The Christian Science Monitor back issues from May 2002:
'Tidy' is a four-letter word.(Features)(Homefront)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Judy Lowe I suspect I'm not alone in wanting to have a clean, tidy house without having to expend too much effort to get it that way. Some people are so neat that if a photographer from Architectural Digest showed up unexpectedly, he could start snapping ...
Al Qaeda's new frontier: Indonesia: Video shows Muslim cleric calling for jihad against Christians.(World)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Dan Murphy Special to The Christian Science Monitor JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- On the steps of a humble mosque, Abu Jibril Abdurrahman quickens his cadence as he approaches the emotional crescendo of his sermon: "Oh God," he implores, "help us to destroy the infidels who ...
For these Californians, neighborliness rules.(Features)(Homefront)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Jennifer Wolcott Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- If you're new to Toby Morris's neighborhood, don't expect him to greet you with a casserole. He's more likely to rush over with a warm pot of homemade tomato sauce and a spoon, ...
Refugees change the face of the heartland.(Features)(Homefront)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Marilyn Gardner Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- As a native Nebraskan, Mary Pipher is fond of describing her state as a place filled with "large, rather plain, white people," her family among them. But increasingly, her ...
Diving into a pool of memories.(The Home Forum)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Anthea Watson As a little girl, I had long brown hair that I wore in ratty pigtails. I had pixie-green eyes and a swollen little belly supported by short, stocky legs. Florida summers were dripping with humid heat. As the sun burned away the fresh cool of the morning, ...
Ladling out a bowl of stew provides food for thought.(Features)(Homefront)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Diane Hayden I think one of the things that fascinates me most about being a parent is the way lessons come from the simplest occurrences in family life. Take our "family stew rule," for example. One of our favorite meals is beef stew. I'm not sure if it's ...
Changing career values make room for family.(Features)(Homefront)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Marilyn Gardner ONE OF THE MORE "family-unfriendly" pieces of advice for working women in the 1970s and '80s was this: Never display pictures of your children on your desk. For men, a framed photo of the wife and kiddies was viewed as a positive addition to ...
A teacher's primary lesson.(The Home Forum)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Robert Klose I am at that point in my college teaching semester when I am beginning to feel overwhelmed. Not with student papers, but rather with the accumulated and ever-accelerating gamut of woes, laments, and personal labyrinths my pupils get mired in. Sometimes ...
Pathways to housing the homeless.(Features)(Homefront)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Christina McCarroll Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- In the hallway of Pathways to Housing, a loud, chaotic office in East Harlem, Hughes Smith can't stop talking about his furniture: "It's unbelievable," he says. It's not often that ...
US meets China's heir apparent: Who's Hu? During his first trip to the United States, Hu Jintao visits the White House today.(World)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Robert Marquand Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BEIJING -- Peking opera performances always take place on an empty stage, with no props. The actors' faces may be stoic or serene. But the slightest flutter of a finger can signal deeper feelings below the ...
Retirement in Chile is a private - and heated - matter.(World)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Reese Erlich Special to The Christian Science Monitor SANTIAGO, CHILE -- It wouldn't be an election year in the US if the controversial topic of Social Security didn't come up. In March, the trustees of US Social Security said in their annual report that, ...
An earful on the war from America's 'allies'.(Opinion)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Amitai Etzioni WASHINGTON -- If you want to get a feeling for why America's allies are rapidly peeling off from supporting the war on terrorism, the following personal account may help. It started when a voice from my German audience startled me with the ...
US scrutinizes Pakistan's backyard: US special forces killed up to four Al Qaeda militants near the Afghan- Pakistani border this week.(World)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Lutfullah Mashal and Ilene R. Prusher MIRAN SHAH, PAKISTAN, AND KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- The US-led military campaign in Afghanistan, launched nearly seven months ago, appears to be shifting southeast of the border into Pakistan. The country's loosely governed tribal ...
