The Christian Science Monitor back issues from April 2004:
Paying for Cable by the Channel.(EDITORIAL)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Cable TV rates have risen by a third over the past three years, sparking a move in Congress to allow subscribers to select only the channels they want rather than be forced to pay for multichannel packages. Such a la carte programming would best come from the industry. But ...
Taking The Bloom off The Poppy.(EDITORIAL)
Apr 01, 2004 ... As Afghanistan's drug trade goes, so goes the country. It's a sad admission, but an honest one from President Hamid Karzai, who this week got to the essence of his nation's challenge by saying, "The fight against drugs is actually the fight for Afghanistan." Drugs generate over half of the ...
Protecting Civil Servants.(EDITORIAL)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Using career employees at the US Treasury to calculate the potential costs of John Kerry's tax plan was an unfair use of presidential power. The Bush administration should not have allowed civil servants to be used for such a political purpose, even for simple number-crunching. ...
Corporate crime: longer time.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Stacy A. Teicher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Does an executive who helps defraud investors of, say, more than $100 million deserve prison time on par with murderers? That's the question prompted by the 24-year prison sentence handed down ...
Sad chapter for university presses.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Marilyn Gardner Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor When Northeastern University Press prints the final books on its 2004 list later this year, the titles will have a dubious distinction: They will be the last ones bearing the university imprint. After 27 ...
To clean the air, communities grab a bucket.(FEATURES)(PLANET)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Eliza Strickland Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor For people living near oil refineries or industrial plants, the signs can be obvious: strange odors, particles clouding up windows, and high rates of respiratory illness. But residents have a tough time ...
A new space race? To put a man on Mars, US, Europe, and China face a stark choice: cooperate or go solo.(FEATURES)(PLANET)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Peter N. Spotts Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor From the time Sputnik first orbited Earth in 1957 to the fall of the Soviet Union 34 years later, Western cooperation in manned spaceflight was cemented by a common ideology and a common foe. Its capstone was ...
How the players stack up.(FEATURES)(PLANET)
Apr 01, 2004 ... The US, Europe, Russia, and China are all eyeing future missions throughout the solar system. But getting there will depend, in part, on how much nations are willing to spend. Here are recent budget figures of key players: * NASA's proposed budget for 2005 is $16.2 billion, up ...
Your own personal monorail?(FEATURES)(PLANET)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Tim King Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Imagine a tiny red vehicle traveling 50 miles an hour on a guideway 3 feet wide that winds 20 feet above ground. Another vehicle hums quietly in front. A half mile later, the car exits the guideway, eases ...
Our relationship with the environment.(WEB)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Jim Regan csmonitor.com HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- Have you ever thought about how little you think about water? Have you ever attended a funeral for a car, or eaten a historically accurate tomato? P.O.V.'s Borders invites us to look at our day to day relationship with the ...
Just trying to make our way home; Bringing a spiritual perspective to daily life.(THE HOME FORUM)
Apr 01, 2004 ... I've been participating in an online chat about a television show, "Joan of Arcadia," which stars a girl who talks to God. Every week we post a message on a website about how that week's episode struck us. Some viewers are interested in the romantic lives of the show's characters, others ...
Spring terms.(THE HOME FORUM)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Nancy M. Kendall Adolescent April On April Fool's Day in France, those who are tricked are dubbed poisson d'Avril (fish of April). That's because April fish are freshly hatched and inexperienced - and therefore easy to catch. Likewise, the month ...
We were grateful to our loathsome guests.(THE HOME FORUM)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Georgianna Pfost My family wasn't thoroughly convinced of the wisdom of my decision to host a family for the summer. We'd previously met some of their relatives at a science fair, but inviting them into our home for several weeks unnerved the men of the house. "What if ...
I rejoice in the voices of spring.(THE HOME FORUM)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Robert Klose As if on cue, I awoke on the first day of spring to an insistent squawking of blackbirds and grackles in the magnificent silver maple that dominates my front yard. Their notes, though harsh, were welcome. The return of birdsong, after what always seems to be ...
