The Christian Science Monitor back issues from February 2006:
House GOP and the favor factory.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: The Monitor's View The party that took control of the House in 1994 to "clean up Washington" will try to clean up its own leadership Thursday. This House GOP election will be telling on a key issue: Can Congress rein in abuse of its spending on behalf of special ...
State laws bypass research ban.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Gregory M. Lamb Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington has effectively put a lid on federal efforts to advance embryonic stem-cell research. But pressure from scientists eager to expand their knowledge, special interest groups searching for new cures ...
Parents, rockers electrify kids' music.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Kate Moser Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Parents who can't stand listening to songs about rainbows or dressing their children in clothes with hearts and bears are turning to rock 'n' roll. And serious musicians who used to scorn kids' music are being drawn ...
Big brother isn't watching - Google is.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Tom Regan Several years ago, while researching a story about Internet pornography, I did a few Web searches that took me to some websites that I would never want my children to stumble across. Although my editor (and my wife) knew what I was doing, the thought ...
Wendy Wasserstein: An appreciation.(WEB)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Tony Vellela Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Almost 20 years ago, when I was backstage at the old Playwrights Horizons theater looking to interview the author of the play "The Heidi Chronicles," a smiling, plain-looking woman backstage offered me her hand ....
The history a house holds.(WEB)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Jim Regan csmonitor.com HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- Have you ever wondered about who lived in your home before you lived in your home? Though almost all of us currently reside in houses or apartments previously occupied by other inhabitants, few of us give much thought to ...
Divine mercy at hand in Iraq; A Christian Science perspective on daily life.(THE HOME FORUM)
Feb 01, 2006 ... The outpouring of love and support for Jill Carroll who as of this writing is still in the hands of her captors, is astounding. As chronicled in this newspaper, it shows a comprehensive collection of prayers for her safety from all corners of the globe, from rural towns in the ...
To know what's happening, just ask the neighbors.(THE HOME FORUM)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Joan Donaldson Last fall a friend rented a field on my elderly in-laws' farm. I would spy Mike's red pickup parked in the tall grass while he drove posts in the ground and strung electrical wires. Sometimes I noticed passing cars slowing down to watch Mike's progress. ...
Fog in the harbor of discourse.(THE HOME FORUM)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Ruth Walker 'Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes," Henry David Thoreau is widely reported to have said. Beware of government policies that require new words, I would add. That may be a bit adamant. But my antennae go up whenever government ...
Jewish life, portrayed in stone.(THE HOME FORUM)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Christopher Andreae This mosaic is from a group of floor mosaics unexpectedly discovered in 1883 in Tunisia. A French army captain, Ernest de Prudhomme, ordered his soldiers to make a garden in his backyard in Naro, the town now called Hammam Lif. Instead they unearthed ...
Bachelet era begins with change; Chile's first female president named a cabinet of 10 men and 10 women Monday.(WORLD)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Jen Ross Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor SANTIAGO, CHILE -- Michelle Bachelet made history Jan. 15 by becoming Chile's first female president. Monday, she chalked up yet another precedent: naming a cabinet of 10 female and 10 male ministers ....
A home-grown solution to African hunger.(WORLD)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Abraham McLaughlin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor DOWA, MALAWI -- Imagine a modern-day Eden - tended by a cheerful garden gnome - sprouting in the Sahara Desert. That's the feeling you get, walking onto a 50-acre farm bursting with rows of ...
Will Hamas change course? As global pressure mounts, the radical Islamist group says it won't alter its charter calling for jihad against Israel.(WORLD)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JERUSALEM -- When Hamas was founded in 1987, it put the goals of the Islamic Resistance Movement into writing: "Allah is its goal, the Prophet its model, the Koran its Constitution, jihad its path, and death ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)
Feb 01, 2006 ... * Into the Light: Staff writer Ilene Prusher has been covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, off and on, for more than a decade. "Back in the early and mid-90s, Hamas was totally underground. There were no offices," she says. If you wanted to do an interview with the militant leaders, ...