Scattered progress in America's inner cities: Bush's visit this week to LA-riot scene highlights new chapter in urban efforts.(USA)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Peter Grier and Daniel B. Wood Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON AND LOS ANGELES -- Baltimore's Inner Harbor is one of the most successful urban redevelopment projects in US history. On weekends - on many weekdays, too - it is packed with ...
HDTV: a 'revolution' in search of couch potatoes: 'People think they can just plug in the TV and ... get high definition.'- Television salesman.(USA)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Noel C. Paul Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WARWICK, R.I. -- Mary Dean watches television all day, every day. The Army officer from Cranston, R.I. - now in the middle of a pregnancy - lies horizontal on her couch, morning to night, flipping channels. ...
Austin asks just how loud 'live music capital' has to be: A stricter noise ordinance proposal divides a Texas city known for its sounds.(USA)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Kris Axtman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor AUSTIN -- If you know only one thing about Austin, it's probably the music. On any given night, this city - the "Live Music Capital of the World" - cranks up the decibel levels and fills the air with ...
Gas spike: conspiracy or 'ethanomics'? Senate committee probes possible price-gouging by oil firms as pump prices take fastest jump in 50 years.(USA)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: David R. Francis Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Oligopoly is a fancy word, but its meaning for most Americans may be steering-wheel simple: higher gasoline prices. The shrinkage of the oil- refinery industry to a smaller number of firms has ...
After tornado, a tight-knit town draws even closer.(USA)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: Laurent Belsie Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor MARBLE HILL, MO. -- Awakened by the sound of debris hitting the house, Betty Hastings just had time to duck and close the bedroom door when she heard the breaking glass. Then, the TV set crashed ...
For international press, freedom comes at a price.(Opinion)
May 01, 2002 ... Byline: John Hughes SALT LAKE CITY -- Friday is World Press Freedom Day. It is commemorated routinely by journalists, human rights organizations, and a few governments - and perhaps with a UN resolution. But this year, it deserves special note, for it's been a ...
The end of poverty? One finance expert argues the world is indeed getting richer - and that the path to prosperity is clear.(Features)(Ideas)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Ruth Walker Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WELLESLEY, MASS. -- John Edmunds has seen the future - and it's wealthy. This will be news to many - certainly to all those antiglobalization protesters who now force the world's economic leaders into ...
The Senate's most powerful man ever: Lyndon Johnson knew how to gather power humbly, and then exercise it brutally.(Features)(Books)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Steve Weinberg For readers who have waited 4,300 days for the third volume of Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the suspense is over. When the second volume appeared 12 years ago, the legendary biographer promised to return. So far, he's devoted about ...
No land, no home, no refuge from pain.(Features)(Books)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Ron Charles Jeffrey Lent's first novel, "In the Fall," earned him comparisons to Cormac McCarthy and William Faulkner. With "Lost Nation," we'll have to go back a little further, say, to Euripides. This remarkable tragedy sets the bar pretentiously high, but then ...
A foreign bond that unites us.(The Home Forum)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Abigail R. Esman He speaks no English. I speak no Turkish. We talk in Dutch. Ever since I moved to this street five years ago, every time I've brought in a pair of shoes to be repaired, I've spent 20 minutes or more in his shop. Sometimes other neighbors are ...
Our actions and outlook spoke for us.(The Home Forum)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Jessica Adler The prospect of 10 days of illiteracy washed over us like five oceans when we heard Mandarin for the first time on our flight to Beijing. Everything sounded like "Rrr" and "Sshh." One of the most daunting communication challenges in a foreign ...
A daughter's unusual revenge: A desire to confront her father's shooter yields a look at how different cultures view an ugly idea.(Features)(Ideas)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Kim Campbell Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Laura Blumenfeld knows all about revenge. It has occupied her thoughts and rolled off her tongue for years. And now it's the subject of her provocative first book, "Revenge: A Story of Hope," in which she ...
Five good reasons to dine al fresco in May: Updates on a once-in-a-lifetime planetary alignment, as the sun graciously drops out of view.(Features)(Ideas)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Jim Bencivenga Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Plan on eating dinner early the first two weeks in May (or eating outside if you dine late). Then, just after sunset, take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime naked-eye view of a gathering that began in ...