After an advocate's killing, Iraqi women try to stay course.(WORLD)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Annia Ciezadlo Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor KARBALA, IRAQ -- For their new women's center, the women of Karbala chose the name of a warrior: Zainab al-Hawraa. Sister of the Shiite martyr Imam Hussein, Zainab fought alongside him in 680, saving his ...
Uzbek unrest shows Islamist rise; New explosions were heard in Tashkent Wednesday; so far 42 people have been killed in the violence.(WORLD)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Scott Peterson and Peter Boehm TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN, AND MOSCOW -- A woman's shoe, shreds of black cloth - once the chador uniform of a female suicide bomber - and several dried pools of blood remained Wednesday in Uzbekistan after four days of militant violence that has ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)
Apr 01, 2004 ... * Lessons from Marilyn: When Annia Ciezadlo visited the women's center in Karbala, Iraq, she was told that the Iraqi women there were getting death threats (page 1). Annia went to several mosques in town to see what people were saying about the center. "No one in the mosques had heard of ...
19th-century idea boosts Australia's 21st-century economy; Hopes are high that train line will boost Asian trade.(WORLD)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Janaki Kremmer Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- It's been described as the final act of Australian nation-building. The world's longest railroad, recently completed, courses up from the temperate,vineyards of the south, through the ...
As vote turmoil subsides, Taiwan's Chen presses ahead.(WORLD)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Robert Marquand Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Unable to produce compelling evidence of malfeasance, the former ruling Nationalist Party of Taiwan is now holding onto a slim hope that a proposed recount will return them to power - after one of the most ...
Letters.(OPINION)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Better women's health means 'family planning' Regarding your March 30 article "On family planning, US vs. much of the world": Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute hopes that "five years down the road we're taking all the money [for family planning] and ...
Religious civil society is antidote to anarchy in Iraq and Afghanistan.(OPINION)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Amitai Etzioni WASHINGTON -- When countries like Afghanistan or Iraq are liberated from either a religious or a secular tyranny, or when regimes like the former Soviet Union implode, an enormous increase in antisocial behavior typically follows. As if someone had removed ...
Democrats should shift campaign focus to foreign affairs.(OPINION)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Pat M. Holt WASHINGTON -- Both Presidential candidates George Bush and John Kerry are spending too much time on trivia and too little on issues that ought to be discussed. President Bush is criticizing Senator Kerry's record instead of defending his own, and Kerry is ...
New glimpses of Bush worldview.(USA)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Peter Grier and Faye Bowers Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- An extraordinary fortnight of revelations about US preparedness before Sept. 11 has provided at least this preliminary picture: When the Bush foreign policy team took office in 2000, ...
Politics of gasoline prices heat up; Wednesday's OPEC decision to cut production comes as Bush and Kerry trade barbs over prices and energy policy.(USA)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- The combination of historically high gasoline prices and oil production cutbacks, announced Wednesday by OPEC, has created a high-octane mix for a presidential campaign with issues to burn ....
A new strategy for immigrants' healthcare; An old global concept grows in the US to teach - and demystify - good health.(USA)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Kris Axtman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor HOUSTON -- It's a busy morning at the mobile health clinic at Piney Point Elementary School in Houston. Mothers, mostly undocumented immigrants, crowd around a long table filling out forms and waiting anxiously ...
Kids' healthcare: Band-Aids still available; Despite tight budgets, states have largely spared a health insurance program that covers 5 million children.(USA)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Alexandra Marks Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Sandy Prisk has peace of mind when her 7-year-old takes off on his bike speeding through their East Hartford neighborhood. That's because if anything happens to him, he's still covered by Husky, ...
Renewed drive to get the homeless to vote; Homeless shelters are setting up voter registries.(USA)
Apr 01, 2004 ... Byline: Kimberly Chase Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- Vincent Corcoran knows that ward clerks are surprised when they see an unkempt homeless man with ragged clothes making his way to the voting booth. But that doesn't bother him. He believes that ...
