring people left and right to try to keep up with demand," says David Stitt, an ecofriendly builder in Arkansas. At ...
Road Rules; The novel that launched the Beats, the hippies and designer jeans turns 50. But this legendary 'joyride' is actually the saddest book you'll ever read--even with God on every page. Time for another look.(Critical essay)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: David Gates Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" gets the full 50th anniversary treatment next month, and both cheerleaders and hand-wringers acknowledge that it radically changed American culture--somehow or other. True, the National Quiet Desperation Index has only risen ...
The Best of Flights, The Worst of Flights.(air travel)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Daniel Gross Flying today is a Dickensian affair. Flight diaries read like production notes for "Oliver": endless lines, screaming children, basic necessities confiscated, uncomfortable physical inspections, cramped conditions and food of dubious quality. For ...
Forward Into Battle; With The Wall Street Journal and a new business network, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News chief Roger Ailes plan their next move: all-out war.
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Rupert Murdoch, owner-in-waiting of The Wall Street Journal, is taking the high road. After a bitter three-month battle to win approval from enough bickering Bancrofts to buy their Dow Jones & Co., the mogul struck a gracious tone with the family, ...
Not-So-Hidden Power; She wields tremendous influence over her husband's would-be presidential campaign. But who is Jeri Thompson--and why won't the campaign discuss her?
Aug 13, 2007 ... Byline: Holly Bailey Presidential candidates always make a big deal of the advice they get from their wives. Ronald Reagan told voters that Nancy was his closest adviser; Bill Clinton said Hillary was so crucial to his team that electing him would be a "two-for-one" deal. On the ...
Death on the Mississippi.
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Margaret Nelson Brinkhaus, Eve Conant and Andrew Romano The moments before the disaster were unremarkable: rush-hour traffic; a car horn; drivers inching home from work. And then, in an instant, the world collapsed. "I felt some shaking and a couple of jolts," says ...
Newsmakers.(Interview)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh, Nicki Gostin A New View From Star Jones At a recent breakfast, Star Jones orders a single scrambled egg with cheese. The waiter brings her two by mistake. "That's too much!" Star squeals, shoveling the extra egg away. The old Ms. Jones thrived ...
Perspectives: Quotes in the News.
Aug 13, 2007 ... "I think it was something of a miracle." Minneapolis Fire Chief Jim Clack, on the low number of deaths as a result of the city's rush-hour bridge collapse "Regardless of how reforms might inconvenience us or impact our personal lifestyles, our priority must be to ...
Conventional Wisdom: Foxy Dow Jones Edition; Will the Rupe ruin The Wall Street Journal? Eventually. But at least he hasn't screwed up "The Simpsons" yet.
Aug 13, 2007 ... Gonzo (down) Truth-challenged A.G. is hanging by a thread, and now impeachment is on the table. Will he soon be gone-zo? Hillary (up) Bona fide front runner isn't making mistakes, and polls are high. But it's a long way to Tipperary. Obama (down) Getting peppered ...
Looking For a Leaker.(suspect in disclosing warrantless eavesdropping program)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Michael Isikoff The controversy over President Bush's warrantless surveillance program took another surprise turn last week when a team of FBI agents, armed with a classified search warrant, raided the suburban Washington home of a former Justice Department lawyer. The ...
Obama's Tough Talk.(Barack Obama)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Michael Hirsh In a new foreign-policy speech, Barack Obama retuned his message by calling not just for a withdrawal from Iraq, but for "taking the fight to the terrorists" in Afghanistan and Pakistan by sending more U.S. troops there. Obama criticized President Bush for ...
Crime: 'Four in the Backyard'.(dead fetuses)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Suzanne Smalley Christy Freeman seemed like any mom, juggling four teenagers and the taxi company she ran. But last week, in the Ocean City, Md., home Freeman shared with her kids and longtime boyfriend, authorities found the remains of four dead infants and fetuses--all ...
A Cool Summer.(season for good American films)(Brief article)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Sean Smith Summer has been blockbuster time for three decades now. But this season of "Pirates" and "Transformers" has also become a season of Oscar contenders. There are already three possible best-actress nominees from films released since May--Julie Christie for ...
