Newsweek back issues from May 2008:
The Age of Grand Dilution.(The Money Culture; Daniel Gross)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Daniel Gross Given that National City had to raise capital quickly, selling stock at a huge discount was 'the least unattractive' alternative. Watching CNBC can be a little like watching the movie "Groundhog Day." and no, it's not because Bill Murray has ...
Now It's The $6 Loaf Of Bread.(Food)
May 05, 2008; ... As prices soar, food has replaced oil as the big threat to the long-running global economic expansion. In the afternoons, Ringo Purganan, a 20-year-old who is training to be a cook, pedals his bicycle home through the densely populated barrio of Krus na Ligas in Quezon City, ...
You Need To Fall To Rise.(Turning Point)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Kevin Cronin My son's handling of his addiction was an inspiration. On May 14, 1977, at the age of 25, I became a father. Although REO Speedwagon was having some success, the truth is I was still counting my change to pay the rent. But my world was about to ...
Heat Your Vegetables.(Sharon Begley; ON SCIENCE)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Sharon Begley Crops in the tropics will do worse, since extra heat where it's already hot hurts more than it helps. Whenever global warming began looking too bleak--with such threats as dengue fever spreading like kudzu out of the tropics, storm surges ...
Toward A New New Orleans.(Culture)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Malcolm Jones And Cathleen McGuigan; With Allison Samuels Has this vibrant culture come back from Katrina? Signs point to Yes--but. Drive through St. Roch, a tough New Orleans neighborhood northeast of the French Quarter, and you'll travel down street after ...
The Necklace That Nags.(Enterprise; Bytes)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Linda Stern Can't remember if you took your medicine? Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a sensor necklace that can record when its wearer has swallowed pills, and send reminders if necessary. The MagneTrace relies on tiny ...
'What's The Red Key For?'.(Enterprise; Bytes)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Linda Stern Teens may not know much about big business, but they sure know about cell phones. A Dutch firm is now sending high-schoolers into corporate settings to tutor technologically challenged workers. Both populations benefit, says Anita van der Stap, who created a ...
Quick Read.(Enterprise; BYTES)(book review)(Book review)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: John Sparks The Turnaround Kid: What I Learned Rescuing America's Most Troubled Companies By Steve Miller Steve Miller has had an extraordinary career that many of his readers may be glad they haven't shared. After making his name as Lee Iacocca's wingman ...
The Road Ahead for Cars.(Enterprise; MY TURN)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Bob Lutz; Lutz is vice chairman of global product development at General Motors. A General Motors leader says small and electric are the wave of the future. But don't expect the U.S. fleet to resemble Europe's until gas passes $10 a gallon. Whenever I'm asked ...
Hey, I Know Where U R.(Enterprise; Q&A With Steven Levy)(Interview)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Steven Levy Loopt lets you use a cell phone to share locations. Moms and dads, if you want your kids to get a degree, think twice about Stanford. If, like Sam Altman, your matriculating computer-science major gets an idea for a new company--in Altman's case, ...
Rock-And-Roll Fantasy.(Enterprise; Strategies)(Company overview)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Keith Naughton; With Patrick Crowley Harmonix, creator of Rock Band and Guitar Hero, is changing videogames. It's a warm Tuesday night at the Olde Fort Pub in Ft. Thomas, Ky., just across the river from Cincinnati, and the regulars are rolling in with the ...
An Oil Oasis.(Enterprise; Global Travel)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Sameer Reddy Saudi Arabia challenges our ideas about the Gulf world. On landing at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, it's instantly clear to an outsider that Saudi Arabia is unlike any other place on earth--though not necessarily for the reasons one ...
To Russia With Cash.(Enterprise; Executive Life)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Anna Nemtsova If there's any doubt that Moscow has arrived as a high-end destination, just try booking a hotel room. Accommodations in the hotel-starved Russian capital are already going for $1,000 a night--not including breakfast. The number of travelers to Moscow is ...