World Needs a United Cyprus.(EDITORIAL)
Apr 02, 2004 ... It could have been a Nobel Peace Prize moment: The new, can-do prime minister of Greece agreeing with the tolerant and pragmatic Muslim prime minister of Turkey on a plan to end the 30-year division of the island of Cyprus. But the opportunity slipped away this week when the ...
When Images Bend a War.(EDITORIAL)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Scenes from wars have evoked strong emotions going back to the American Civil War and the invention of photography. In Iraq, the most memorable images so far have been ones that induced pride or patriotism among most Americans, such as the fall of a dictator's statue in Baghdad, the ...
'Gimme a decaf vanilla latte - and a CD to go'.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Kim Campbell Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- In the battle to get people to buy more music, marketers are going after a new target: your appetite. Now that digital music is widely popular - and can be downloaded legally - companies like Pepsi, ...
A political blogger, untamed, rattles cages in D.C. In new twist on the old gossip-column genre, wonkette.com storms the capital, wielding a liberal spear and a wicked wit.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Danna Harman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- It's a warm Saturday night and the venue is the Dupont Circle brownstone of journalist/writer Peter Bergen, the dapper Al Qaeda specialist. Joe Lockhart, former press secretary to President Clinton, ...
The spin doctors; Record producers today are enjoying the kind of fame formerly known only to their celebrity clients.(FEATURES)(ARTS)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Stephen Humphries Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor In the spring of 1962, there wasn't a record company in London that deemed the Beatles worthy of a contract. The not-so-fab four didn't have any good tunes, they were scruffy, and drummer Pete Best didn't ...
Movie Guide.(FEATURES)(ARTS)
Apr 02, 2004 ... NEW RELEASES Hellboy (PG-13) Director: Guillermo Del Toro. With Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Jeffrey Tambor. (122 min.) Sterritt *** Yet another troubled superhero fights the forces of darkness, and he's just right for the job, since humans ...
The princess dairies; Prince of Denmark (no, not that one) woos Wisconsin girl.(FEATURES)(ARTS)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: David Sterritt Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor Friends often ask me why today's coming-attractions trailers seem to give away so much of the movie they're advertising. The basic answer is that people like to know what they're going to get if they invest in a ...
The war in Iraq, seen through a Latino lens.(FEATURES)(ARTS)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Gloria Goodale Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor LOS ANGELES -- PBS's exceptional "American Family" returns this week. And as the first episode of what promises to be more landmark television begins, it's clear that writer and creator Gregory Nava has an ...
Tuning in: on TV this week.(FEATURES)(ARTS)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: M.S. Mason Sunday, April 4 The Winning Season (TNT, 8-10 p.m.): A young boy finds a baseball card in an old lady's trash. That card is his ticket back in time to the World Series of 1909 and a friendship with the card's legendary hero, Honus Wagner. The ...
Baseball hits.(THE HOME FORUM)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Nancy M. Kendall Baseball provides us with many popular expressions. Do you know what they mean in everyday usage, and what they mean in the sport? 1. southpaw 2. to be in there pitching 3. to touch all the bases 4. right off ...
No apologies for our 'Sorry' habits.(THE HOME FORUM)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Christopher Andreae If you mention "Old Kent Road" or "Mayfair" to someone who was born and brought up in Britain, the spontaneously associative response will be "Monopoly." This may be a surprise to the offspring of other cultures. The classic board game was, of ...
The odd origins of that seventh-inning symphony.(THE HOME FORUM)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Phil Elderkin At most Major League ballparks, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" has been played and sung by fans almost as often as "The Star-Spangled Banner." Yet Jack Norworth, the Broadway headliner who wrote the lyrics in 1908, knew as much about balls and ...
A theory of everything; Bringing a spiritual perspective to daily life.(THE HOME FORUM)
Apr 02, 2004 ... For centuries, scientists have searched for a single grand model that explains all of human experience. Today, that hope is projected on string theory, which sounds simple enough until we hear that the "strings" in this case vibrate in 10 or 11 dimensions. Of course, no one ...
