The Christian Science Monitor back issues from August 2007:
Hollywood kicks a noxious habit.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2007 ... In the 1961 Disney cartoon movie "101 Dalmatians," the evil Cruella De Vil waves a long cigarette holder as she goes about kidnapping puppies. If Disney holds true to its word, its future characters - even its villains - won't be caught spewing smoke and ash. The media giant ...
Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The US needs Turkey as a broker in the Middle East The July 24 Opinion article, "Time to heal US-Turkey wounds," is a timely and urgent reminder that the US must act soon to restore good relations. The US needs friends in the Middle East. Since Ataturk's rule starting in 1923, ...
How to bring shade to a city.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Amy Brittain Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor "Wangari" has begun to spread her roots in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. The red maple tree Mayor Thomas Menino planted on Arbor Day this spring is named for Wangari Maathai, a 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate ...
Church giving turns digital.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The earliest worshippers brought their gifts to the altar from the tangible fruits of their labor - be it crops, sheep, or cattle. Coins came later, then paper money, followed by checks. Now, as society moves ...
South Africa orphanage persists without its founder.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Stephanie Hanes Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Finetown, South Africa -- The playground scene is deafening. The constant groans of rusted swing chains mix with the pounding of little feet on metal slides; running children and their high-pitched shrieks ...
Executives learn to see through the 'data smog'.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Regan Columnist Last week, Slate, an online magazine, posted a retrospective from David Shenk, the author of "Data Smog," a book about the perils of the information age. In 1997, Mr. Shenk wrote that, thanks to the information revolution largely spawned ...
Feeling the burn in Death Valley.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Todd Richissin Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Death Valley, Calif. -- D. J. Haynes knows a hot that not many people in the world will ever know. His is a slap-in-the-face hot, an up-the-shorts hot, a down-the-shirt hot - a hot that burns sweat so quickly ...
A place after a painter's heart.(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Christopher Andreae The English painter Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981) seems to have first visited Sandaig in Ross-shire on the west coast of Scotland in 1949. She returned to this remote location a number of times. She also fell in love with the Hebridean islands as ...
Be glad you did that.(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Lou Healy Recently, I saw a heading on an Internet article that read, "If only I'd bought that stock ...." Well, sure, hindsight is wonderful! We all have it. But the line made me think: How much time do we spend thinking of the many "if onlys" of our lives? How ...
Life or death?(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The hooded specter pointed its craggy finger for me to follow up the rocky precipice. I followed, hypnotized with fear. He insisted I look at a horrifying picture of massive suffering and death. I woke up, shuddering from the nightmare that had broken my sleep. That dream I had ...
Scotland's idyllic isles.(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Christopher Andreae I have never visited South Uist - or North Uist, for that matter. Actually, I might as well come clean: I haven't been to Lewis or Harris either. Nor have I ever trodden the hallowed earth of Benbecula or Barra. And, I should hasten to say, ...
'Ladies' Detective' film brings Tinsel Town to tiny Botswana.(WORLD)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Stephanie Hanes Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Gaborone, Botswana -- Until Hollywood came to town, work was scarce for Botswana film producer Portia Molebedi Sorinyane. Her home country of dust and diamonds was her inspiration; but if she wanted a job, ...
Tougher times for Christmas Island?(WORLD)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Nick Squires Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Territory of Christmas Island, Australia -- For more than a century, it has been the sole raison d'etre of this tiny, jungle-clad island. Of all the gifts nature bestowed on Christmas Island, phosphate has been ...
Our reporter's night in a Lebanese jail.(WORLD)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Nicholas Blanford The white van pulled up and blocked our car. Three bearded men climbed out. We knew instantly they were from Hizbullah. Who are you? What are you doing here? What have you been photographing, the men asked. We are journalists, we ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)
Aug 01, 2007 ... * What's Real in Botswana? Reality and make-believe are often so close on a movie set that you can get confused. Is that woman across the street really selling oranges or is she an actor? Does Jill Scott, the American R&B singer, really speak with a Botswanian accent? As correspondent ...
US tourists flock to Paris despite prices.(WORLD)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Robert Marquand Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Paris -- For Americans, summer in Europe evokes fun and education: Soak in the Tuscany hills, visit storied castles, wander the Normandy beaches, take in a London play. Connect with the Renaissance and World ...