Venetians should start learning the backstroke.(Features)(Books)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Frank Bures Venice is dying. That's the sober message of John Keahey's new book, "Venice Against the Sea." The city is slowly sinking, Venetians are fleeing, oceans are rising, and the Adriatic's waves are lapping at the bricks like a ticking clock. ...
Bethlehem tales of life under fire: Two groups of Palestinians emerged from the Church of the Nativity this week.(World)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Cameron W. Barr Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK -- On April 2, as Israeli forces invaded Bethlehem, a lanky, dark-haired teenager named Omar Habib left his apartment to get some medicine for his mother. His way home blocked by ...
Amid riots, some cross a religious divide.(World)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor AHMEDABAD, INDIA -- On her first visit to a Muslim slum after the riots began, Devuben recalls how a little Muslim girl ran screaming from her because of the traditional bindi Devuben puts on her forehead as a ...
Rook taken by crook: The chess-playing machine was a fraud, but it led to the computer.(Features)(Books)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: James Norton IQ tests and SATs notwithstanding, chess is one of the narrowest and most uncompromising yardsticks of human intelligence. Two people sit at a board. Barring a stalemate, one of them walks away feeling smarter. Chess isn't a particularly kind game, but ...
Teachers battle for book choice: In California, educators spearhead a drive for more curriculum control.(USA)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor OAKLAND, CALIF. -- Sitting in front of her class of kindergartners, Harriet Hutchinson is the picture of patience. To teach her children how to count to five, she dons a hand puppet and sings. To keep them ...
Karzai fires first salvo at power of Afghan warlords.(World)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff Writer of The Christian Science Monitor KHOST, AFGHANISTAN -- Afghanistan interim President Hamid Karzai has called this region's most powerful warlord, Badsha Khan Zadran, a "killer" whose power must be broken. This is the first time ...
Why Latin Americans see a US hand behind every coup.(Opinion)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Pat M. Holt WASHINGTON -- When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was deposed in a coup d'etat and then reinstated 24 hours later, hemispheric observers immediately wondered if the unseen hand of the United States was behind those events. It was natural that they would, ...
Wider mission stretches military: With Pentagon chasing Al Qaeda in more countries, Congress and Rumsfeld spar over size of armed forces.(USA)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Ann Scott Tyson Special correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- Nearly two years ago, in a speech to Midwestern veterans, candidate George Bush blamed "back-to-back" deployments of US forces by the Clinton administration in the 1990s for pushing a ...
Everybody's talking at me.(The Home Forum)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Roderick Nordell You'd think that kids' lemonade stands would have gone the way of Tom Sawyer, Penrod, and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. But there one was on our neighborhood's first warm day, complete with hand-lettered sign and 10-year-old with cash box. ...
Israeli mood turns more hostile: Smarting from media criticism and foreign pressure, Israelis slide into old isolationist attitudes.(World)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Peter Ford Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JERUSALEM -- Condemned around the world for their army's often brutal assault on the Palestinian territories, Israelis are retreating into a resentful mistrust of outsiders that threatens only to deepen their ...
Deliberative Senate - now deliberative to a fault? Stop-and-start uncertainty is pattern as lawmakers consider drug benefits, terrorism insurance.(USA)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- More than 50 bills that sailed through the House of Representatives, plus scores of judicial nominations, are now stacked up like cordwood in the Senate, where action has become ...
In Illinois, Ryan takes on Ryan: The deepening bribery scandal surrounding the state's chief executive prompts GOP candidate Jim Ryan to ask Gov. George Ryan to consider resigning.(USA)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Laurent Belsie Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor SPRINGFIELD, ILL. -- Chicago has long flaunted its colorful tradition of political chicanery. But the city by the lake is keeping its nose relatively clean these days. So the state's center of political ...
Border mystery: 274 murders in nine years: An American-led coalition wants Mexican officials to get help in solving the killings of female factory workers.(USA)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Kris Axtman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO -- Ask anyone in this gritty industrial border city and they'll tell you their theory of who is killing the women: a mass murderer or copycats, maybe even someone from across the border in ...
