The Washington Post back issues from Sunday, January 20:
Head vs. Heart in the Abortion Debate; An abortionist defends her practice; two philosophers defend the fetus.
Jan 20, 2008 ... THIS COMMON SECRET My Journey as an Abortion Doctor By Susan Wicklund Public Affairs. 268 pp. $24.95 EMBRYO A Defense of Human Life By Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen Doubleday. 242 pp. $23.95 In the 35 years since Roe ...
Want to know about Washington ...
Jan 20, 2008 ... Want to know about Washington Post Book World and Book Club events? Sign up and join The Washington Post Book Clublist by sending your e-mail address to ...
New and not so new perspectives on arguably the greatest of our presidents.
Jan 20, 2008; ... Upon observing the popularity of books about the Civil Warpresident, physicians and animals, publisher Bennett Cerf oncedeclared that the most commercially viable title would be "Lincoln'sDoctor's Dog." But when it comes to the bestseller lists, doctors and dogs havetaken up far ...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; A young runaway descends into the hellacious lost world of modern America.
Jan 20, 2008 ... BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN By Charles Bock Random House. 417 pp. $25 Las Vegas is the expression, in glitterand concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id. This is not theargument of Charles Bock's exceptional Beautiful Children, so muchas the starting point from which he ...
Bringing Home; Two comic writers take a cut at tales told out of school.
Jan 20, 2008 ... BEET By Roger Rosenblatt Ecco. 225 pp. $23.95 THE PIG DID IT By Joseph Caldwell Delphinium. 195 pp. $22.95 Oh, babe, you're going to squeal withdelight over the two little novels I've rooted out this week. Eachis a succulent comedy that involves a ...
Sins of the Son; An attempt to penetrate the family drama behind George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq.
Jan 20, 2008 ... THE BUSH TRAGEDY By Jacob Weisberg Random House. 271 pp. $26Well before the invasion of Iraq inMarch 2003, some experienced people raised their voices against it.One was Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser to GeorgeH.W. Bush, the 41st president. Scowcroft made ...
Happy Talk; Around the world in search of a cuppa joy.
Jan 20, 2008 ... THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World By Eric Weiner Twelve. 329 pp. $25.99In the last two decades, psychologists andeconomists have learned a lot about happiness, including who's happyand who isn't. The Dutch are, the Romanians ...
The man who gave us Rip, Ichabod and the Headless Horseman.
Jan 20, 2008; ... WASHINGTON IRVING An American Original By Brian Jay Jones Arcade. 468 pp. $29.99Delight and instruction are the two polesof art, at least according to Horace, but each genre balances theseaspects differently. One might read a poem purely for the lovelinessof its ...
Washington Area Bestsellers
Jan 20, 2008 ... Paperback Fiction 1 ATONEMENT (Anchor, $14.95; $7.99) By Ian McEwan. The calamitous repercussions of a child's falseaccusation; now a feature film.5 2 THE KITE RUNNER (Riverhead, $14) By Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan returns to his Taliban-ruledcountry to atone for ...
Letters; Views From the Cave
Jan 20, 2008 ... If by some time-travel miracle I had read Fouad Ajami's review ofEscaping Plato's Cave (Style, Dec. 28, 2007) before I had writtenthe book, I'd have included his review as an example of one ofthose cognitive shortcuts so many of us use to skim over reality andseize on whatever comforts ...
January 21-27, 2008
Jan 20, 2008 ... 7 P.M. Washington Post editor Vincent Bzdek discusses and signsWoman of the House: The Rise of Nancy Pelosi at Politics and ProseBookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919. 10:30 A.M. Young-adult author and historian Marc Aronson readsfrom and discusses his new book, Race: A ...
A dark tale for teens, and drama galore.
Jan 20, 2008; ... A novel in which the main character is named Genesis starts outwith a one strike against it, admittedly. But Diane Les Becquets's17-year-old heroine is made of sterner stuff than her New Age namesuggests -- and has bigger things to worry about. She lives innorthern Maine with her ...
Literary Pigs [Correction 1/29/08]
Jan 20, 2008 ... You can huff and puff all you want, but from our first encounterwith those three little ones, pigs have continued to capture theimagination. They're curiously familiar and alien, serious andridiculous. Here's a list of their various roles in fiction -- some are sweet, others ...
The word "nostalgia" sometime ...
Jan 20, 2008; ... The word "nostalgia" sometimes has pejorative implications, butlike its cousin "sentimental," the term can be approving as well asdisapproving -- depending upon who is talking and about what. Mostof us feel it occasionally: a wincing yet pleasurable return to whatonce was familiar, now ...
