NATION
A Front Runner Already?
With a strong team and solid credentials, John Kerry is attracting the Democrats who matter
The Really Unfair Tax
Bush wants to drop the "double tax" on dividends, but that's not the one that burdens most Americans
A Screech of Hawks (In The Arena)
SCIENCE
Cracking The Ice
Antarctica is a vast, frozen mystery. Is it thawing, threatening coastal cities? Or is it, in fact, freezing? What scientists have learned
Skipping Chemo (Your Time)
A lot of breast-cancer survivors are doing it, not always for good reasons
One Tokes, The Other Doesn't (Your Time/Health Brief)
BRIEFING
9/11 Probe: Aiming High
The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks wants to talk to top Bush Administration officials
Anxiety Meter (Notebook)
What we're worried about this week: a Homeland Security color-coded guide
Numbers (Notebook)
Who Killed Daniel Pearl?
Pakistani police sources now say the executioner was a top al-Qaeda terrorist
Discovering a Jurassic Highflyer (Notebook)
Verbatim (Notebook)
A Lame Duck's Revenge (Notebook)
A New Tune For Delta (Notebook)
Exiles of the Rich and Infamous (Notebook)
Nebraska Tests Bush (Notebook)
Letters (Letters)
WORLD
6 Reasons Why So Many Allies Want Bush To Slow Down (World/The Diplomacy)
They want more proof, they like inspections, and they don't like Cowboy Bush. And yes, there's more
Can They Strike Back? (World/The War On Terrorism)
U.S. war planners believe the battle will go quickly. But Saddam or al-Qaeda may respond in ways that could prove catastrophic — over there and here at home
Tony Blair's Big Gamble
Why the British leader is risking his job to back Bush, while others balk
THE ARTS
He Drew Like An Angel (Arts/Art)
A superb show surveys the conflicted, elusive but masterly graphics of Leonardo da Vinci
The Next Friday (Television)
Law & Order tycoon Dick Wolf expands his thriving cop-show empire with a new Dragnet
Rewriting the Romance (Books)
Bodice rippers are more popular than ever, and Julia Quinn is taking them into the postfeminist future
SOCIETY
A Vigorous Voice from The Right — at Berkeley! (On The Campus/University Of California, Berkeley)
A conservative magazine makes inroads in a bastion of liberal student activism
YOUR TIME
Don't Lug Your Luggage
Stop! Laptop Thief!
Portable PCs have never been so easy to steal. Here's how to get yours back
The Bogie Buster
You Heard the Album, Now Buy the Jeans
Inspired by J. Lo's success, stars are vying for space on store shelves