Japan's other earthquake.(OPINION)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Daniel Sneider Stanford, Calif. -- Japan's ruling party suffered a historic defeat Sunday. For the first time since the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was formed in 1955, an opposition party has become the largest party in the upper house. The ...
US troop fatalities in Iraq drop sharply.(USA)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Gordon Lubold Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- US troop fatalities in Iraq have plummeted from near-historic highs just two months ago. The number of deaths attributed to improvised explosive devices is down by more than half. Violence is down ...
Congressional lobby reform aims at disclosure.(USA)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- In a bid to score a quick victory before the August recess, Democratic leaders in Congress are moving ahead on lobby and ethics reform legislation that they say will make sweeping changes ...
For chairman of Joint Chiefs, a partner-builder.(USA)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Gordon Lubold Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- When Adm. Michael Mullen briefed President Bush last fall on an initiative that would leverage what was left of American goodwill around the world - building what the admiral calls "the 1,000 ship ...
Got a boat? You may need a license.(USA)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Patrik Jonsson and Ron Scherer Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor Atlanta and Oyster Bay, N.Y. -- Getting ready to leave all his everyday worries behind, Jeffery Bard energetically preps his 26-foot powerboat, "My Way," for a sojourn across Oyster Bay. For ...
Taliban leaves tribal roots for Al Qaeda tactics.(WORLD)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Kabul, Afghanistan -- By killing two South Korean hostages and refusing to release the remaining 21, including 18 women, the Taliban is taking a new path that suggests it is becoming an Afghan branch of Al ...
Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Teens want to hear about abstinence - from parents In a July 30 Opinion article - "A Truce in the Sex Ed Wars?" - the author dismissed abstinence education as ineffective because of the exhaustive research of a single report released by Mathematica Policy Research in April. In ...
Lobbying bill brings sunshine to the Capitol dome.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Congress has been so low in the polls it doesn't know which way is up. But scandals in recent years by individual lawmakers (mainly GOP) have forced a new Congress (mainly Democratic) to try to climb out of its pit of pitiful perfidy and reform its backroom M.O. That is, up to a point. ...
'Listening' computer revs up reading skills.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Stacy Teicher Khadaroo Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Chelsea, Mass. -- Jorge peers through his glasses at a story about a mouse - a story unfolding not on the pages of a book but on a computer screen. Crowned with a sophisticated headset, he isn't ...
Hemlocks threatened by an unwelcome guest.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Moises Velasquez-Manoff Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Boston's Arnold Arboretum is a place to marvel at the deep, dark shadow cast by the eastern hemlock tree, sometimes called the "redwood of the east." It's also a place to observe the devastation ...
The chemistry of space grows more complex.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Robert C. Cowen Columnist The chemistry of outer space continues to amaze astronomers. After several decades of doubt, they know that chemical processes around and between stars produce complex molecules including precursors of organic life. But recent discoveries with a ...
Ambassador Bridge controversy highlights cultural divide.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Dante Chinni Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Detroit -- In sheer physical terms, the Ambassador Bridge is everything a bridge should be. It connects two pieces of land - the United States and Canada. It traverses water - the Detroit River. It even has a ...
A Jewish world hallowed by a writer's pen.(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Robert Klose I discovered the writer Isaac Bashevis Singer years ago and was immediately captivated. Whether he was writing about Jewish village life in Poland between the world wars, or of the experiences of Holocaust survivors in America, his short stories and novels ...
Safe from the devourer.(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 02, 2007 ... There's no mistaking the cry of a hawk. Not long ago I heard that distinctive piercing call outside my window and went to investigate. To my surprise I discovered a red-tailed hawk on our front lawn. It was breathtakingly beautiful, but as thrilled as I was to admire it up ...
Gerald and Sara Murphy: socialites turned artistic luminaries.(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Susan Saccoccia The handsome scion of the Mark Cross Co. marries a debutante of incandescent beauty. But rejecting the staid world of wealth that awaits them, Gerald and Sara Murphy sail to France and reinvent their lives. Gerald becomes a distinctly American cubist ...
Secretary Rice's Mideast mission: contain Iran.(WORLD)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Murphy and Rasheed Abou-Alsamh Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Tel Aviv and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- US secretaries of Defense and State are using their high-profile meetings this week with Arab and ...