A Public Servant; Sue Miller explores the sacrifices of marriage to a politician.
Jan 20, 2008 ... THE SENATOR'S WIFE By Sue Miller Knopf. 306 pp. $24.95 It was probably inevitable that Sue Miller,a gifted storyteller, would eventually unleash her talents on thetopic of political marriage. As Miller explained recently in aninterview with NPR's Linda Wertheimer, she has ...
A high school teacher quits his job to go in search of a mysterious author.
Jan 20, 2008; ... NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON By Pascal Mercier Translated from the German by Barbara Harshav Grove. 438 pp. $25According to its American publisher, NightTrain to Lisbon has rung up "over two million copies sold worldwide"and has been lavishly reviewed throughout Europe. Pascal ...
Looking for Love; Theroux's first novel in 20 years is a bristling satire about a sex columnist.
Jan 20, 2008 ... LAURA WARHOLIC or, THE SEXUAL INTELLECTUAL By Alexander Theroux Fantagraphics. 878 pp. $29.95 Can a novel about love and theillusions of love be created out of almost 900 satire-laced pagesdevoted to obscene invective, hatred, pettiness, ignorance, pity,pride and hubris? ...
Coming This Week in the Extras
Jan 20, 2008 ... News about your community, including home ...
Keys to Happiness ... Ode to Joy; An amateur musician tries to recover the sound of her beloved piano.
Jan 20, 2008 ... GRAND OBSESSION A Piano Odyssey By Perri Knize Scribner. 371 pp. $27.50 "A soul seems to reside in the belly ofthis piano, and it reaches out to touch mine, igniting a spark ofdesire within me that quickly catches fire," writes amateur pianistPerri Knize in Grand ...
A Towering Reputation; Turner, Chargers Bracing for a Tall Task Against Belichick, Perfection-Seeking Patriots
Jan 20, 2008; ... He has been discarded by two franchises whose Super Bowl glorydays are fading memories. He has been dismissed as a good X's andO's offensive tactician and a fine developer of quarterbacks whosimply lacked the toughness to be a head coach. It wasn't so longago that he seemed to have run ...
Turner Seeks Validation Vs. Belichick, Patriots
Jan 20, 2008; ... He has been discarded by two franchises whose Super Bowl glorydays are fading memories. He has been dismissed as a good X's andO's offensive tactician and a fine developer of quarterbacks whosimply lacked the toughness to be a head coach. It wasn't so longago that he seemed to have run ...
Catholic Church To Open in Gainesville; Holy Trinity to Serve About 2,000 Families
Jan 20, 2008; ... Parishioners in western Prince William County will celebrate theopening next month of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, an $18 million,80,000-square-foot spiritual home and community center for thousandsof people in the Gainesville area. With large stained-glass windows and an Irish ...
Korean Americans Address Last Big Barrier
Jan 20, 2008; ... In a Fairfax church basement, a dozen Korean-born men and womensqueezed into blue kindergarten chairs one evening last week,struggling with their elusive R's and H's. "Thursday," the teacher said. "TOOS-DAY" the class responded inunison. "Not Tues-day, Thurs-day," she tried ...
Energy Equation
Jan 20, 2008 ... Demand for electricity has risen rapidly in post-apartheid SouthAfrica, but supply has been nearly stagnant. The latest figuresavailable are from 2005. Net Generation (billion kilowatt hours) Net Consumption (billion kilowatt hours) 1997 196.0 ...
Families Are Why Minivans May Never Die
Jan 20, 2008; ... I discovered families on my recent drive across the UnitedStates. They live in small towns such as Winslow, Ariz., and Galena, Kan.They work on farms and in what factories remain in the once-mightyindustrial heartland of America. They meet at local eateries such asGalena's 4 ...
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP Who: San Di ...
Jan 20, 2008 ... Who: San Diego at New England When: Today, 3 ...
Australian Open
Jan 20, 2008 ... When: Through Jan. 27.* Where: Melbourne, Australia. TV: 11 a.m., 7 p.m. 3:30 a.m. (Monday), ESPN2. Key Matches: Women -- Agnieszka Radwanska (29), Poland def.Svetlana Kuznetsova (2), Russia, 6-3, 6-4; Ana Ivanovic (4), Serbiadef. Katarina Srebotnik (28), Slovenia, ...