Roses Are Not Always Red.(Enterprise; Executive Life)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Lily Huang A rose is always a rose, and this spring they'll be on lots of garments and accessories. For chilly days, Anthropologie puts a golden vine of roses on a silk and wool scarf ($88). They garnish Prada's satin clutch ($695; bergdorfgoodman.com). Jean-Michel ...
Smart Giving.(Enterprise; CAPITAL IDEAS)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Linda Stern Writing checks isn't enough. The new style of philanthropy is hands-on and disciplined. Philanthropy is changing. Inspired by hands-on donors like Bill and Melinda Gates, buried under all the solicitations and unwilling to hand their cash over to ...
Cold Facts From a Tiny Nation.(Enterprise; Daniel Gross)(Country overview)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Daniel Gross Iceland has only 300,000 people. It's isolated and quirky. This helps explain its micro-economy. Iceland has only 300,000 people. But unlike many other islands with Lilliputian populations, it's not a colony. Instead, it's a full-fledged nation ...
Stay True to Your Brand.(Enterprise; LEADERSHIP)(Interview)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Richard M. Smith Ad guru Rance Crain says the rules are eternal. Crain Communications isn't the highest-profile media company, but each week its publications--including such titles as Advertising Age, Crain's New York Business and Automotive News-- are ...
Hot Spots: Al Faisaliah Hotel, Riyadh.(Enterprise)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Sameer Reddy THIS luxury Rosewood property, in the oversize Al Faisaliah building, caters to both business and leisure travelers. Rooms: The 197 rooms and 27 suites range from approximately $320 to $3,700. Decor: The look is classic, focused on ...
Lessons From the 'Divorce Generation'.(Letters)(Correction notice)(Letter to the editor)
May 05, 2008 ... 'Splitsville': Readers of our cover story on divorce came away with varying impressions. One said, "It was refreshing to see that despite the hardships of divorce, the kids from L.A.'s Grant High class of 1982 feel their parents' divorces were for the best." Another wrote, "For David ...
The Editor's Desk.(The Editor's Desk)(Editorial)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Jon Meacham Political campaigns are fascinating for the same reasons great novels are: both feature characters driven and buffeted by ambition, love and pride. And as in literature, scope is important in politics, for the higher the stakes, the more pitched the story ....
Questions for Obama.(George F. Will; THE LAST WORD)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: George F. Will ***** Correction: In "Questions For Obama" (The Last Word, May 5), George Will said Obama favors eliminating the cap on earnings subject to the 12.4 percent Social Security tax. The tax (currently limited to the first $102,000 at 12.4 percent) ...
Liberate Us From The Liberators.(Africa)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Scott Johnson And John Barry Southern Africa is paralyzed by a hoary old drama--how to persuade an independence leader to go. Gangs loyal to Robert Mugabe have covertly rampaged across Zimbabwe's countryside for weeks. They wield axes and crowbars as well as ...
McCain Vs. McCain.(Fareed Zakaria; World View)(John McCain)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Fareed Zakaria He seems to think he can magically unite the two main strands in the foreign-policy establishment. He can't. Amid the din of the dueling democrats, people seem to have forgotten about that other guy in the presidential race--you know, John ...
Hitler Killed My Father.(My Turn)(Adolf Hitler)(Personal account)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Shirley Paryzer Levy; Paryzer Levy Lives In Queens, N.Y. He wouldn't talk about the years he spent in Nazi concentration camps. But they never left him. I am approaching another anniversary of my father's death. It will be more than a dozen years since he ...
Only In America.(Campaign 2008)(Cover story)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Evan Thomas, Holly Bailey And Richard Wolffe; With Suzanne Smalley, Sarah Kliff And Daniel Stone Barack Obama is a Niebuhr-reading ESPN watcher. The origins of his troubles with the 'other' tag. There was a time, not so long ago, when the advisers to John ...
Brownsville's Bad Lie.(Border Politics)(Brownsville, Texas)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Arian Campo-Flores And Andrew Murr The fence is coming, and it's causing Texas-size problems for the folks of one city in particular. CLOSE CALL: The proposed path of the border is about 20 feet from the Lambert home For five generations, the ...