Cambodia's first step toward justice for Khmer Rouge.(WORLD)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Erika Kinetz Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Phnom Penh, Cambodia -- Just after dawn Tuesday, Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, gathered his clothes from the military prison cell he has lived in for the last eight years and walked, silent and ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)
Aug 02, 2007 ... * Quest for Justice: Correspondent Simon Montlake was impressed by the lengths the Chinese father was willing to go to right a wrong done to his child (see story). In order to get his case heard, Liang Yongli hopped on a bicycle and rode 37 days from his home in southern China to Beijing ....
In China, aggrieved citizens stand better chance at success.(WORLD)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Simon Montlake Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Beijing -- It's a parent's nightmare: a routine vaccination gone wrong. For Liang Yongli, whose bright-eyed daughter suffered brain damage and paralysis after a mandatory shot, it triggered a four-year search ...
Americans now flock to Mexico for plastic surgery.(WORLD)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sara Miller Llana Every year tourists descend upon Guadalajara, often referred to as the most "Mexican" of Mexican cities, where the crooning of mariachi music originated. But first-time visitor Jennifer Guerra, from Houston, pays no attention to Mexico's ...
In Darfur, donkeys are a lifeline.(WORLD)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Iriba, Chad -- When Sudanese government bombs fell on his town of Kornoya in the troubled region of Darfur four years ago, Abdu Mohammad Phile found something to be grateful for: None of his three wives or 20 ...
Faith-based initiative backfires.(OPINION)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Christopher Ringwald Albany, N.Y. -- Once upon a time God, with some federal funding, was going to do so much. In his early years, President Bush promoted funding for faith-based groups in order to blast social problems with the power of religious belief by ...
Taming the travel monsters.(OPINION)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kay Jordan Flagstaff, Ariz. -- As an avid traveler, I encourage people to tour the world. Yet time and again they offer excuses that are more bogeyman than fact, more monster than truth. Monster No. 1: I want to see the United States first. This ...
GOP bellwether South Carolina shows a tangled race.(USA)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ariel Sabar Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Greenville, S.C. -- For nearly three decades, South Carolina has been a make-or-break state for Republican presidential candidates. None has become the national nominee without a victory - often a decisive one - ...
How powerful is Citizen Murdoch now?(USA)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ron Scherer Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor New York -- With Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion acquisition of Dow Jones & Co., he is set to be established as one of America's most powerful media barons - a man whose sway stretches from the teens who watch "The ...
Airlines face pilot shortage.(USA)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Alexandra Marks Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor New York -- The aviation industry is on the rebound financially, but a looming pilot shortage could create some unexpected turbulence. For a view of what this could mean for passengers, one need ...
US savings picture brightens a little.(USA)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Mark Trumbull Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor America still has debt problems, but as of this week the phrase "negative savings rate" no longer applies to the nation's household habits. Through June of this year, US citizens have socked away $164 ...
Support for Gonzales slips further.(USA)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- Seldom have a cabinet official and a Congress been so at odds. After months of bickering over fired US attorneys, congressional subpoenas, and secret eavesdropping, embattled Attorney General Alberto ...
King Coal's crown is losing some luster.(USA)
Aug 02, 2007 ... Byline: Brad Knickerbocker Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Because of its link to carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas causing global warming, coal sometimes seems like the Rodney Dangerfield of energy sources: It gets no respect. In recent days, ...
The UN blinks on Darfur.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Rather than plan for an invasion of Darfur to end a genocide, the UN Security Council decided Tuesday to send in 20,000 peacekeepers - not peacemakers. And the Blue Helmets will operate only without usurping Sudanese authority. Why the compromises? Two reasons: China and Iraq. ...
Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Consequences of rigid abstinence programs The July 30 Opinion article, "A truce in the sex ed wars?" correctly acknowledges the complexity of and differing views on human sexuality. But the analysis of the current debate over the best approach to sex education suffers from two ...
Gogol Bordello: A multicultural musical melee.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Dmitry Kiper Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor New York -- Everyone in the crowd at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza is hot but happy, arms draped around friends - and strangers. As the beat blares, they jump in unison. It's a scene one expects to see at a Pearl ...
New in theaters.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... New in theaters Hot Rod (PG-13) Director: Akiva Schaffer. With Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Sissy Spacek. (98 min.) Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg of "Saturday Night Live" fame) fancies himself a stunt rider, following in his late father's footsteps. With a ...