Monkey See, Monkey Sue (for Legal Custody).(rights of chimpanzees)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Sanhita Sen Are chimpanzees more like babies or bicycles? Put another way: are they beings with basic rights, or property to be returned to an owner? The answer may decide the fate of Emma and Jackson, two chimps at the center of a custody battle between animal ...
BeliefWatch: Banned?(prohibited books in prison)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Lisa Miller Moshe Milstein, a religious Jew who is incarcerated at the federal prison in Otisville, N.Y., wants his Maimonides back. Officials at the Otisville prison recently removed hundreds of books from the chapel library there--including, Milstein charges in court ...
Movies: Snap Judgment; Our Critics Steer You Straight.(Stardust)(Becoming Jane)(Movie review)(Brief article)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: David Ansen Stardust Directed by Matthew Vaughn A young Victorian lad named Tristan (Charlie Cox) crosses over from his village into the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold, where witches brew, pirate ships fly, unicorns prance and a fallen star turns into a ...
Not Another Teen Movie; 'Rocket Science' has a big brain--and a bigger heart.(Movie review)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: David Ansen Hal Hefner (Reece Daniel Thompson) is a stutterer. His problem is so severe that he has to practice ordering pizza as he stands in line at his high-school cafeteria--and has to settle for sloppy Joes because he can't get the words out fast enough. Hal would ...
The Truth About Denial.(Correction notice)
Aug 13, 2007 ... ***** CORRECTION: Clarification: In "The Truth About Denial" (Aug. 13), we said that Congressman John Dingell "adamantly oppose[s] greenhouse curbs that might hurt the auto and other industries." While Dingell has long opposed greenhouse curbs, he is now a co-sponsor of a bill ...
Yummy Vs. Slummy; And the winner is ... who cares? We've become narcissist mommies, obsessed with our parenting choices and defensive when confronted with others'.
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Kathleen Deveny (With Julie Scelfo) The mommy wars are killing me. Raise your children however you'd like. Just please--please--stop telling me about it. Do whatever you want: stay at home with your kids, wear gym clothes all day and make your own organic baby food. Work ...
How to Stop Being a Drip.(wise use of water)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Charlene Dy Water use soars in the summertime, and drought-affected regions have been tightening their faucets in an effort to conserve water. While some towns have gone so far as to restrict lawn watering and public fountains, better technology and a new EPA labeling ...
The Checklist; Our top picks for the week ahead.(Buyers guide)
Aug 13, 2007 ... Rent "Disturbia," out Tuesday on DVD. In this modern take on Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window," a teenager under house arrest (Shia LaBeouf) suspects his next-door neighbor of kidnapping and murder. Buy Graffeeti shoes (from $31.99 at graffeeti.com). These cleverly designed ...
Horsepower.(horseback riding)(Buyers guide)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Paul Tolme Horseback trail rides offer city slickers the opportunity to experience the West the cowboy way. With a horse doing all the work, tourists can access remote areas that would take hours to reach on foot. Look for moose and elk while ascending 2,000 feet into ...
Sleeper Reads.(books)(Brief article)(Book review)
Aug 13, 2007; ... Byline: Malcolm Jones and Anna Kuchment You've perused "The Secret," devoured "The Diana Chronicles" and fallen under the spell of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Looking for your next beach read? Here are five worthy hardbacks that didn't make the best-seller lists but ...
Uncorked / Sauvignon Blanc.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
Aug 13, 2007 ... Sauvignon Blanc makes a lively summer sipper, balancing live-wire acidity with fruit, mineral, herb and grass flavors. The white grape is grown around the world, taking on many different characters. Here are five high-scoring Sauvignon Blancs available at wallet-friendly prices. ...
Newcomers By Numbers.(immigrants employed in the United States)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Anna Quindlen Some people talk about immigration in terms of politics, some in terms of history. But the crux of the matter is numbers. The Labor Department says that immigrants make up about 15 percent of the work force. It's estimated that a third of those are ...