2006: A decisive year for the Balkans.(WORLD)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Beth Kampschror Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA -- Experts are forecasting a whirl of diplomatic activity in the Balkans in the coming months, making 2006 a decisive year for the war-torn region. Splintered by ...
In Mideast, Hamas win is a setback.(OPINION)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: John Hughes SALT LAKE CITY -- The stunning victory for Hamas in the Palestinian Authority's parliamentary elections last week is a striking lesson that though outsiders can help provide a matrix for democracy in not-yet-free countries, it is the citizens themselves who ...
Senate target: Bush's war powers; In coming days, the Senate will ask tough questions about the Patriot Act and NSA wiretaps.(USA)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- Since 9/11, the Bush White House has moved aggressively to expand presidential power in wartime, at the expense of Congress. Until recently, the Republican-controlled Congress went along. ...
Moviegoers to Hollywood: 'Make it real'.(USA)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Daniel B. Wood and Gloria Goodale Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor LOS ANGELES -- Ballots are out and armchair Oscar voters are in place as five sober dramas - all with weighty subject matter - vie for Hollywood's top honors: best film and best director. ...
Leadership race tests GOP reform; Thursday's vote for House majority leader has spurred a wider debate among Republicans about the party's direction.(USA)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- The uncertainty about who will win Thursday's vote for House majority leader shows how thoroughly the rally cry for reform has altered leadership politics in the US Congress. ...
King forged a legacy in pushing her husband's; An icon of black America, she created a memorial and won a federal King holiday.(USA)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: David J. Garrow Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Coretta Scott King, who died Monday evening in Atlanta at age 78, was an iconic figure in black America and in US civil rights history. Although her stature derived primarily from the legacy of her husband, ...
Soldiers sue over out-of-pocket costs; Members of the Massachusetts National Guard file what is thought to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit.(USA)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Sara Miller Llana Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BOSTON -- After 9/11, hundreds of thousands of America's part-time soldiers answered the call to serve. Along the way, some have asked whether the costs they bear - from insufficient body armor to mounting ...
Backstory: Banking on Bernanke.(USA)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: Mark Trumbull Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BOSTON -- When Ben Bernanke was in his early teens, he was hooked on statistics - not about inflation or GDP but about strikeouts and RBIs. He and a friend, Nathan Goldman, spent countless hours sitting on the ...
Tim Kaine.(USA)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Byline: David T. Cook Tim Kaine's moment in the national political spotlight came quickly. Sworn in less than three weeks ago as governor of Virginia, Kaine will deliver the English-language Democratic response to the President's State of the Union Address on Tuesday ...
Patient's role in cutting healthcare costs.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: The Monitor's View Of all the problems facing America's healthcare system, controlling costs seems to be the most urgent. It may even outrank covering the growing number of the uninsured (45.5 million people), for high costs are pushing people into those ranks. ...
Easing the burden of school fees in Africa.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Stephanie Hanes Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA -- Orison Makhaluza leans back on the cracked leather sofa and watches his young grandnieces scurry through the small cement house. They look tiny in their gray school jumpers and knee ...
Faith groups press for balanced approach to immigration.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Will tougher enforcement along the Mexican border solve the country's immigration crisis? As the US Senate and state legislatures take up the hot political issue of immigration reform, religious voices are ...
A slate nearly clean; Troubled by the Monitor's story of a worker's faulty background check, a professional screening company comes to his rescue.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Matt Bradley Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor In a Nov. 28, 2005, article, the Monitor asked: "Who is checking the background checkers?" It cited the case of John McDonald, an information technology worker in the Boston area struggling to find a full-time ...
Bin Laden reading group digs for insights.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Stacy A. Teicher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor When Osama bin Laden suggested in his latest audio message that Americans should read a particular book, its sales spiked, and columnists couldn't resist the flip comparisons to Oprah. But the ...
