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TERROR WATCH
Next Time, Call First
Why are Democrats criticizing Obama's CIA pick?
Why are Democrats criticizing Obama's CIA...
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January 6, 2009
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CHRISTOPHER DICKEY
The Democracy Game
Will Obama be able to outwit Hamas, Hizbullah and Iran?
Will Obama be able to outwit...
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January 6, 2009
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DANIEL LYONS
The iFuture
What would Apple be without Steve Jobs?
What would Apple be without Steve...
Jeff Chiu / AP
January 5, 2009
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CHECKPOINT BAGHDAD
A Harsh U.S. Footprint
The new U.S. embassy in Baghdad disappoints
The new U.S. embassy in Baghdad...
Hadi Mizban / AP
January 5, 2009
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ROBERT J. SAMUELSON
Priming the Economy
Will Obama's stimulus plan really work?
Will Obama's stimulus plan really work?...
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January 5, 2009
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SHARON BEGLEY
On Second Thought ...
Scientists are supposed to change their minds. Right?
Scientists are supposed to change their...
Illustration: Harry Campbell for Newsweek
January 3, 2009
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NEWSTWEET
MILITARY
On gays, Obama's Joint Chiefs chair is caught between his boss and a conservative military.
RELIGION
The left can breathe easy. Rick Warren is not Obama's Billy Graham.
MIDEAST
He should get tough with Israel
TERROR
What to do with what's left of the 9/11 hijackers?
IRAQ
It's too late to fix Iraq before the pullout date. All U.S. troops can do now is keep trying to slow the killing and get out. They call it 'Iraqi good enough.'
PROJECT GREEN
How hunters lead to 'evolution in reverse'
JUSTICE
DIPLOMACY
TELEVISION
No one on TV can be merely good or evil anymore. That's why we're suffering from Antihero Overload.
CULTURE
If you want rap music with a shelf life longer than milk, take a listen to Q-Tip's 'The Renaissance.'
MOVIES
'Notorious' revisits Biggie, and rap, in their primes.
HEALTH
A new study argues our personal choices cause more than 1 million premature deaths a year. What, if anything, should the government do to protect us from ourselves?
CULTURE
America should aim to export more serious forms of entertainment as well as 'Dark Knight' and 'Baywatch.'
CULTURE
America's true sartorial heritage is simplicity, not sloppiness. It's time to lose the fanny packs.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
The man appointed to fill Obama's Senate seat ignored a warning about a troubling case that almost allowed an innocent man to be executed.
ON SCENE
A sleepy Israeli town for the first time found itself the target of Hamas rockets.
on scene
After fleeing the first attacks in Gaza City, a Palestinian journalist weighs the options for his family.
ASIA
Thailand's new prime minister must win over the rural majority to preserve his fragile coalition government.
Mental Health
One woman's fight against the compulsion to injure herself, and why medical experts disagree about how to diagnose those who cut, or in extreme cases, embed objects under their skin.
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich Scandal
Inside the case against Illinois Gov. Blagojevich
TAKING OVER
Winning is half the battle. A history of bumpy transitions.
There is a 55–45 percent chance right now that disintegration will occur.
Igor Panarin, dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's diplomat academy, predicting the demise of the United States by 2010
THE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
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