Not-so-plain Jane.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Rainier Film Critic of The Christian Science Monitor Jane Austen wrote some of the greatest novels about romance in the English language and yet died a spinster at 41. The people who made "Becoming Jane" can't bear to think that her life was loveless, so they've ...
New on DVD: '300'.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Gloria Goodale 300 (R) <P/> This grisly gore-fest of a film, based on a graphic novel by acclaimed-artist Frank Miller, was a surprise smash in the theaters. Its depiction of the legendary last stand by the Spartan King Leonidas and 300 Spartan ...
A bitter recipe for lobster tales.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Harry Bruinius Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- Lobster shacks don't dot the streets in Manhattan as they do in coastal Maine, and it's unlikely those in the Pine Tree State would stir up the tempest gathering in downtown's chowder cups. ...
Bourne in the USA.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Peter Rainer Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor Jason Bourne has come a long way since he turned up on that Italian fishing boat in "The Bourne Identity." He's still on a quest to find out who he is really is, but in the intervening five years he's racked up ...
At Comic-Con, geek is chic.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Randy Dotinga Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor San Diego, Calif. -- High schooler Brett Penny is riding a packed trolley to the world's largest comic-book convention, clutching a four-day pass. After one day, he's already spent $60 on comic-related ...
'Walking with Dinosaurs' takes science to the sports arena.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)(Television program review)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Gloria Goodale Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor TACOMA, WASH. -- The Tacoma Dome is no stranger to brawling monsters - it is a sports arena, after all. But this summer, it's the first stop for a different sort of leviathan, the Australian sensation "Walking ...
Tubegazing.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Gloria Goodale The Company (TNT, Aug. 5, 8 p.m.): This six-part miniseries, based on the Robert Littell novel of the same name, is a dark meditation on the corrupting effect of deception over several decades. It follows the evolution of the CIA - Berlin in ...
Monitor picks.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... <P/> If you've been reading about the great Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman this week - he died on Monday -you're probably wondering which of his over 50 films you should summon from your favorite DVD outlet. With a film artist as prodigiously productive as Bergman, any ...
In 'Little Heathens,' a cheerful look at a difficult life.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Yvonne Zipp Mildred Armstrong Kalish was 5-years-old the last time she saw her dad. Her family was forced to move in with her puritanical grandparents (who kept a buggy whip handy). Cash was almost nonexistent. Oh, and it was the Great Depression. So how does the author ...
Into it: Kelly Edwards.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... ... reading? Honestly, it's magazines - tons of design magazines, all over my apartment. I read Domino, that's my absolute favorite. And Blueprint I love. Martha Stewart Living is always great, and Elle Decor, Chicago Home. I used to always read business books - The Seven Habits ...
Noteworthy CD releases.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Robert Newton BECOMING JANE - Original Score by Adrian Johnston (Sony Classics): Adrian Johnston's score to this movie about Jane Austen starts with a depressing track called "First Impression." Taken as that, you'd think this was the score to "Becoming Sylvia Plath." ...
Prayer for Korean hostages.(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 03, 2007 ... As of this writing, another deadline has passed in the continuing hostage standoff between Taliban insurgents and the South Korean and Afghan governments over the kidnapping of 23 Koreans - Christian volunteer aid workers - in Afghanistan. Two have been killed by the Taliban because the ...
All catawampus, but no catastrophe.(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Ruth Walker Like music or fragrance, language can have the power to take us back to a certain time and place, or to remind us of a particular person. Sometimes a single word is all it takes. So it happened when I was reading the musings of a group of ...
On this trip to Egypt, the beggars were the ones who gave.(THE HOME FORUM)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Joel Carillet For hours I had been traveling up the Nile Valley, from Luxor to Cairo, on a train jammed with Egypt's working poor. Having been one of the last to board, I had no choice but to take one of the worst seats. So along with maybe a dozen other men, I sat ...
Shifting politics bring Arabs and Israelis closer.(WORLD)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JERUSALEM -- It's a given that any US secretary of State will come to the Middle East, shake the hands of Israeli and Arab leaders, and try to prod them toward peace. But other givens that have ...
Islamic creationist group launches glitzy, global blitz.(WORLD)
Aug 03, 2007 ... Byline: Yigal Schleifer Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor ISTANBUL, TURKEY -- On a recent afternoon inside Istanbul's busiest subway station, a young man beckoned commuters into a subterranean "fossil exhibit" full of skulls and insects dating back millions of ...