On the horizon.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Peter N. Spotts Getting to the nut of biodiversity Biodiversity starts with the neighborhood oddball. That's the conclusion of a new study of tropical forests and why they contain such a broad variety of plants. An international team of scientists found that ...
Backstory: Even football is only rock 'n' roll; DJs, dancing girls, live music - is a sporting event about the soundtrack or the game itself?(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Jim Sullivan Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor With Super Bowl XL approaching, every person on the planet knows the Rolling Stones are providing 12 minutes of halftime entertainment. The Stones repeatedly turned down this gig in years past, so the ...
A father's love found; A Christian Science perspective on daily life.(THE HOME FORUM)
Feb 02, 2006 ... I grew up more than a little afraid of my father. Approval from him was something that I craved, but it seemed that I was always falling short of the mark. As an adult, I hated that our conversations always seemed stilted and forced. After his passing, I found I had unresolved ...
Barcelona's big little food counter.(THE HOME FORUM)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Joe Ray Even someone who doesn't cook much would have trouble walking into Mercat de la Boqueria, Barcelona's main food market, and not getting some sort of impulse to rush out and prepare a meal. Rows and rows of artfully arranged fruits, vegetables, meats, and cheeses ...
Israel's Olmert takes on West Bank outposts; Police and settlers clashed Wednesday in Amona, one of 24 outposts to be removed.(WORLD)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor AMONA, WEST BANK -- As they tried to evacuate this unauthorized West Bank settlement outpost, Israeli forces clashed with hundreds of settlers and their supporters in scenes reminiscent of last year's Gaza ...
What's driving the kidnappings in Iraq; Three videos highlight the latest spike in kidnapping Westerners.(WORLD)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- A wave of abductions is sweeping through Iraq - as evidenced this week by three videotaped demands by groups holding Western hostages. Since last fall the number of foreigners seized has ...
After a second video is released, efforts to free Jill Carroll continue.(WORLD)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Dan Murphy Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BAGHDAD -- Footage of the kidnapped reporter Jill Carroll, aired by Al Jazeera on Monday, has prompted fresh efforts to secure her release from across the globe. On the streets of Baghdad, average Iraqis ...
Caught in the fray: Turkey enters debate on Iran's nuclear program; As the IAEA meets Thursday to discuss referring Iran to the UN Security Council, Turkey deliberates its own stance.(WORLD)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Yigal Schleifer Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor ISTANBUL, TURKEY -- Blanketed in deep snow and shivering through subzero temperatures for most of the past two weeks, Turkey recently had to contend with yet another piece of chilling news. Supplies of ...
Afghan schools face torch; Attackers tried to burn a girls' school Monday in the latest attack on education.(WORLD)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- Just after midnight on Jan. 8, four armed men jumped over the wall of the Kabael Primary School in Loyawala, just outside of Kandahar, and began to spread 40 liters of kerosene inside ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)
Feb 02, 2006 ... * Keep Studying: When staff writer Scott Baldauf visited with teachers and caretakers of a school that was torched in Kandahar, Afghanistan, he was struck by their demeanor. "They kept insisting they were afraid, but when you looked at their faces, they really appeared to be more angry ....
Hussein trial: new judge, new concerns; Judge Rahman's tough line prompted Saddam Hussein to skip Wednesday's session.(WORLD)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Charles Levinson Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor BAGHDAD -- On the first day as the new chief judge in Saddam Hussein's trial, Raouf Abdel Rahman made it clear that he wasn't going to tolerate the antics that have turned the courtroom into a soapbox for ...
Letters.(OPINION)(Letter to the Editor)
Feb 02, 2006 ... There's more than one way to define a civilian review board Amitai Etzioni's Jan. 31 Opinion piece, "Give Washington a civilian review board," states that "the extraordinary exercise of [government] power calls for an extraordinary countermeasure: an independent body, not ...