Federer, Hewitt Survive Marathons
Jan 20, 2008 ... -- The drama started with a rare five-setter for Roger Federer.Then Lleyton Hewitt carried on almost to dawn. Day 6 at the Australian Open was a long, long journey. About one-third of the 15,000 people with tickets for the Saturday nightsession didn't leave until Hewitt smacked a ...
Q Dear Tom and Ray: Followi ...
Jan 20, 2008 ... Q Dear Tom and Ray: Following an end-of-semester party, my university Englishstudents were headed home for the holidays -- sober, at least forthe moment. One of the girls said she was concerned about drivinghome in the snow with a radiator that had been leaking. The ...
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP NEW YORK G ...
Jan 20, 2008 ... NFC CHAMPIONSHIP OFFENSE: The Giants have been on a roll in recent weeks evenwithout star tight end Jeremy Shockey, who is out for the rest ofthe year with a broken left fibula. QB Eli Manning has shown poiseand maturity finding wide receivers, especially veteran AmaniToomer, and ...
From Detroit, a Biofuel Breakout
Jan 20, 2008; ... There were snickers aplenty here last week when General Motorsjoined hands with an Illinois company to announce a major biofuelsinitiative. Cynics in the audience at the 2008 North American InternationalAuto Show joked that the union between giant GM and relatively smallCoskata ...
Smith Goes 10 for 10 On Threes, Lifts GMU
Jan 20, 2008 ... Dre Smith set an NCAA record of three-pointers made without amiss, hitting all 10 of his shots from beyond the arc as GeorgeMason beat James Madison, 96-75, in Harrisonburg, Va., last night. Smith finished with a career-high 34 points as the Patriots (13-5, 5-2 Colonial Athletic ...
Wizards Schedule Monday ... ...
Jan 20, 2008 ... Wizards Schedule Monday Dallas 1:00 Wed. at Cleveland 7:00 Friday Memphis 7:00 Jan. 27 at Milwaukee 6:00 Jan. 29 Toronto 7:00 Jan. 30 at Toronto 7:00 Feb. 1 Utah 7:00 Feb. 3 L.A. Lakers 12:00 ...
Disaster Plan Is Set for Release; New Blueprint Will Restore Power to FEMA
Jan 20, 2008; ... The Bush administration is set to announce an overhaul of thenation's emergency response blueprint Tuesday, streamlining a chainof command that failed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, sourcesfamiliar with the plan said yesterday. After years of aggressive lobbying by unhappy state ...
Nuts & Bolts; 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 4.0
Jan 20, 2008 ... Complaints: Ria and I had some trouble with the minivan'selectronic key, which occasionally was difficult to remove from theignition lock. Ride, acceleration and handling: Very good in all respects.Again, this is a minivan. Don't approach it with ...
Judge: Speed Was Factor in Accident
Jan 20, 2008; ... A 17-year-old Fairfax County girl charged in a fatal drunkendriving accident was speeding the night her sport-utility vehiclecrashed head-on into a van driven by a Leesburg woman, a LoudounCounty judge said last week. In his 11-page ruling that the girl should be tried as ...
Diversity Panel to Host 1st Hearing; Charles Group Forms in Wake Of Hate Crimes
Jan 20, 2008; ... Eight months after Charles County leaders formed the Blue RibbonCommission on Diversity and Intergroup Relations in the wake of aseries of hate crimes, the group will host its first public hearingthis week. Members of the commission say they hope to draw a varied samplingof ...
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP SAN DIEGO ...
Jan 20, 2008 ... AFC CHAMPIONSHIP OFFENSE: Tom Brady is having one of the best seasons for aquarterback, if not the best. The NFL's regular season MVP completed26 of 28 passes in the Patriots' triumph last weekend over theJaguars to set a single-game postseason record for completionpercentage ....
Aging of Cape Cod's Population Worries Some Longtime Residents; Rising Health-Care Costs, Worker Shortage Are Key Concerns
Jan 20, 2008; ... When Leon Michelove sits back to enjoy the Cape Cod SymphonyOrchestra, it is obvious to him that something about the audiencehas changed. "All of the hair is gray," said the 75-year-old Barnstableresident. "When we started here 10 years ago, that was not thecase." Since ...
How Far Can Missourians Go in Self-Defense?; New Law Allowing the Use of Lethal Force Is Scrutinized by a Legal Panel
Jan 20, 2008; ... In Texas, a man spotted two burglars carrying items from hisneighbor's house in November. After calling police, he grabbed hisshotgun and killed the burglars. A debate still rages over whether that was legal under thestate's new "castle doctrine" law, which allows the use of ...
