The Christian Science Monitor back issues from March 2008:
Israeli exit from Gaza's maze.(Gaza Strip, Palestine)(Editorial)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Israel long ago figured out how to protect itself from stone-throwing Palestinians and, to some degree, suicide bombers. It's made a formal peace with two Arab states and tacitly with others. Can it now stop Islamic rulers in nearby Gaza from raining small rockets on Israeli civilians in ...
Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 03, 2008 ... Multiculturalism's historic role in American society In response to Lawrence Harrison's Feb. 26 Opinion piece, "The end of multiculturalism": The salad bowl versus melting pot analogy is confused by a mistaken belief that America was founded on a unified "Anglo-Protestant ...
Dividend investors at a crossroads.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Margaret Price Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor New York -- When red ink splashes across your stock portfolio's statements, as it might be doing now, you could consider fleeing to stocks of companies that pay dividends. At least this way, you'd pocket some ...
Coworking: How to work solo, but not alone.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Chris Gaylord Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Cambridge, Mass. -- When Mike Jones signed on to be marketing director at an e-book publisher, one of the advertised perks was the chance to work at home full time. Two years later, he loves the job, but hated ...
A Week's Worth: Quick takes on the world of work and money.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)(Calendar)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Robert Kilborn * Last week ended with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing ground. The index fell 0.9 percent, extending its overall decline to four months in a row. * So serious is the problem of financial illiteracy, a recent survey has found, that ...
Financial Q&A: Options few when U.S. Savings Bonds mature.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)(Brief article)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Steve Dinnen Q: Until September 2004, we could exchange Series E/EE US Savings Bonds for HH bonds, continue to defer paying tax on the accrued interest, and be paid interest biannually thereafter. However, the Treasury Department is no longer issuing HH bonds. Are there ...
Arguments mount for a national healthcare system.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: David R. Francis columnist As advocates of healthcare reform see it, change in the United States healthcare system has become an economic necessity - not just socially desirable or politically popular. "It has to happen," says Regina Herzlinger, an expert at ...
There's magic in Las Vegas rank-and-file talent.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)(Mat Black's expertise)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Jina Moore Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Las Vegas -- Hands are a strange thing to dwell on, but Mat Black's demand notice. He has long, slender fingers with short, well-kept nails. Like a violinist, he spends several hours at a time training them to ...
Dog Sleeping in Abstract Sunlight.(THE HOME FORUM)(Poem)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Dog Sleeping in Abstract Sunlight Our basset hound's camouflaged fur resembles Robert Motherwell's "Elegy to the Spanish Republic." Big black ovals bloom between gray and brown blurs with one well- licked scar on her white ...
Monday doesn't have to be blue.(THE HOME FORUM)
Mar 03, 2008 ... "I HATE MONDAYS!" "Why is the weekend so short?" "Is it really only Wednesday?" "T.G.I.F." Who hasn't wished that the weekends were longer and the workweek shorter? Of course it's one thing to feel that way occasionally, but quite another to feel depressed all the time about ...
A sightseeing surprise in Japan.(THE HOME FORUM)(Travel narrative)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: C.L. Votaw Sometimes you plan to go sightseeing, and sometimes sightseeing just happens to you. That's especially true when you travel solo and keep a flexible schedule, as I did one sunny weekend in Japan. That morning, I got up early, packed a small ...
3 kids + 1 good book = great road trip.(THE HOME FORUM)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Nancy Lowell George My motives for starting our family's tradition of reading in the car were purely selfish: I could not bear the thought of listening to "A Sesame Street Christmas" for another 10 hours. My children had latched onto this cassette on our previous ...
Ahmadinejad's Iraq visit bolsters Iran's influence.(WORLD)(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Sam Dagher and Awadh al-Taiee Correspondent | Contributor Arbil, Iraq; and Baghdad -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Baghdad Sunday on a landmark visit described by both friend and foe as a crowning moment for Tehran's growing power here and its ...
In South Africa, a racist video's fallout.(WORLD)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- The video depicts white college students forcing elderly black housekeepers to crawl, drink beer, and eat food that - apparently - had been tainted with urine. Small wonder, then, ...
Colombia's cross-border strike on FARC irks neighbors.(WORLD)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Sibylla Brodzinsky Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor BogotA Colombia -- Tensions in the Andes are running high after Colombia launched an airstrike on leftist rebels based in neighboring Ecuador over the weekend. Colombia, a staunch US ally, says ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)(Brief article)(Calendar)
Mar 03, 2008 ... * Keep it brief, please: Correspondent Sam Dagher was struck Sunday by how eager Iraqi officials were to keep press conference appearances with Iran's President Ahmedinejad (see story) to a bare minimum. "At President Jalal Talabani's residence, he and Ahmedinejad spent 10 ...