Seeing Is Believing? Is this a real Jackson Pollock? A mysterious trove of pictures rocks the art world.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan When Jackson Pollock smashed his green Oldsmobile convertible into a tree in East Hampton, on New York's Long Island, 51 years ago this month, his violent death at the age of 44 only enhanced his mythic status as the iconic American renegade, who'd ...
When Fools Rush In, The Joke's on Them.(an analysis of investment industry)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Daniel Gross An idea for a morality play: capture the madness of an era when investors, entranced by new technology, a novel set of economic assumptions and an all-powerful Federal Reserve, lost their heads, blew an exuberant bubble and suffered a painful bust. ...
Ah, to Be Sweet Seventeen; The teen magazine stays loyal to the good girls. Sorry, Lindsay.(Lindsay Lohan)(Seventeen magazine)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts and Aisha Eady You're a 17-year-old-girl, within weeks of entering your senior year at Hometown High. "Hot Hair." Check. "Sexy Shoes." Check. And you're armed with the one "Flirting Move" that "Guys Can't Resist!" All thanks to Seventeen magazine's ...
Facebook Grows Up; At 19, Mark Zuckerberg came up with a new way for college kids to connect--and started an online revolution. Now 23, he's trying to build out his business without losing its cool.(Cover story)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Steven Levy (With Karen Breslau in Palo Alto, Jennifer Ordoñez and Tara Weingarten in Los Angeles, Temma Ehrenfeld, Charlene Dy, Brian Braiker and Nick Summers in New York and Sam Stein in Washington, D.C.) On Tuesday, July 31, Shara Karasic's world came to a ...
Why I Love It ... Facebook has become the dry-erase tabula rasa of my life--and of my 1, 042 closest friends (and counting).(Cover story)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Kurt Soller I have three fond memories from my senior year of high school: the day I got my college acceptance letter, the day I graduated and the day I joined Facebook. The latter happened on a May afternoon before graduation, when a college friend e-mailed me an ...
... And Why I Hate It; The site nurses my worst self-indulgent instincts. Does anyone really care that I love penguins?(thoughts on Facebook)(Cover story)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Sarah Kliff I have no idea how many hours of my life I've wasted on Facebook. When I wake up each morning, with my laptop sitting on the edge of my futon, I check it. Before I've thought about brushing my teeth, I have already seen the photographs of my brother's new ...
Is It OK to Poke You? Like any social interaction, Facebook has its own etiquette.(Cover story)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: -Kurt Soller Once upon a time, before the Internet, calling after 9 p.m. was the most serious communication taboo. But with new technology comes new rules, and Facebook is no exception. Before your kids, co-workers or parents ask you "WTF?", read our guide to Facebook ...
MAIL CALL: The Mysterious Killings of Great Apes.(Congo)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Readers were horrified and many moved to tears by our cover story and accompanying photos on the slaughter of four endangered gorillas in Congo. One said, "Wild animals threatened with extinction from indiscriminate and unsustainable hunting, slaughter for body parts and meat is beyond ...
The Editor's Desk.(Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg; ExxonMobil on global warming)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Jon Meacham Stories from the world of technology about the latest man or machine that will forever alter the way we live now (such is the hyperbolic language journalists can fall back on when contemplating a newly minted Silicon Valley gazillionaire or a shiny gadget) ...
A New Way of War; How do you stop foes who kill with devices built for the price of a pizza? Maybe the question is, can you stop them?(Iraqi insurgents' bombs)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Evan Thomas and John Barry (With reporting by Babak Dehghanpisheh in Baghdad, Melinda Liu in Beijing, Joe Cochrane and Danfung Dennis at Forward Operating Base Speicher, Christopher Dickey in Paris, Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai in Kabul, Kevin Peraino in Jerusalem, Zahid Hussain ...
Iraq's Arms Bazaar; How firearms intended for Iraqi security forces are winding up in the hands of extremists across the region.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Christopher Dickey (With John Barry in Washington, Owen Matthews and Sami Kohen in Istanbul, Larry Kaplow in Baghdad and Gretel C. Kovach in Dallas) On the afternoon of Feb. 5, 2006, at a small church in the Turkish Black Sea city of Trabzon, Father Andrea Santoro was ...