To spread democracy abroad, respect the law at home.(OPINION)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Pat M. Holt WASHINGTON -- When President Lyndon Johnson left the White House in 1969, he was so discredited that people said it would take the rest of the century to get the powers of the president back to where they were when he took office. What ruined Johnson was the ...
In the shadow of Iran's nuclear threat.(OPINION)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Abbas William Samii WASHINGTON -- With Thursday's commencement of another International Atomic Energy Agency meeting to discuss Iran's nuclear pursuits, it is time to take a realistic look at the potential threat. At best, a nuclear armed Iran would undo the delicate ...
Bush recasts his major goals; His annual speech affirmed key aims abroad, but warned of oil 'addiction.'.(USA)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Linda Feldmann Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- Proposals for manned flights to the moon and Mars were not to be found in this year's State of the Union address. Instead, President Bush laid out an agenda that was grounded firmly on Earth, as ...
Schools grapple with policing students' online journals.(USA)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor CHICAGO -- This winter, teenagers at a Chicago high school used their Xanga websites to post obscene and threatening comments about a teacher, in one case suggesting her neck be "slit like a ... chicken." ...
Why New York subway workers still lack a contract; After December's strike, the union rejected one offer and may face binding arbitration.(USA)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Alexandra Marks Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- The morning commute is back on track in New York City since December's high-profile strike. But there are still plenty of rumblings of discontent among subway workers, and that could again derail ...
It's bigger than Pluto - but is it a planet? Officially 430 miles wider, 'Xena' heats up debate over how to define heavenly bodies.(USA)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Peter N. Spotts Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor If Pluto truly is the ninth planet, then it's official: Our solar system has 10. Astronomers have sized up an object - known formally as 2003 UB313 - and determined that it really is bigger than ...
For QBs, a chance to razzle-dazzle 'em; Sunday's Super Bowl gives two quarterbacks - an upstart and a yeoman - a 'star power' occasion.(USA)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor DETROIT -- In many ways, the quarterbacks who will try to lead their teams to the Holy Grail of pro football - a Super Bowl victory - couldn't be more different. Matt Hasselbeck, the balding ...
Bush's plan to wean US off imported oil: Ambitious enough? Right direction, say energy gurus. But some puzzle over R&D that won't cut oil demand.(USA)
Feb 02, 2006 ... Byline: Mark Clayton Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor After bluntly stating that "America is addicted to oil," President Bush delivered one of his largest applause lines during his State of the Union speech: a new national goal to slash imports from the Middle East ....
For oil addicts, switch-grass gas and more.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: The Monitor's View Perhaps he winced at Iran's threat to cut oil exports. Or at a similar Venezuela threat. Or at turmoil in oil exporters Nigeria and Iraq. Or simply at China grabbing every oil patch it can get. But now President Bush has firmly linked US security to ...
Helen Hunt unleashes her Wilde side.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)(Movie Review)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Peter Rainer Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor As the latest in a seemingly inexhaustible supply of movies starring Scarlett Johansson, we have "A Good Woman," a refashioning of Oscar Wilde's classic play "Lady Windermere's Fan." Whereas Wilde's ...
Concert sold out? Go to the movies; Theater owners show concerts to boost ticket sales on slow nights.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Erik Spanberg Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor When the band Green Day kicked off a promotional blitz for a new live DVD late last year, the punk posers didn't head to the record store. They went to the movies. Using digital-satellite ...
New Getty museum gives ancient artifacts a fresh face; After 12 years, L.A.'s Getty Villa is open to the public, amid questions about the legality of dozens of pieces.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Gloria Goodale Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor MALIBU, CALIF. -- For all its money and good intentions, the richest art museum in the world can't catch a break. After nearly 12 years and $275 million, the Getty Museum is finally reopening its Malibu ...
Backstory: Peter's rules of order.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Peter Crabbe My mind was called into session this morning. Robert's Rules of Order were swept aside because I'm not Robert. I don't know Robert, but he seems like a control freak to me. Can you imagine Robert as a kid? "Let's go to the playground." ...