Gaza fighting sidelines Israeli-Palestinian peace bid.(WORLD)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Jerusalem -- With violence surging and diplomacy retreating, the Israelis and Palestinians were lurching dangerously close Sunday to returning to an active state of war. The weekend's rising toll ...
Bosnian steel mill spurs trade in war-torn Balkans.(WORLD)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Colin Woodard Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- For decades, the steel mill that dominates this city's skyline also dominated its economic life - supplying steel to all of Yugoslavia until the 1991-95 war tore the country ...
Got news? Make it quick.(OPINION)(presidential debates' speeches)(Column)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Jeffrey Shaffer Portland Ore. -- Did you hear what happened with the candidates? Was it spontaneous or part of a carefully orchestrated plan? How is it going to affect the race? Is the timing significant? Will the momentum shift? As I listen to myriad panels ...
How to say no at work ... and still get ahead.(OPINION)(Column)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Nanette Gartrell San Francisco -- Can you say NO at work to extra tasks without jeopardizing your job or sandbagging your career? When you're repeatedly given assignments outside your job description, do you lie awake at night trying to figure out how to set limits? If ...
Economic woes raise fear of 1970s rerun.(USA)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Mark Trumbull Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The echoes seem ominous: a sagging economy, rising inflation, a record price for gold, and plunging stock prices. Could a return to 1970s-style stagflation be just around the corner? That dreaded ...
On ropes, Clinton works to hold Ohio.(USA)(Hillary Rodham Clinton)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Linda Feldmann Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor HANGING ROCK, Ohio -- Marissa Wilson originally supported John Edwards for president. But now the Ohio University student in early childhood education is on Hillary Rodham Clinton's team, making calls for her ...
Rabbi Harold Schulweis rallies help for the oppressed abroad.(USA)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Daniel B. Wood Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Encino, Calif. -- In eastern Chad, 14,000 children in the Oure Cassoni refugee camp this month will receive backpacks filled with shoes, school supplies, soap, and mosquito nets. Hundreds of miles ...
Congressional incumbents on shaky ground in '08.(USA)(2008)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- It's shaping up to be a perilous election year for members of Congress, even in primary season when the iron law of incumbency typically prevails. The defeat of two longtime ...
Steroids posed wrenching decisions for some players.(USA)
Mar 03, 2008; ... Byline: Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- The thing is, Andy Pettitte knew the human growth hormone (HGH) wasn't going to help him. He'd tried it once, briefly, and felt no benefit. He'd advised his own father that the substance was too ...
Russia's less-than-sure thing.(Russia's newest government body)(Editorial)
Mar 04, 2008 ... More swimming pools. That, at least, is one change Russians might expect from their incoming president. Dmitri Medvedev, who kicks up waves twice a day, says the country lacks enough pools. But otherwise, Russians can expect mainly continuity: more autocratic Putinism, more oil-driven ...
Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 04, 2008 ... The trials at Guantanamo will not be fair Regarding the Feb. 12 article, "US launches 9/11 military trials": There will be two trials, both with foreordained results for the same reasons. The detainees will be tried under special rules, without the due process of ...
Tesla: Madly in love with science.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(The Invention of Everything Else)(Nikola Tesla)(Book review)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Yvonne Zipp Nikola Tesla's biography reads like something created by Jules Verne and F. Scott Fitzgerald in a brainstorming session in an alternate universe. During his life, theories abounded about the inventor of alternating current (electricity as we know it) and ...
Climate change's most deadly threat: drought.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Todd Wilkinson Spring is on its way back to northern latitudes. In many locales, it will arrive earlier than "normal," yielding, ostensibly, a longer growing season, a hotter summer, balmier autumn, and future winters will lack their ferocious post-Pleistocene bites. ...
Readers' picks.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Brief article)
Mar 04, 2008 ... I'm reading The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner edited by Page Stegner. Stegner was the greatest intellectual influence on the American West. His themes are home and place and how one finds identity in the West - something I'm always searching. - Kristen Lodge, Granby, Colo. ...
On the road with a gentle donkey for a friend.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
Mar 04, 2008; ... "After you've had an encounter with a donkey on a walking tour, had real contact with one, you're never the same," a donkey enthusiast assures Andy Merrifield. "You're somehow touched forever." It must be true. From the hapless Sancho in "Don Quixote" to Robert Louis ...
Does Bush deserve the Reagan mantle?(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(George W. Bush; Ronald Reagan)(Reagan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy)(Book review)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: John Ettorre As presidential candidates from both parties battle for their respective nominations, they do so in the shadow of a giant specter: Ronald Reagan. Like Franklin D. Roosevelt looming over the post-World War II political arena, impossible to ignore ...