With Growing Focus on Quality of Life, South Koreans Undergo Mock Funerals
Jan 20, 2008; ... After solemnly reading their wills, seven perfectly healthyuniversity students climb into coffins in a dimly lighted hall. "I want to give all of you one more day to live, but it's time tobe placed into coffins," a man in a black suit says in a resoundingvoice. "I hope your tired ...
Yesterday's Results Sacramen ...
Jan 20, 2008 ... Yesterday's Results Sacramento 110 at Indiana 104 at Orlando 101 Portland 94 at Philadelphia 99 Toronto 95 at Charlotte 105 Memphis 87 New York 88 at Miami 84 at Chicago 97 Detroit 81 at Houston 83 San Antonio 81 Golden State 119 ...
Healthy New Year for Semin; His Comeback Bolsters Caps
Jan 20, 2008; ... Reprinted from yesterday's editions First it was a wobbly right ankle. Then it was a bruisedtailbone. During the season's first 31/2 months, Washington Capitalswinger Alexander Semin seemed to be bothered by something. But he'sfinally healthy, and the points are piling ...
Rotating Power Outages An Equalizer in S. Africa; Pain of Cutbacks Felt Across Post-Apartheid Society
Jan 20, 2008; ... As she drove home to this township, known as the Dark City duringapartheid because it lacked electricity while Johannesburg's whiteneighborhoods nearby blazed with light, community activist BongiDhlomo-Mautloa experienced a delicious moment of irony. On that night last month, ...
WEEK IN REVIEW; Jan. 13-19
Jan 20, 2008 ... The fallout continued from the deaths of Banita Jacks's fouryoung daughters, whose decomposing bodies were discovered in therowhouse they shared with their mother. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) fired six child welfare workers, sayingthey "just didn't do their job" in the case. Fenty ...
Shopping Tool of the Future: Cellphone; Retailers Explore New Role for Device
Jan 20, 2008; ... -- The store of the future knows who you are. Walk into the store, and it sends a coupon to your cellphone fora leather recliner that complements your home entertainment system.A store employee has received a text alert that you have arrived.Need directions? Snap a photo of your ...
Several States Scrap Electronic Voting; Security, Programming Flaws Cause Return to Paper Ballots
Jan 20, 2008; ... With the presidential race in full swing, Colorado has foundcritical flaws in the accuracy and security of its electronic votingmachines, forcing officials to scramble to return to the paperballots they abandoned after the Florida debacle of 2000. And top election officials in Ohio ...
Magic, Mystery and High-Pressure Sales Pitches on the Road in Yunnan Province
Jan 20, 2008; ... -- China has never been more open for travel, and cheap "bucketshop" package tours -- the staple for most Chinese enjoying thefreedom to wander for the first time -- offer journeys with amagical mystery all their own. Magical, because the winter views in the southwestern ...
A Gold Rush Off the Outer Banks; Prized Bluefin Tuna Have Appeared in N.C. Waters, Luring Fishermen
Jan 20, 2008; ... The sun put a glaze on the Atlantic Ocean, about 13 miles out tosea, and Buddy Harris's reel zipped, singing a song fishermen loveto hear. The line peeled out into the cold waters. Harris ripped the rod and reel from a holder and handed it to hismate, Joey Piner. The men ...
Wizards Get Payback Against the Knicks
Jan 20, 2008; ... Wizards 111, Knicks 98 Reprinted from yesterday's late editions The Washington Wizards were playing well as the fourth quarterrolled along Friday night. But the New York Knicks, a team that wastrying to earn a fourth straight win during an otherwise dreadfulseason, were ...
THE LOTTERIES; January 18
Jan 20, 2008 ... Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 9-4-3 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 7-3-2-9 Lucky Numbers: 3-0-5 D.C. 4: 7-3-0-0 Rolling Cash 5: 20-27-28-32-33 Daily 6: 11-21-25-27-37-39 *38 Day/Pick-3: 9-0-7 Pick-4: ...
Bearcats' Surprise Win Pains Pitt
Jan 20, 2008; ... Cincinnati 62, Pittsburgh 59 Adam Hrycaniuk had two tip-ins during a 13-point run in thesecond half on Saturday that helped Cincinnati pull off its secondBig East upset in eight days, 62-59 over depleted No. 15 Pittsburgh. One week after the Bearcats (9-9, 4-2) beat Villanova ...
