The Christian Science Monitor back issues from January 2008:
Build trust in electronic voting.(EDITORIAL)
Jan 02, 2008 ... A federal judge is threatening New York election officials with jail because the state still hasn't switched to electronic voting machines (the path set by Congress in 2002). That makes it the nation's sole holdout, but also puts it in a position to learn from everyone else's many ...
Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Jan 02, 2008 ... For democracy in Pakistan, try provincial elections In response to Walter Rodgers's Dec. 27 Opinion piece, "What's holding Pakistan back": This essay has given an accurate assessment of Pakistan's difficulty in evolving into a democracy. I believe that countrywide ...
Culinary lessons in Paris: less than totally dreamy.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School)(Book review)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Mima Mohammed Kathleen Flinn - a 36-year-old American living and working in London - returns from vacation to discover she has been laid off. Instead of scrambling to find another job in the corporate field, Flinn decides instead to move to Paris and pursue her dream of ...
When a pound of cure is too much.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer)(Book review)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Gregory M. Lamb Most Americans know that the healthcare crisis in the United States is a two-headed monster: First, medical care is too expensive. And, largely because it's so expensive, that care doesn't reach millions of people who are poor or uninsured. ...
Garrett Graff describes 'The First Campaign' to go truly digital.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House)(Book review)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Matthew Shaer In 1948, embattled incumbent Harry S Truman embarked on a cross-country, whistlestop tour, in a last ditch effort to salvage his stake in the presidential election. The situation was dire. Infighting had decimated the Democratic Party's base, shattering it ...
'People of the Book' offers lessons in tolerance.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book review)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Yvonne Zipp When the subject is genocide, readers tend to gravitate to the stories of survivors - from "Schindler's List" to "Hotel Rwanda." It may be, as charged, that people crave happy endings - even false ones, but I prefer to think that you need a little light when ...
In 'Breakfast with Buddha,' an average Joe meets a Siberian monk.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Marjorie Kehe Despite his unusual name, Otto Ringling is so very ordinary that he's probably your next-door neighbor. He's a nice boy from the Midwest who found a white-collar job in the city, bought a house in the suburbs and produced two pleasantly ordinary children ....
Every day should be 'pie day,' they insist.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)(pie recipes)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Jennifer Wolcott Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor If you're like most of us, you've probably eaten your fill of pie during the past month or so. Thanksgiving feasts typically feature at least a few pies such as classic apple, pumpkin, and pecan - and it's ...
Six tech trends to watch in 2008.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Tom Regan Columnist When it comes to predicting tech trends, I think back to a luncheon I attended a dozen years ago. There, a prominent reporter for a major New York newspaper told me that the Internet would go nowhere. It would never be a threat to newspapers, he said ....
Celebrating Rumi, Islam's poet of peace.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Nicole Itano Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor KONYA, Turkey -- A Turkish saying goes: When there's trouble in the world, come to Konya. So, on a wet November day, Halit Tuten and his friends found themselves hundreds of miles from home, shoulder to shoulder ...
System restore for the new year.(THE HOME FORUM)(life and restoration)
Jan 02, 2008 ... My computer wasn't functioning properly. Some of the programs were running slowly or not at all. It seemed the more I tried to fix the problem, the more glitches appeared. Instead of getting closer to a solution, I felt further away. A technician fixed it. He removed a ...
January Morning.(THE HOME FORUM)(Poem)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Mary Lou Healy January Morning A stillness trembles Waiting for the break Of dawning light to Stir the world awake ...
It's not just audiences who watch.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Christopher Andreae An audience is a strange animal. Of course, when you are in an audience, you think it's a perfectly normal and natural group of individuals to be part of. You take for granted that you are exclusively on the side of the watchers. It never strikes you ...
Mealtime made simple.(THE HOME FORUM)(soup recipes)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Georgianna Pfost Discussing cool-weather recipes over lunch one day, a co-worker in our group explained that he liked to make posole during the weekend for sharing with friends and family who stopped by to watch football on TV. "Posole," I chimed in, "that's ...
Grannies of South Africa's AIDS orphans look to 'Mama' for support.(WORLD)(grandmothers)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Danna Harman Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Alexandra, South Africa -- The golden years. A time to relax. Maybe even indulge in a few luxuries. That's what these grannies dreamed of, but circumstances have been unkind. Of the more than 11 million African ...
Israeli-Palestinian fatalities drop, but other issues persist.(WORLD)(B'tselem report)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Ilene Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Jerusalem -- In its year-end report issued on New Year's Eve, the leading Israeli human rights group B'tselem said that the numbers of Palestinians and Israelis killed in clashes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ...