No to anti-Arab bigotry: The US must see Mideast Arabs as part of the solution.(Opinion)
May 02, 2002 ... Byline: Larry Seaquist LACEY, WASH. -- Every day, kids come home from school to play, often to play war, boys especially. Last week in Gaza, three young teenage boys came home from school, dutifully left notes for their parents, picked up knives, an ax, and some homemade ...
Surprise, they're us - in colorful tights.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Gregory M. Lamb Shouldn't we find the idea of costumed crusaders silly? Why are both children and adults still attracted to superheroes? The key seems to be in the ways we see them as just like us, in between their forays to stop the bad guys and save the ...
A playwright asks: How do we own up to what we've done?(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Gloria Goodale WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. -- Responsibility, says 30-something playwright Stephen Belber, doesn't come easily to his peers. "It's vogue to be a slacker in this generation," the New York-based writer says. "Everything is not black and white. But ...
Hub for Austrian modernism.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Carol Strickland Special to The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- Of all the cultural jewels in New York, the jewel in the crown may be a new museum, the Neue Galerie. Housed in a 1914 Beaux-Arts mansion, the museum showcases Austrian and German art from ...
Movie Guide.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... NEW RELEASES Baran (Not rated) Director: Majid Majidi. With Hossein Abedini, Mohammad Reza Naji, Zahra Bahrami, Hossein Rahimi. (105 min.) Sterritt **** The unglamorous setting is an Iranian construction site, and the unlikely hero is an Iranian man who ...
Stuck on superheroes: 'Spider-Man' opens today. why do fantastic heroes from comic books remain so popular?(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Stephen Humphries Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor For decades, comic-book superheroes have survived bullets and bombs, Kryptonite, and gamma rays. They've thwarted the evil machinations and worldwide-domination schemes of arch villains. They've even ...
'Hollywood Ending' is happy.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: David Sterritt Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor The biggest surprise in this year's Oscar show wasn't a winner's name tucked in an envelope. It was the onstage appearance of Woody Allen, who's famous for avoiding celebrity events like this. What ...
'Spider-Man' makes dazzling leap to screen.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Gloria Goodale Arts and culture correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor LOS ANGELES -- Given how important the teen audience is to a big-budget action flick, it's amazing that "Spider-Man" has taken this long to crawl onscreen. After all, the tortured ...
Blake's bright future may be now.(Features)(Sports)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Justin Brown Special to The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- It was an ugly incident last year at the United States Open tennis championships. In the second round, James Blake, an obscure young American, was matching Australian superstar Lleyton Hewitt blow for ...
A show of force in Afghanistan: Afghanistan's leader faces off with a regional warlord and former ally of the US, as a British-led operation that includes US special forces begins a new sweep in southeast Afghanistan.(World)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KHOST, AFGHANISTAN -- Hundreds of men gathered in this provincial capital yesterday to celebrate the arrival of their new governor, Abdel Hakim Taniwal. He had just returned from Australia to accept a ...
We discover our cat's dual identity.(The Home Forum)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Karla Rush The calico cat simply showed up one day, deciding to take up residency in our hickory tree. From then on, every time anyone would come or go out the back door, the cat would be there, silently staring down at us from her perch. "Just don't feed ...
Technology in fest spotlight, but human insights prevail.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: M.S. Mason Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor LOUISVILLE, KY. -- During its 26 years of nurturing new theatrical works, The Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville (Ky.) has produced plays that have gone on to win three ...
A cry against the Pol Pot of Africa.(Opinion)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Robert I. Rotberg CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- Africa has its very own Pol Pot. Everything that President Robert Mugabe has done to Zimbabwe since the stolen March elections qualifies him for that despicable allusion. Even Mr. Mugabe finally acknowledged last week that more ...
Arafat now: popular but weaker: The Palestinian chief emerged yesterday from an Israeli siege, his regime in ruins.(World)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Peter Ford Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor RAMALLAH, WEST BANK -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat emerged Thursday from a five-month siege by Israeli forces in his West Bank headquarters here wreathed in smiles and uttering brave words about the future. ...
