July 7, 2003 | Vol. 162 No. 1

Who Lost the WMD?

As the weapons hunt intensifies, so does the finger pointing. A preview of the coming battle

How Much Diversity Do You Want From Me? (Essay)

If affirmative action means having to speak for your minority, it's asking a lot

How The Supremes Redeemed Bush (In The Arena)

The War That Never Ends (Iraq/Occupation)

As each day passes in Iraq, more coalition soldiers die. How much of the killing is organized, and can the U.S. stop it?

A Yea For Gays

The Supreme Court scraps sodomy laws, setting off a hot debate

Bush's Brigadier of Bucks

How Jack Oliver, a little-known 34-year-old from Missouri, is managing the most formidable cash machine in American political history

It's No Big Deal

The IRS Takes on Saddam's Kin

TIME exclusive: Under interrogation, the dictator's half brother and financial mastermind, Barzan Tikriti, speaks out against the regime he served and gives U.S. investigators leads on where to find what may be billions of dollars in assets he helped hide

Will This Experiment Work?

A biotech executive with a rare gene for profitability wants to discipline an often rowdy industry

Doing Business in a Box

Many donors to USAgain think they're giving to the poor, but the firm sells the clothes that it collects

Bzzzz ... Slap!

Hot weather is mosquito weather, and this summer ought to bring a storm of the bugs-carrying a nasty virus with them

Ladies Who Lunge (Movies)

Two big chick-flick sequels want to tell us about empowerment. But only one knows what to say

Beyond Nashville's Limits (Television)

With fare like country docu Lost Highway, cable channel Trio builds buzz by catering to critics

How Does it All End Again? (Movies)

With a bang in T3 and an evil virus in 28 Days Later

Life on the Long Gray Line (Books)

David Lipsky spent four years at West Point, studying its fascinating "huah" subculture

Trading Faces (Television)

With a snip here and a nip there, makeover shows tap into the belief that changing how you look can change who you are