'Cathedral Thinking'; Energy's Future: Until we solve climate change, says James E. Rogers, we need even the dirtiest fuel.(coal-fired power plants)(Interview)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Fareed Zakaria Every day, Americans plug their cell phones, iPods and laptops into the wall, unaware that most of their electricity comes from coal, the dirtiest form of energy production. Duke Energy, which operates 20 coal-fired power plants, is the third largest ...
State of Anxiety.(Pakistan and president Pervez Musharraf)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Michael Hirsh And Ron Moreau Pervez Musharraf has always been a dubious ally in George W. Bush's War on Terror--the kind of guy you avert your eyes from while patting him on the back. It's not that Bush doubts the Pakistani leader's sincerity--"He shares the same concern ...
25 hottest Schools; College Guide: It's that time of year again, when high-school seniors and their parents gear up for the admissions game. In excerpts from our annual newsstand issue, here's what you need to know about the newest trends.
Aug 20, 2007 ... Byline: Jay Mathews Like shoes, cars, web sites and stars tracked by paparazzi, good colleges go in and out of fashion. Whether they're mentioned more often, or less often, in any given year has little to do with their inherent qualities. A big state university with a powerhouse ...
The Search for Authenticity; A leading admissions dean explains what colleges really want. It's all about getting the complete picture of a student without packaging by consultants.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Bruce Poch (Poch is dean of admissions at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.) A tale circulating among my colleagues at other colleges tells of a student's taking a rather literal approach to these application instructions: "Ask yourself a question and give us the ...
The Green Campus; How to teach new respect for the environment? The 3 R's: reduce your carbon footprint, reuse and recycle.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Anne Underwood If you attended this year's commencement at Williams College in western Massachusetts, you probably sampled the fresh cinnamon gelato made from locally produced, hormone-free milk. You might have tried the organic greens with edible chive blossoms (purple, ...
After Virginia Tech; A tragedy showed the risk of underestimating mental-health problems. Now schools are intervening sooner.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Daniel McGinn (With Joan Raymond and Samantha Henig) He displayed all the signs of a young man headed for trouble. Professors raised alarms over his violent writings. Roommates worried about his isolation and lack of friends. Around campus, his creepy attempts to ...
Is Your Campus Safe? Many colleges have new security systems in place. But students and parents still need to do some detective work.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Andrew Murr Safety is serious business at New Jersey's Montclair State University. Under a program put into place a few years ago, students carry special cell phones that signal campus police if something is wrong. Students set a code for a certain amount of time--say, ...
One Family's Road Trip; A NEWSWEEK father and daughter find that the campus visit is a journey of discovery--about schools, life and how one generation can best guide another.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Howard Fineman (Howard Fineman is NEWSWEEK's senior Washington correspondent and columnist.) For me, the green hills of upstate New York are more than a lovely landscape--they are a beloved seat of learning. As the 17-year-old product of a big public high school in ...
One Family's Road Trip.(choosing a school)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Meredith Fineman (Meredith Fineman is entering her junior year at the University of Pennsylvania.) Everyone told me I would know when I found the college of my dreams. "It's like a bolt of lightning," a friend assured me. "You can just tell." Still, as my dad and I began ...
I'm Counting Every Penny; Many of his classmates are rich. He's not. A Berkeley student from Nigeria explains how he handles the financial challenges of American education.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Chima Nwankwo (Nwankwo is entering his senior year at the University of California, Berkeley.) During my sophomore year at Berkeley, three friends and I moved into an off-campus duplex together. Our first weekend there, we went grocery shopping and split the bill. One of ...
Revenge of The Nerds; They're not hip. Or sexy. But they are 'Superbad.'.(movie)(Movie review)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Devin Gordon Almost everyone in Hollywood is predicting that "Superbad," a new high-school comedy from the makers of "Knocked Up," will be the sleeper hit of the summer, which raises the question: can a movie really be a sleeper hit if no one is asleep about it? The ...