A lively look at Christianity's past, present, and future.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(The Christian World: A Global History)(Book review)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Sarah more McCann Before Christians in 17th-century Japan were put to death, they were forced to trample metal images of the Virgin Mary. Surviving artifacts still show the toe scrapings, horrifying but potent symbols of the converts' devotion. If the Son of ...
The vacuum repair guy: an endangered species.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)(John Huling)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Sara Hoagland Hunter Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Natick, Mass. -- We all have a vacuum cleaner story. It might not be as dramatic as my friend Lisa Foote's, whose family ferret was successfully removed from an Electrolux attachment by emergency ...
A spiritual look at rising grain prices.(THE HOME FORUM)
Mar 04, 2008 ... "Overall, in January, consumer food prices were up 4.9 percent in comparison with January 2007. Cereal and baked goods rose 5.5 percent. Some items went up even more: Dairy products increased 12.8 percent and fruits and vegetables 6.1 percent. "Rising food prices, combined with ...
Overseas adventure, student-style.(THE HOME FORUM)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Martha White Three girls - two American and one Japanese - are getting ready to ice skate, but for the moment, their heads are bowed together over small English/Japanese dictionaries. "Suki desu ka?" ("Do you like it?") They point to words, nod their heads, and giggle, ...
U.S. warship stirs Lebanese fear of war.(WORLD)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Nicholas Blanford Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Beirut, Lebanon -- Washington's decision to deploy the USS Cole off Lebanon's coast is kindling grim memories of a past conflict here - and fresh concerns over another war. While the US State ...
New Delhi cleanup sends in the Beggar Raid Teams.(WORLD)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Mian Ridge Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor New Delhi -- Paltu frantically tries to hide a coin in his clothing. The young man has been begging outside a temple in New Delhi, where panhandling is illegal. And police have just seen him accept 1 rupee (about ...
In Mexico, a clean-air bucket brigade.(WORLD)(Gonzalo Rodriguez )
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Sara Miller Llana Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Ixhuatlan del Sureste, Mexico -- As most people here, Gonzalo Rodriguez grew up with little environmental consciousness. He often washed up with chlorine and burned his plastic bags of trash. ...
Iran reformers hemmed in ahead of elections.(WORLD)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Tehran, Iran -- Elected four times and with 16 years of lawmaking behind him, Elyas Hazrati might have been considered a shoo-in candidate in Iran's March 14 parliament elections. But the stocky ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)(Brief article)
Mar 04, 2008; ... * On the Street in India: Living in India, one quickly becomes hardened to the pathetic sight of beggars, says correspondent Mian Ridge. "Every time you go out, tiny children tap on the car window asking for 'paisa, khana (money, food),' says Mian. "It's an ugly thing to admit, but it ...
After violence, Kenya tourism struggles.(WORLD)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Rob Crilly Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Watamu, Kenya -- Hotels are empty up and down the Kenyan coast after ethnic clashes killed more than 1,500 people and forced more than 600,000 to flee their homes in the wake of the disputed Dec. 27 presidential ...
No more Pentagon budget games.(OPINION)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Robert Higgs Oakland, Calif. -- Despite his many shortcomings, former President Jimmy Carter had one good idea that, in view of President Bush's recent $3.1 trillion federal budget proposal, deserves a fresh look: zero-based budgeting. Properly understood, ...
Being on-purpose at work.(OPINION)(Column)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: David Peck Palm Springs, Calif. -- Why are you here on this earth? That's the kind of question you might confront in church, a philosophy seminar, or a self-help book - but certainly not in the executive suite. Yet a recent experience I had convinced me that, ...
Can Clinton slow Obama-mentum?(USA)(Hillary Rodham Clinton; Barack Obama)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Linda Feldmann Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- Voters in Ohio and Texas hold the future of the presidential race in their hands. On the latest Super Tuesday, March 4, if Hillary Rodham Clinton is able to win both states and slow ...
U.S. coal power boom suddenly wanes.(USA)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Mark Clayton Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Concerns about global warming and rising building costs are blocking construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States and pushing utilities to turn to natural gas and renewable power instead. ...
Delta-Northwest merger: pilots' demands hold any deal up.(USA)(Delta Air Lines Inc.; Northwest Airlines)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Alexandra Marks Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor New York -- High fuel prices and the possibility of recession have sparked talk of a new round of mergers in the economically fragile airline industry. For weeks, reports about a proposed Delta and ...
A new push to help families of veterans.(USA)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Gordon Lubold Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington -- It's become a new refrain: Families of veterans, say advocates and senior military officials, are becoming "brittle" from the strains of war and need help. The controversy last year ...
Wave-power proposals alarm locals.(USA)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: Frank Hartzell Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Fort Bragg, Calif. -- From roadless villages in Alaska to remote bends in the Mississippi River, developers are staking claim to thousands of miles of America's oceans and rivers to test devices that use waves ...