Chronicling the Decline Of the Backyard Bird; Volunteers Hit the Trail In Audubon Society Effort To Monitor Populations
Jan 20, 2008; ... After spotting a flock of dark-eyed juncos and some Americangoldfinches in a stand of sycamores yesterday, Denise Ryan pointedand screamed: "Oh, it's a yellow-bellied sapsucker! Yes!" Ryan doesn't see sapsuckers often. She took out her pencil andmarked the bird under the woodpecker ...
President Making A Final Push On Foreign Policy; Bush, World Leaders Anticipating 2009
Jan 20, 2008; ... At a lively dinner meeting before he left Jerusalem, PresidentBush tried to convince different factions in Prime Minister EhudOlmert's cabinet that they should strike an agreement with thePalestinians before Bush leaves the scene. "I'm your best friend;you are not going to get a better ...
Campbell: 'I'm 85 to 90 Percent'; Quarterback, Rehabbing Injured Knee, Reflects on His Frustrating Season
Jan 20, 2008; ... Sidelined down the stretch because of a dislocated left kneecap,Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell did what he could to contributeduring the team's season-ending four-game winning streak. Campbellshared his insights with backup Todd Collins, encouraged teammatesand remained upbeat ...
In the End, Union Support Not Enough for Obama
Jan 20, 2008; ... Donald D. Taylor savored the rousing, 40-minute rally that hadjust been held in his union hall on the north end of Las Vegas. Taylor, the secretary treasurer of the Culinary Workers UnionLocal 226, had delivered the most sought-after endorsement in Nevadapolitics to Sen. Barack ...
CAPITALS REPORT
Jan 20, 2008 ... TimeOpponentTVTomorrow7:30 p.m.at PenguinsVersusWednesday7:30p.m.at Maple LeafsCSN+Thursday7 p.m.vs. Maple LeafsCSN ALL GAMES ON WWWT (107.7 FM, 1500 AM) Jeff Schultz was in the lineup against the Panthers, after all.One day after Bruce Boudreau said he planned to scratch the ...
Democrats Choose Convention Delegates
Jan 20, 2008; ... About 900 D.C. Democrats caucused yesterday to decide whichdelegates would represent them at the Democratic National Conventionthis summer, depending on who wins next month's presidentialprimary. Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) havebeen locked in a ...
London Leaves U-Va. to Coach Richmond
Jan 20, 2008; ... Virginia defensive coordinator Mike London became the headfootball coach at Richmond yesterday, striking another blow to theCavaliers in what has been a turbulent week. London's departure cametwo days after four players, including quarterback Jameel Sewell,were not allowed to enroll for ...
CHARGERS TEAM STATISTICS CA ...
Jan 20, 2008 ... CATEGORYCHARGERSOPPYards Per Game (Rank)315.3 (20)320.3(14)Passing Yards Per Game (Rank)187.8 (26)213.3 (14)PassingCompletions-Attempts281-471338-555Rushing Yards Per Game (Rank)127.4(7)107.0 (16)Rushing Attempts-Average485-4.2416-4.1Points Per Game(Rank)25.8 (5)17.8 (5)First ...
Budget Plan Would Raise Low-Income Assistance
Jan 20, 2008; ... Hundreds of low-income families in Virginia stand to receive long-awaited subsidies to help pay for child care under a proposalincluded in Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's budget. Kaine's plan could allow as many as 2,500 children to be removedfrom a waiting list for the program that helps ...
Labels Weighed for Food From Clones; Consumer Groups Doubt FDA's Risk Management Plan Will Keep Pace With Industry
Jan 20, 2008; ... With the Food and Drug Administration having declared that meatand milk from cloned animals are safe, opponents of food fromclones are shifting their fight to how such fare is labeled. Although the FDA said last week that it will not require speciallabels on foods from clones, ...
Shelters Brace for Frigid Blast; D.C., Suburbs Will Be on Alert as Season's Chilliest Air Arrives
Jan 20, 2008; ... With the coldest weather of the season expected to sweep throughthe Washington region today, several jurisdictions are extendingshelter hours and mobilizing workers to try to provide shelter foreveryone who needs it. In the District, "hypothermia vans" will patrol the streets ...
Relief From the Cold
Jan 20, 2008 ... Those who need shelter, or anyone who sees a person who might,may call the following: District: 800-535-7252 Anne Arundel County: ...
Most Diversity Training Ineffective, Study Finds
Jan 20, 2008; ... Most diversity training efforts at American companies areineffective and even counterproductive in increasing the number ofwomen and minorities in managerial positions, according to ananalysis that turns decades of conventional wisdom, governmentpolicy and court rulings on their head ....