Bhutto's rise carved path for Pakistani women.(WORLD)(Benazir Bhutto)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Huma Yusuf Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Karachi, Pakistan -- When Tourism Minister Nilofer Bakhtiar came under attack from hard-line clerics after she was photographed embracing a man in public, Benazir Bhutto was quick to defend her. "Benazir ...
Family dynasty fills Bhutto vacuum in Pakistan.(WORLD)(Benazir Bhutto)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NEW DELHI -- In bequeathing a 19-year-old son and a husband beset by charges of corruption the reins of her party, Benazir Bhutto went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that control of the Pakistan People's ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)
Jan 02, 2008 ... * Grannies Chase Away the Blues: Correspondent Danna Harman was feeling sorry for herself the day she went to a party for South African grandmothers caring for AIDS orphans (see story). But what she saw "totally cured me of feeling blue," she says. "They were so kind to one another, so ...
Can Kenya stop violence after vote?(WORLD)(election and violence in Kenya)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Nairobi, Kenya -- The thousand-odd protesters carried leafy branches - a standard totem of protest in Kenya - and returned to the slum of Kibera after being turned back, peacefully, by police. It is a calm ...
Global elections watch: All eyes on U.S. race.(WORLD)(United States)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Pakistan, Russia, and Zimbabwe are holding elections this year. Cuba's Fidel Castro is talking about retirement. But few leadership changes in 2008 will be as closely watched as the US election. Who Americans want in the Oval Office won't be known until November. Yet from Mexico to Iraq, ...
A better way to pay CEOs.(OPINION)(chief executive officers)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Andy Zelleke Cambridge, Mass. -- For Wall Street CEOs, December was the best of times, and it was the worst of times. Goldman Sachs gave Lloyd Blankfein a $68 million bonus. Rival Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley, however, gave John Mack (at his request) zip. As ...
Happy Introvert Day.(OPINION)(social living)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Diane Cameron Guilderland, N.Y. -- Ahh, Jan. 2. The day that introverts get to breathe a sigh of relief. We can come out of hiding; it's safe to answer the phone, and to stop pretending we're under the weather. Hip Hip Hooray! The holidays are over. Yes, from ...
Home prices: Where's the bottom?(USA)(housing market crisis)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Mark Trumbull Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor One of the big questions that hangs over both the US economy and individual Americans in 2008 is a seemingly simple one: What's a house really worth? The problem is, the housing market is in an ...
As his lead slips, Romney targets McCain and Huckabee.(USA)(Mitt Romney, John McCain and Mike Huckabee)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Ariel Sabar Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney began seeding the soil for an Iowa victory more than 2-1/2 years ago, meeting with leading lawmakers and a former governor and sprinkling donations among local Republican ...
Ron Paul: an absolute faith in free markets and less government.(USA)(Brief biography)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Berlin, N.H. -- Ron Paul still looks surprised when his calls to follow the Constitution and restore a sound currency set off whoops of approval at a campaign stop. The 10-term GOP ...
Does a safer Iraq mean more US troops can exit?(USA)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Gordon Lubold Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- Security in Iraq has improved dramatically in the past four months, including much lower casualty rates among American service members. But there is little consensus yet if a safer Iraq can ...
Do polar bears need U.S. protection?(USA)
Jan 02, 2008; ... Byline: Tony Azios Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Do polar bears, which have become the poster child for the potential ravages of future global warming, need special protection from Uncle Sam now? That's the question under consideration at the US Fish and ...
How South Africa can alter Africa.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Will Africa's flagship nation, South Africa, become a Zimbabwe, its economy and laws run aground by a "big man" leader? That's the question being asked in the wake of a political upset there. Also relevant are parallels to a deeply divided Kenya, where ethnic violence has erupted over a ...
Letters to the editor.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Paper or electronic voting: Which is more accurate? In response to your Jan. 2 editorial, "Build trust in electronic voting": It is the right of all citizens to be served by persons they have elected, yet in recent years extensive evidence has shown that it may not be so. ...
Suicide prevention program focuses on teens.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Stacy Teicher Khadaroo Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Medway, Mass. -- It may still be a taboo subject in society, but for freshmen at Medway High school, there's no avoiding frank talk about suicide. In early December, each of the roughly 240 ...
A handbook for Muslim teens.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Growing up in today's culture can be exciting, confusing, and chock-full of challenges. For young American Muslims, navigating adolescence has proven especially daunting since the events of Sept. 11, ...
On the horizon: News from the frontiers of science.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Peter N. Spotts A whale of a fox tale From fox-sized creatures mighty leviathans evolve. That's the story that fossils from India's portion of Kashmir appear to tell about the evolution of whales. A team led by paleontologist Hans Thewissen says it ...