In France, voters learn to love the 'Super Liar' Sunday's presidential runoff between Chirac and Le Pen is rousing the nation.(World)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Nanette van der Laan Special to The Christian Science Monitor PARIS -- It's not every day that you see 8-year-olds pretending to be head of state, but in France these days, politics has grabbed just about everyone's imagination. The boys leaping off a park ...
The Peacock turns 75: As NBC celebrates a milestone, former TV stars comment on the industry they helped develop.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Gloria Goodale Arts and culture correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. -- In case you missed the meaning of that omnipresent 75 that floats over the peacock logo on NBC these days, 2002 is the 75th anniversary of the self-proclaimed first US ...
Uncovering the truth of Gulags: Documentary includes interviews with guards, survivors of Stalin's forced- labor camps.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: M.S. Mason Television critic of The Christian Science Monitor Most of us know that millions disappeared into the vast frozen Siberian wilderness during Joseph Stalin's reign of terror in the Soviet Union. But the vast physical evidence of the atrocity has yet to be ...
Zimbabwe's opposition resolute, but still looks for help: This week, police arrested 3 journalists, and drought has led to massive food shortages.(World)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Jacqui Goddard Special to The Christian Science Monitor HARARE, ZIMBABWE -- It has been nearly eight weeks since Zimbabwe's presidential election. Siyakwazi Moyo had hoped by now to be helping to lead his country toward a more positive future, away from the cycle of ...
I profit two ways from a spring surprise.(The Home Forum)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: John Gould It was a Saturday morning in May, with not too many more days of school. I was in second grade. During the night, there had been a flutter of snow, the last gasp of winter, so an inch or two of "that white stuff" lay on everything and made it pretty. ...
Integration finally gets a dance card at Georgia prom.(USA)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Patrik Jonsson Special to The Christian Science Monitor BUTLER, GA. -- Like other spring-giddy graduates across America, high school seniors are ready to be footloose at a prom here in Butler. The garlands are hung, the roses bought, the patent leather buffed, ...
Venezuelans of all stripes take to the streets again: For the first time since the failed coup, opposition and supporters rally as Chavez calls for reconciliation.(World)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Martin Hodgson Special to The Christian Science Monitor CARACAS, VENEZUELA -- Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets this week in the first mass demonstrations since President Hugo Chavez was reinstated after a failed coup three weeks ago. ...
Girls just want to play ball - so sue town hall.(USA)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Brad Knickerbocker Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor ASHLAND, ORE. -- Kathy Richard is up against the dugout screen, shouting encouragement, urging a breakthrough in this pitchers' duel that's gone into its last inning without a run being scored. "You're ...
Bush's Year-2 challenges parallel those of predecessors: Senate battles, stalled initiatives, and departure of Karen Hughes signal a new phase for the president.(USA)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Francine Kiefer Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- In the life cycle of the presidency, you could equate Year 2 with adolescence. The novelty phase of the first year is over, and a president enters that awkward, troublesome stage - ...
Nuclear ambiguities.(Opinion)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Daniel Schorr WASHINGTON -- WE LIVE WITH nuclear perils of several kinds. Russia and the United States agree on reducing nuclear stockpiles, but disagree on whether to destroy them or store them, as the Bush administration proposes to do. Many observers say ...
US, EU try to move beyond sandbox spat: Leaders at summit yesterday pledge unity, but differences persist on individual issues.(USA)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Howard LaFranchi Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- You're simplistic. Yeah? Well, you're irrelevant. At times recently, relations between the United States and Europe seem to have devolved into taunts, with each side ...
'Anything goes' just went.(Opinion)
May 03, 2002 ... Byline: Jeff Shaffer PORTLAND, ORE. -- I wish I had been a fly on the wall when the honchos at Abercrombie & Fitch sat down and decided it would be totally cool to release a line of T-shirts decorated with cartoon images of Asians. I can envision laughs and high spirits as the ...