The Natural No More.(Politics)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Jonathan Darman; With Suzanne Smalley The greatest mystery in a mystifying campaign: what happened to Bill? History may record primary day in Pennsylvania as the day Bill Clinton officially became the most tragic figure of the 2008 campaign. As voters headed ...
Was It Ever Going To Be Easy?(Politics)
May 05, 2008; ... Race, class, elitism, experience. There are many narratives running throughout this Democratic primary season. A NEWSWEEK forum. Karl Rove Dear Senator Obama -- Four months ago, you took the political world by storm in Iowa. The media were agog. They ...
Race, the Race and Relatability.(Politics; THE NEW NEWSWEEK POLL>)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008 ... Is Barack Obama an elitist? Can he connect with white working-class voters? These were the questions being asked last week, and they're unlikely to go away as long as the Democratic-nomination battle continues. The new newsweek Poll looks at voters' impressions of how the ...
Sexiest Juggler Alive!(Newsmakers; Q&A)(Interview)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh Dr. McDreamy, Patrick Dempsey, stars in the romantic comedy "Made of Honor," which is like "My Best Friend's Wedding," with Dempsey in the Julia Roberts role. He spoke to Ramin Setoodeh. Hi, Patrick. How are you doing? I'm good. I'm ...
A Ms. Jones Who's Single Once Again.(Newsmakers)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008 ... Poor Star Jones. Who would have thought her marriage wouldn't last? OK, everybody. Last week news broke that the exiled "View" host had filed for divorce from Al Reynolds, her husband of four years. What's got to hurt (besides the heartbreak for Ms. Jones, 46, as single again as Bridget) ...
Stepping Into Sister's Shoes.(Newsmakers)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008 ... THE CHART Nobody wants a big sister who is a diva, unless you're trying to make it in Hollywood. Then it can actually help your career. Take this crop of starlets, some of whom are behaving just like their older (but not wiser) siblings. Solange, 21 ...
Perspectives.(Perspectives)
May 05, 2008 ... Byline: Quotation Sources: New York Times, Reuters (2), PBS, CBS, New York Times, CBS, AP, CNN, AP "Never again will a disaster of this nature be handled in the terrible and disgraceful way it was handled." Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, after a tour of ...
In the Rezko Trial, A New Name Surfaces: Karl Rove.(Periscope; JUSTICE)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Michael Isikoff The trial of Chicago developer and political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko has been closely watched for any mention of the defendant's onetime friend, Barack Obama. But last week, prosecutors threw a curveball, telling the judge that one of their witnesses ...
North Korea On The Spot.(Periscope; Espionage)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Mark Hosenball Newly declassified spy photos suggesting North Korean involvement inthe construction of a Syrian nuclear reactor, which was heavily damaged in an Israeli bombing raid last year, have raised fresh questions about the facility's murky history--and ...
A Tense Impasse In Yemen.(Periscope; Terrorism)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Michael Isikoff During a Mideast trip earlier this month, FBI Director Robert Mueller made an unpublicized detour to Yemen in order to press an issue of serious concern to Washington: why has the Yemeni government refused to turn over an accused Qaeda terrorist charged ...
Remember That Thing I Just Said? I Never Said It.(Periscope; THE DIGNITY INDEX)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008 ... A weekly mathematical survey of dubious behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low a person can go. To the tune of "White Christmas," conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh sings that he's "dreaming of riots in Denver," site of the Democratic convention. Score: ...
This Is Your Brain On A Videogame.(Periscope; SCIENCE)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Sharon Begley If proponents of video and computer games are right, the generation that grew up honing its hand-eye coordination by shooting aliens in Halo should be starting to nail real-life aircraft-carrier landings right about -- now. But while studies show that the ...
Endgame Edition.(Periscope; CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WATCH)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008 ... Now it's time for the Hoosiers and Tar Heels to weigh in on Obama and Hillary. Get ready for more endless analysis. Obama SIDEWAYS - Lost some mojo, but as long as he doesn't blow N.C. and Ore., he's still the nominee. Hillary SIDEWAYS - Stayin' alive! But her fuzzy ...