How one town aids returning soldiers.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Sean J. Miller Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Warroad, Minn. -- On a crisp Minnesota morning, Art Brandli drove 30 minutes from his home in this northern town to a boiler manufacturer outside of Greenbush. Mr. Brandli, a Department of Defense volunteer, ...
Spiritual models of leadership.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Over the last few months, I've been praying quite a bit about leadership, primarily in connection with the US presidential primaries. It's hard to know which candidate will be best suited for the job: The one with the best resume? Most experience? Snappiest answer in a debate? ...
Order in the house.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: T. Jewell Collins Recently, I was struck with an urgent need to reorder my environment. It may have been precipitated by the installation of a new bathroom floor, the previous one having been pulled up to address a plumbing problem. The new floor inspired my ...
Global flash points: How to spot signs of peace.(WORLD)
Jan 03, 2008 ... At the outset of 2008, many of the world's conflicts seem locked in a stalemate. But history shows that peace often comes as a surprise. Indeed, if one looks at the resolution of major conflicts in the past 20 years, "almost none of them could have been anticipated just ...
Ethnic violence: why Kenya is not another Rwanda.(WORLD)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Nairobi, Kenya -- The ethnic violence that has killed more than 300 people since last Thursday's disputed presidential election has come as a shock for many here in East Africa's most stable and prosperous ...
Chavez, China cooperate on oil, but for different reasons.(WORLD)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: Sara Miller Llana and Peter Ford Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor Caracas, Venezuela; and Beijing -- One country's motivation is political, the other's pragmatic. Venezuela is seeking a strategic geopolitical alliance, China a steady supply of energy. ...
Reporters on the job.(WORLD)(challenges in international reporting)
Jan 03, 2008; ... * Calmer in Nairobi: Staff writer Scott Baldauf says that there were more signs of normal life in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday (see story). "Most small shops are still closed. But people were moving around, visiting relatives and shopping. There were long lines of people ...
Nicaraguan opposition resists Chavez's expanding 'revolution'.(WORLD)(President Hugo Chavez)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Tim Rogers Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Managua, Nicaragua -- Emboldened by the recent defeat of the constitutional referendum to expand Hugo Chavez's "21st-century socialist revolution" in Venezuela, the opposition in Nicaragua has started to organize ...
Your beliefs vs. the facts.(OPINION)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Thomas W. Martin Tempe, Ariz. -- Twenty years ago, as a college freshman, I knew precisely what it meant to be scientifically literate. In fact, I held an objective measure in the palm of my hand, courtesy of E.D. Hirsch. His book, "Cultural Literacy: What Every American ...
With Iowa and New Hampshire races close, a hustle for turnout.(USA)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Linda Feldmann and Ariel Sabar Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor Des Moines, Iowa -- The key to the Iowa caucuses may be found in a little blurb on Page 1 of Wednesday's Des Moines Register. "The forecast for Thursday: temperature in the mid-20s ...
Gingerly, U.S. reaches out to Sharif in Pakistan.(USA)(Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Howard LaFranchi Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- With Pakistan's elections postponed and turmoil there continuing, the United States is reviewing its options - including a warming toward former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the top opposition ...
NASA plays down its air safety report.(USA)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Alexandra Marks Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor New York -- Just how safe is it to fly these days? Well, according to Michael Griffin, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, it's extraordinarily safe. "This is one of ...
Pay for college chiefs rising fast.(USA)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Randy Dotinga Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor SAN DIEGO -- When former Sprint Nextel executive Gary Forsee landed a job as president of the University of Missouri system in December, his annual salary dropped from $21.3 million to $400,000, reflecting the ...
In U.S., Al Gore has more company on climate change now.(USA)
Jan 03, 2008; ... Byline: Brad Knickerbocker Global climate change promises to be as big an issue in 2008, politically, as it was last year. In the United States, presidential and congressional elections are likely to be a major factor in this accelerating interest. That's particularly true since ...
What to do when oil hits $100 a barrel.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Jan 04, 2008 ... For the first time, oil prices have nosed above $100 a barrel. Gasoline is higher by 73 cents a gallon from a year ago. In past decades, such price jumps brought a knee-jerk reaction to conserve or to find more oil. The world has done both. Yet prices continue to rise. So what's left to ...
Letters to the editor.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 04, 2008 ... Comparing S. Africa to other African nations is biased Regarding your Jan. 3 editorial, "How South Africa can alter Africa": I see in this article a patronizing attitude. What it forgets is that Africa is not one country. South Africa is a very different country from Kenya or ...
A Mexican sweet 15 - a bluejean girl becomes a woman.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Jan 04, 2008; ... Byline: Michelle Nijhuis Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Ejido Luis Encinas Johnson, Sonora, Mexico -- The day of the quinceanera dawns raw and blustery, and clouds of dust scud along the main road of this quiet village. But outside the cinderblock church, and on ...