At vortex of violence - Fallujah; Killings Wednesday of contractors in the Sunni Triangle underscore the area's culture of revenge.(WORLD)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Dan Murphy Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BAGHDAD -- The simple question on everyone's lips is "why?" - why do Fallujah and its environs remain the most dangerous place for US forces in Iraq? As with everything in Iraq these days, the answer ...
As Iraq handover looms, transition questions remain; US-led coalition handed over control of the first of 25 ministries this week.(WORLD)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Dan Murphy and Howard LaFranchi Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor BAGHDAD AND WASHINGTON -- With Iraq hurtling towards sovereignty, US administrator Paul Bremer is running out of time. His team is working hard to create an aura of inevitably ...
New haven for free music: Canada; A Canadian judge ruled this week that it is legal to download copyrighted files for personal use.(WORLD)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Doug Alexander and Peter Ford VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND PARIS -- Want a free copy of Janet Jackson's newest album? Or the latest song by Sarah McLachlan? If you're in Canada, just go to the Internet. Music lovers north of the border can swap songs ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)
Apr 02, 2004 ... * Bad Vibes: Staff writer Dan Murphy has visited Fallujah but not recently. A friend making a documentary there warned him that the mood was getting ugly well before the latest attacks this week (page 1). His friend had been spending a lot of time there earlier this year, working on a film ...
Tigers key in Sri Lanka vote; peg here.(WORLD)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Ravi R. Prasad Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor COLOMBO, SRI LANKA -- A desire for lasting peace tops voter concerns as war-weary Sri Lankans head to the polls for the third time in four years to choose a new parliament. The government has been ...
Letters.(OPINION)
Apr 02, 2004 ... The cost of higher gas prices for politicians and markets Regarding your March 31 editorial "Voters Aren't Energy Dummies": As a Democrat, I have recently been disappointed by John Kerry's unwillingness to shed light on environmental issues or to take a strong stance on them. As ...
From Psalms to Seuss - what poetry can do for you.(OPINION)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Diane Cameron VALATIE, N.Y. -- April is National Poetry Month. This means poem-a-day e-mails, famous poets on postage stamps, and less-famous ones in the schools working overtime. But if talking about poetry makes you shudder, you're not alone. For many ...
Clarke: Bush's John Dean?(OPINION)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Daniel Schorr WASHINGTON -- There is something disconcerting about the way a single disaffected public official can upset the best-laid plans of his superiors, up to and including the president of the United States. You will have guessed that I'm referring to ...
Offshoring got you down? Consider retiring to college.(OPINION)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Jeffrey Shaffer PORTLAND, ORE. -- Diploma time is just around the corner for college students, and many are probably wondering where their career paths may lead. Offshoring - outsourcing jobs to other countries - is a hot-button issue, although some analysts say the ...
A burgeoning genre: the White House tell-all.(USA)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Liz Marlantes Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- Throughout the modern publishing era, nearly every administration has had its "turncoats" - high-level officials who leave and write tell-all books criticizing their former bosses. But ...
UConn Final Four fervor.(USA)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Noel C. Paul Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor STORRS, CONN. -- On any other college campus, Chris Ambler probably wouldn't be a basketball fan. The biomedical engineering major strolls through the cafeteria here in a deerstalker-Sherlock Holmes hat. He uses ...
Killings in Iraq challenge US will.(USA)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Howard LaFranchi Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- When Iraqis in Baghdad celebrated America's arrival a year ago by beating a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein with their shoes - a sign of intense contempt - the White House was delighted. This ...
Airwaves war: view from the left side of the mike; With much hoopla, Al Franken and the liberal Air America launch their answer to conservative talk shows.(USA)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Alexandra Marks Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- To Al Franken, this week's live launch of the liberal Air America Radio network is far from just a business venture. It's the historic lighting of "flaming swords of justice." "Today ...