Real Men Shed Tears: Why It's All Right to Cry; It may be male menopause or just plain melancholy, but lately, it doesn't take much to make me weepy.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Gordon Marino (Marino lives in Northfield, Minn.) There is a story in Herodotus about Xerxes. The Persian king is on a plateau proudly scanning his million-man army as it marches toward Greece. Suddenly, the emperor bursts into tears and exclaims, "They will all be gone ...
A Town In Turmoil; As the new school year approaches, Jena, La., is struggling to move beyond the racial strife that ripped it apart and left the futures of six students in disarray.
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Gretel C. Kovach and Arian Campo-Flores (With Eve Conant) It began with a seemingly innocuous question. At an assembly during the first week of classes last fall at Jena High School in rural Louisiana, Kenneth Purvis, a junior, asked the vice principal if he could sit ...
The Hardest of Calls; 'I'm comfortable in an insurgent's role,' says McCain. That's a good thing, because that's the role he's in.(presidential candidate John McCain)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Jon Meacham I knew a man who slept through the night." So begins John McCain's new book, "Hard Call," in which the former Republican front runner--he has long since ceded that place in the polls to Rudy Giuliani--explores, in the words of the subtitle, "great decisions ...
Fighting the Arugula Factor; He charms elites. But how does Obama woo a must-have: 'downscale Dems'?(Barack Obama's campaign)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Andrew Romano (With Daren Briscoe) On a sunlit Friday afternoon in July, Barack Obama stopped by Beverly Van Fossen's farm in Adel, Iowa, to speak about "rural issues." It was standard Hawkeye State stumping--until the senator took a stab at sympathizing with farmers ...
I Know What You Did Last Summer.(United States Congress suspends the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Jonathan Alter I hate to sound melodramatic about it, but while everyone was at the beach or "The Simpsons Movie" on the first weekend in August, the U.S. government shredded the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, the one requiring court-approved "probable cause" ...
The Invincible Venus Comes Back for Thirds.(tennis player Venus Williams goes for another U.S. Open title)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Allison Samuels Venus Williams, 27, is at an age when most tennis greats prepare for retirement. But she's showing no signs of slowing up. This month Williams will go after her third U.S. Open title in Flushing, N.Y. It's been nearly 13 years since Venus and her sister ...
Perspectives: Quotes in the News.(Quotation)
Aug 20, 2007 ... "The panic is psychological." Art Hogan, chief marketing analyst at Jefferies, on Thursday's stock plummet. The Federal Reserve provided money to reduce the risk of a market collapse. "As long as there's jobs here that Americans aren't doing, people are willing to ...
Conventional Wisdom: Stocks And Bonds Edition.
Aug 20, 2007 ... The Minneapolis bridge disaster and New York's subway washout send a message: spend on infrastructure, not bridges to nowhere. Bush (sideways) What does it mean when a president goes on vacation and nobody cares? Happy brush-clearing, W. Steve Skvara (up) At Chicago ...
Gitmo: Should Doctors Force-Feed Prisoners?(hunger strikes; Guantanamo detainees)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Evan Thomas Hunger strikers confront their captors with a dilemma. When women suffragists went on hunger strikes in the early 20th century, authorities pried open their mouths and forced down chunks of food (several women choked to death). During Northern Ireland's ...
Everyone's In Elko!(presidential campaign in Elko, Nevada)
Aug 20, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Friess Until this spring, the last national candidate to campaign in Elko, Nev., was Vice President Richard Nixon in the quest for re-election in 1956. But John McCain was here at this Interstate 80 outpost in April to kick off his campaign. Then came a visit by ...
Clinton's K Street Play.(Hillary Clinton's campaign)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Sam Stein and Michael Isikoff Hillary Clinton is likely to take more flak over the role D.C. lobbyists are playing in filling her campaign coffers. The Democratic front runner recently sought to dismiss the issue at the YearlyKos bloggers convention, defiantly refusing ...
A Manly Comeback.(a more masculine look with hair transplants)
Aug 20, 2007; ... Byline: Catharine Skipp and Arian Campo-Flores Measuring 6 feet 3, with chiseled pecs and a bushy beard, George seemed like a model of manliness. Yet two years ago the 47-year-old Virginia businessman (who declined to give his full name to protect his privacy) decided he didn't ...