Intriguing tales - and tales of intrigue - from across the globe.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Jan 04, 2008 ... I may have just eaten one too many candy canes, but all five of these new releases - each of them set overseas and written by foreign writers - is enjoyable in its own way. So, for an escape from your wintry locale, book a virtual vacation at your library. <P/> The ...
Are tomorrow's guitar heroes playing 'Guitar Hero'?(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Jan 04, 2008; ... Byline: Clayton Collins Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor For Lary Spears, a guitar hero is not someone who jacks into a game console and hits push-button chords. The longtime bassist, now a sales executive at G&L Guitars, used to build instruments at the company's ...
Monitor picks.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)(Brief article)
Jan 04, 2008 ... The Dark Knight <P/> The Batman sequel swings into theaters in midsummer, which gives you plenty of time to brace yourself for a darker, grittier Caped Crusader. The catch? This time, Batman will face off against the Joker, played by a manic - and distinctly ashen - ...
Autovations: Honda Accord.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Jan 04, 2008; ... Byline: Clayton Collins This unpretentious sedan might not have needed much updating, but Honda refined its flagship anyway for 2008 - as it has eight times since 1976 - giving it a sleek new profile. Quibble: Accord's tail becomes a little undefined with the high-mounted brake ...
New on DVD: 'The Kingdom' and 'Eastern Promises'.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)(Brief article)
Jan 04, 2008; ... The Kingdom (R) The bulk of the action in this Peter Berg-directed flick arrives late and in a hail of gunfire. Whether you make it to that pay-off punch will depend, to a large degree, on how much recycled police procedural you can stomach. The plot: a bombing in Saudi Arabia ...
Tubegazing.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)(Television program review)
Jan 04, 2008; ... The Jewish Americans (PBS, three-part series starts Jan. 9, 9-11 p.m.): This six-hour documentary tracks the evolution of the Jewish community in the US over the past 350 years, from the earliest tiny knot of refugees seeking asylum in the New Amsterdam of 1654 up to today. Much ...
Into it: John O'Hurley.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
Jan 04, 2008 ... ... Reading? I am reading Cormac McCarthy's novel, The Road. I chose it because I am a father and I have new dealings with being a parent. I never realized the capacity to love until the birth of my child. McCarthy writes about some things that I touch on in my own book, like ...
Safe from cyberworld crime.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jan 04, 2008 ... About a year ago, Megan, a teenager from Dardenne Prairie, Mo., became the target of an e-mail hoax attacking her character. It eventually led Megan to commit suicide. The perpetrator wasn't a shadowy cyberpredator, but neighbors - one of them apparently the mother of another teenager, who ...
New Year's fun with Janus words.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jan 04, 2008; ... Byline: Ruth Walker Janus was the Roman two-faced god of doors, gates, beginnings, and endings. He gave his name to the first month of the year and to the guy with the fat bunch of keys on his hip: the janitor. Logophiles - word lovers, but you knew that, didn't you? ...
A blue wonder to remember.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jan 04, 2008; ... Byline: Miriam C. Daum "Mariposa, mariposa," a young man with a beaming smile kept saying emphatically while pointing in the general direction of dense green foliage studded with bright red blossoms. Even with my very limited Spanish vocabulary, I knew that mariposa meant ...
Amid Kenya clashes, growing calls for calm.(WORLD)
Jan 04, 2008; ... Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Johannesburg, South Africa -- In the center of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, police dispersed opposition protesters Thursday with water cannons and tear gas. Out in the suburbs, a growing number of newly ...
Street kids get lessons in life at surf school.(WORLD)
Jan 04, 2008; ... Byline: Danna Harman Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Muizenberg Beach, South Africa -- They would just sit there on the beach, every day, watching, says South African surfer Gary Kleynhans. Then, one day, he called them over. "I could see from their ...
Palestinian militants strike deeper into Israel.(WORLD)(Brief article)
Jan 04, 2008; ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Jerusalem -- Militants in Gaza shot a rocket that hit the northern edge of Ashkelon Thursday, putting a major Israeli city - and its power station - in the line of fire for the first time. Traveling more than ...
What Palestinians will do with $7.4 billion.(WORLD)
Jan 04, 2008; ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Ramallah, West Bank -- When donors met in Paris last month and awarded $7.4 billion in aid to the Palestinians, a larger-than-expected package to be distributed over the next three years, many in the ...
Reporters on the job.(WORLD)(challenges in international reporting)(Brief article)
Jan 04, 2008; ... * Surf's Up, Dude: Sometimes the life of a foreign correspondent requires great sacrifices and tremendous risks. Sometimes it's just plain fun. Correspondent Danna Harman found herself in the latter category enjoying a beautiful December morning on a South African beach. Her ...