Private firms take on more military tasks; The deaths of security workers in Fallujah show risks of 'outsourcing' war-zone jobs.(USA)
Apr 02, 2004 ... Byline: Ann Scott Tyson Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- The shocking deaths in Fallujah of four private security workers this week raise fresh questions about an ancient practice that is now making a modern, corporate comeback. With the ...
Kerry and March's Job Surge.(EDITORIAL)
Apr 05, 2004 ... One month doth not a trend make. And yet, it's quite possible that the surprisingly high number of jobs created in March could finally mark the end of a largely jobless economic recovery. Between the Bush tax cuts and the Federal Reserve's low interest rates, the economy is ...
Sinking Peace in Sri Lanka.(EDITORIAL)
Apr 05, 2004 ... One positive outcome of Sept. 11 was that it shed a harsh light on terrorist tactics in several civil wars. One was in Sri Lanka, the island nation off India where a cease-fire was declared after 9/11 by the Tamil Tigers guerrilla group. The Tigers, who had sought a separate ...
Jurors: the lowlights in some high-profile trials; Some experts worry that today's jurors may be having trouble distinguishing between what's socially fair and what's legally just.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Apr 05, 2004 ... Byline: Clayton Collins Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Cases of alleged corporate wrongdoing seem to be providing some less-than-great moments in American jurisprudence. After six months of testimony and 11 days of deliberations, the grand-larceny ...
To some bands, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Apr 05, 2004 ... Byline: Stephen Humphries Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor In 1982, the year when Beatles fan William Gross was born, Paul McCartney hit No. 1 with "Ebony and Ivory." George Harrison released his "Gone Troppo" album, and Ringo Starr had just portrayed an uncommonly ...
Noteworthy.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Apr 05, 2004 ... Pop/Rock Bob Dylan - Live 1964(Columbia, 2 discs): If ever a musical event signaled "The Times They are a-Changin," it was Bob Dylan's legendary (and much bootlegged) 1964 concert at New York's Philharmonic Hall, now a dynamic sounding two-CD set. Idolized by folk fans for his ...
Look who's moving the market; If history is any guide, investors should do well this presidential election year - although there's been little to cheer about so far in US markets.(FEATURES)(WORK & MONEY)
Apr 05, 2004 ... Byline: Thomas Watterson Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor After enjoying more than a year of stellar returns, investors in US stock markets seemed to spend most of the first quarter of 2004 waiting. Waiting for an improvement in the jobs outlook. Waiting for decent ...
In Asia, booming demand powers stock rise.(FEATURES)(WORK & MONEY)
Apr 05, 2004 ... Byline: Thomas Watterson Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor It looks like nothing but good news coming out of Asia. In March alone: * Standard & Poor's raised its outlook for Japanese government debt from negative to stable. S&P credited the country's ...
How to shift CDs and US Savings Bonds when interest rates go up.(FEATURES)(WORK & MONEY)
Apr 05, 2004 ... Byline: Steve Dinnen Q: I was thinking of shifting money from a bank CD and Series EE Savings Bonds into a US I Bond. But should I wait until CD rates rise? - C.L., Eau Claire, Wis. A: Your dilemma is shared by many income-seeking investors. Though Series ...
When funds can't be judged by their name.(FEATURES)(WORK & MONEY)
Apr 05, 2004 ... Byline: Annette Varnier Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Here's a question: When is a large-company stock fund not a large-company stock fund? Answer: When the name of the fund is misleading. It's a dilemma many investors face when they look ...
Weighty matters.(WEB)
Apr 05, 2004 ... Byline: Jeremy Dauber Recently, obesity has been in the news - and not in a good way, either. All sorts of people have been inveighing against Americans' en masse move from regular fit, to relaxed fit, to easy fit, to just plain doesn't fit and get a new pair. Government, boldly ...
Our bitter cup, our resurrection; Bringing a spiritual perspective to daily life.(THE HOME FORUM)
Apr 05, 2004 ... The film "The Passion of the Christ" has evoked a more than usual amount of public discussion of Jesus' life this Easter season. But for me it was a recent trip to Rome that provided new insights into some old ideas. In the arcade between St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and the ...