Backstory: 'I lied to Oprah, too'.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Chuck Cohen Inspired by the nationwide acclaim from West (Dr. Phil) to East (Maury Povich), the staff of the Oprah Winfrey Show has decided to devote one episode a week to confronting a truth-stretcher like the chastened James Frey. The "I Lied To Oprah, Too" hour has ...
Culture's magnetic forces; On the eve of Super Bowl Sunday, the Monitor wondered: Is this the last unifying event in a fractured pop culture?(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... May the Force be with you. There was a time when that phrase was practically a benediction for a nationwide religion. A few years later, everyone wanted to know who shot J.R. In the 1990s, "yada, yada, yada" became a common refrain. Not so long ago it seemed as if we all spoke ...
Monitor Picks; Five Olympics-themed DVDs we think you'll like.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Downhill Racer (1969) Before Bode Miller and Big Bill Johnson - the nose-thumbing downhiller who won America's first alpine-skiing gold in 1984 - there was Robert Redford's David Chappellet, a skilled but undisciplined young talent who ignores his coach (Gene Hackman) and ...
Tubegazing: Grizzly Man.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Clayton Collins Grizzly Man Grizzly Man (Discovery, Friday night, 8 p.m. EST): This roundly hailed 2005 quasi-documentary examines the surreal work and cut-short life of Timothy Treadwell, a seemingly well-meaning and certainly misguided animal ...
DVD Guide.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... The Corpse Bride (PG) The wedding vow "till death do us part" takes on new meaning in Tim Burton's animated frightmare. When Victor van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) rehearses his nuptial vows in a forest, he awakens a deceased woman (Helen Bonham Carter) who believes he has come ...
Into it: Carrie Ann Inaba; Carrie ann inaba, judge on ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars,' what are you ...(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... ... Reading? There are so many books on my nightstand. One of them is The Zahir by Paulo Coelho. He's the guy who did "The Alchemist." He's written some wonderful books called "Veronica Decided to Die" and "By the River Piedra I Sat and Wept." "The Zahir," I think, is slightly ...
Page turners: Strivers Row.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Yvonne Zipp Two black men's lives intersect one memorable Harlem summer in Kevin Baker's ("Paradise Alley") fine new novel. Jonah Dove, a minister who is light-skinned enough to be mistaken for white, is torn between his spiritual duties and a desire to leave his race ...
Movie Guide.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)(Movie Review)
Feb 03, 2006 ... New in theaters Blossoms of Fire (Not Rated) Director: Maureen Gosling. With the Zapotecs of Oaxaca, Mexico. (75 min.) Maureen Gosling's documentary "Blossoms of Fire" fulfills the first criterion of any good ethnographic study: It's about an inherently ...
One fast little Indian; Sir Anthony hopkins saddles up a motorcycle in a bid to become 'The World's Fastest Indian.'.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Peter Rainer Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor In 1971, director Roger Donaldson made a documentary about Burt Munro, the 72-year-old New Zealander who four years earlier had broken the land speed record for motorcycles. Now he's fulfilled a long-time ambition ...
Passing the torch of racial equality; A Christian Science perspective on daily life.(THE HOME FORUM)
Feb 03, 2006 ... The loss of Coretta Scott King a few days ago has reminded me both of all that was achieved by the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and of the work that remains to be done before true equality will be established in the United States and in many other countries around the globe. ...
A classic battle of brains vs. brawn.(THE HOME FORUM)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Kathryn Lee I grew up in Vista, Calif. It was a lovely corner of the universe in which to be a child. It was a time in which the most high-tech sports equipment was a pair of Keds tennis shoes. In high school, we rotated through sports as we rotated through the seasons ....
Taliban turn to suicide attacks.(WORLD)
Feb 03, 2006 ... Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- Fourteen successive suicide bomb attacks have shaken this province in a way that nearly four years of guerrilla insurgency has not. Afghan officials say they have made strides ...