A less gloomy view of GOP House prospects.(USA)(Grand Old Party)
Mar 04, 2008; ... Byline: David Cook It's Tom Cole's job, as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, to show the glass as at least half full. While outside observers predict an uphill battle for Republican candidates for the House of Representatives in the 2008 ...
Whip inflation now.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Mar 05, 2008 ... Americans know inflation when they see it - even if the Fed says "Don't worry." Gas-pump prices are hitting record highs, and prices are rising for food (4.8 percent), healthcare (5.1 percent), and even women's apparel (7.3 percent). Is the Federal Reserve expecting a rise in joblessness ...
Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 05, 2008 ... A border fence will not solve immigration issues In response to your Feb. 29 editorial, "On a fence at the border": As a resident of Arizona (where the United States southern border is at its most porous), I believe building a fence is a waste of money. Any student of history ...
Igauz꠆lls - a roar to remember.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)(Iguaza Nationa Park)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Sara Miller Llana Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Iguazꠎtional Park, Argentina -- We had spent an hour silently walking along a boardwalk straddling the river at Iguazu Falls, with only the glimmer of the moon to light the passage. It was so ...
Inside Islam, a woman's roar.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Jill Carroll Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Just hours after Wazhma Frogh arrived in an isolated, conservative district in northeastern Afghanistan in 2002, the local mullah was preaching to his congregation to kill her. Ms. Frogh was meddling with their ...
Gossip sites push Web 'anonymity' to fore.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)(RottenNeighbor.com; JuicyCampus.com)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Tom Regan Columnist It's the kind of stuff that makes you look twice - or not want to look at all. The postings on the website JuicyCampus.com leave little to the imagination. The posts include information on who slept with whom, unfiltered sentiments expressed about ...
San Quentin inmates heal themselves with insight.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Jina Moore Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor San Quentin, Calif. -- When he stands, Gerry Harris towers over everyone in the room. He's bald, with a salt-and-pepper beard that climbs to his temples and big, almost square glasses. His presence is gentle, even ...
Essay: A tree with tales to tell and lessons to teach.(THE HOME FORUM)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Miriam C. Daum "Tree-huggers?" The first time I heard that term as a girl I was puzzled, then intrigued. Do people really hug trees? Were there really those who felt the compulsion to wrap their arms around a big, burly trunk, lean their heads against its ...
Freedom from flu.(THE HOME FORUM)
Mar 05, 2008 ... The flu has come to New England and the rest of the country, and a great effort is being made to care for the patients who have flooded doctor's offices and clinics. The efficacy of this year's vaccine has been questioned. But there is another care system that can lead to freedom from flu: ...
Green potatoes? Must be St. Patrick's Day.(THE HOME FORUM)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Augusta Scattergood My younger daughter was born one day shy of St. Patrick's Day. We named her Kate for her Great-Aunt Kitty because we loved the name, not because she was Irish. I didn't understand then that a strong ancestral link could be forged with a country across ...
Rice meets harder lines in push for Israeli-Palestinian peace.(WORLD)(Condoleezza Rice)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Ilene R. Prusher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Jerusalem -- Condoleezza Rice arrived here Tuesday for her 16th visit since becoming America's chief diplomat, this time stressing that the United States has not given up on an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal ...
Palestinians' bittersweet homecoming in Lebanon.(WORLD)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: William Wheeler Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Nahr al-Bared, Lebanon -- Rabie Taha's first sign of hope has arrived: 300 prefabricated homes that families are moving into this week on a lot at Nahr al-Bared, the Palestinian refugee camp largely destroyed ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)(Southern America's boundary disputes)(Brief article)
Mar 05, 2008; ... * Unease in Bogota: Correspondent Sibylla Brodzinsky in Bogota, Colombia, says that the public mood there is different than at any time in recent memory. "There have been moments of tension with Ecuador and Venezuela over border issues, such as fumigation of coca fields, but it has never ...
Colombia: Latin America tries to defuse escalating crisis.(WORLD)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Sara Miller Llana and Sibylla Brodzinsky Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Mexico City and Bogota, Colombia -- Latin American countries are rushing to defuse the region's worst diplomatic crisis in years after ...
String of suicide bombings unsettles Pakistan.(WORLD)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Mark Sappenfield - and Rana Kashif - Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor NEW DELHI; and LAHORE, PAKISTAN -- Four suicide bomb attacks in five days have added old fears and new confusion to the uncertainty ...
In newly 'independent' Kosovo, what's the U.N. to do?(WORLD)(United Nations)
Mar 05, 2008; ... Byline: Beth Kampschror Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Mitrovica and Pristina, Kosovo -- After more than eight years of running Kosovo, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has suddenly found itself idling in neutral. Unable to recognize the ...