Idol Dancing Edition.(Periscope; A CW LOOK AT SOME REALITY TV)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008 ... The most popular reality competitions are getting down to the wire. If only we could say the same for the presidential campaign. Marlee Matlin UP - Deaf actress makes it through six rounds of "Dancing With the Stars." Smooth. David Cook UP - Scruffy rocker seems ...
Errol Morris.(Periscope; A LIFE IN MOVIES)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008 ... In "Standard Operating Procedure," Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris ("The Fog of War") turns his lens on the photographic legacy of the Abu Ghraib Prison scandal. His list: My Five Most Important Movies 1. "Make Way for Tomorrow." The most depressing movie ...
A Writer's Brush With Fate.(Periscope; WORTH YOUR TIME)(Havanas in Camelot)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Katie Baker "Havanas in Camelot," A posthumous collection of William Styron's essays, transports us back to an era when being a novelist meant a kind of lustrous celebrity, as Styron and his contemporaries ("our vintage"--Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, James Baldwin) ...
New Hero Of The High C's.(Periscope; Fast Chat)(Interview)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: David Gates Peruvian-born tenor Juan Diego Florez, 35, sang "La Fille du Regiment" at the Metropolitan Opera last week, and was cheered wildly after the showpiece aria "Ah! Mes Amis," with its nine high C's. He then sang an encore, hitherto banned at the Met, with a ...
A Sobering Message.(Periscope; Addiction)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Suzanne Smalley When Tyrone, 41, can't make his Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, he relies on something else to help him stay sober: text messages. The daily recovery-themed messages from a company called I Live Inspired remind him to "look to my higher power for guidance, ...
An Algorithm for Mr. Right.(Belief Watch)(eHarmony)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Lisa Miller The site 'has never been limited to a Christian audience or to any subset,' says a company lawyer. Let's say you want to get married and you're thinking of joining an Internet dating site. Wouldn't you want that site to be just a little bit picky? ...
Everything Old Is New Again.(Religion)(Interview)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Lisa Miller An Anglican theologian explains that the resurrection really happened--and that the Kingdom is really coming. It should come as no surprise that N. T. Wright believes that the resurrection really happened. As the Anglican bishop of Durham, a ...
The Women The President Loved.(History)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Julia Baird New suggestions that FDR's affair with doting Lucy Mercer never ended. In 1931, when Franklin Roosevelt was considering whether he should, and could, run for the presidency, he called in three physicians to advise on his physical capability. They ...
Getting Away With Torture.(The Veridct)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Dahlia Lithwick Legal maneuvering has shielded those responsible for conditions at Guantanamo Bay. Our "terror trials" aren't working. The prosecutions of a fistful of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay--just getting underway after more than six years--are barely ...
Art Aimed To Shock.(The Arts)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Jennie Yabroff Yale's abortion artist is the latest to try--and fail-- to start a conversation. A German artist wants to install a terminally ill patient in a gallery as an exhibit. In Nicaragua last year, an artist displayed a starving dog, tethered just out ...
Tip Sheet Mother's Day.(Tip Sheet)
May 05, 2008 ... Your mom might say she just wants a card or a phone call. But you know better. The problem this year--and, frankly, every year since you were born--is finding something she'll actually like. That's where TIP SHEET comes in. Not only have we gathered an assortment of great gifts, but we ...
Checklist: Our Top Picks For The Week.(Tip Sheet)(Brief article)
May 05, 2008 ... Rent "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." Julian Schnabel's spellbinding tale of a stroke victim's flights of imagination is ravishing to look at, mercifully unsentimental and blissfully avoids almost every cliche of the handicapped-hero genre. Hear "Jim." Crooner Jamie Lidell ...
The Doctor Will See You Now.(Tip Sheet; MODERN FAMILY)
May 05, 2008; ... Byline: Kathleen Deveny; With Anna Kuchment, Karen Springen and Joan Raymond 'We're much more likely to talk about our husbands' sexual inadequacies than our kids' sexual development.' Maybe every generation of parents feels this way, but it seems as though all the ...
Legend or Loser: Does 'Seinfeld' Still Hold Up After 10 Years?(Television)(Viewpoint essay)
May 12, 2008; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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 ...