NATION
Hectoring Is Not Leadership (In The Arena)
To Hell With Sympathy (Essay)
The goodwill America earned on 9/11 was illusory. Get over it
BUSINESS
Are They All Crooked?
The answer is no, but the mutual-funds scandal is about to get worse. Here's how to safeguard your investments
Scandal Update (Business/In The Courts)
How To Protect Your Money (Business/Smart Investing)
SCIENCE
Desperate Measures (Science/Health)
As a last resort, more and more obese teens are having their stomachs stapled. What are the risks?
Drano For The Heart (Science/Health)
An experimental drug no one expected to work is surprisingly effective at rooting out cholesterol
SPECIAL REPORT
Inventions of the Year (Coolest Inventions/Invention Of The Year)
Steve Jobs' new Music Store showed foot-dragging record labels and freeloading music pirates that there is a third way
Camera Phones (Coolest Inventions/Runner-Up)
Take two popular gadgets. Merge them into a single point-and-click device. Then watch the world go nuts over it
Water Purifier (Coolest Inventions/Runner-Up)
Thousands die every day for lack of clean water. Can the man who invented the Segway save them?
Who's Got Game? (Coolest Inventions/Top 10 Video Games)
TIME chooses this year's TOP 10 VIDEO GAMES, from superheroes to superstars to Bart and Homer Simpson
Smart Library (Coolest Inventions)
Amazon's new search service takes readers inside their books
Power Up (Coolest Inventions)
Out Of Doors (Coolest Inventions)
On The Go (Coolest Inventions)
Lots O' Bots (Coolest Inventions)
Keeping It Safe (Coolest Inventions)
In The Mode (Coolest Inventions)
For Your Health (Coolest Inventions)
Carry A Tune (Coolest Inventions)
100,000 Friends (Coolest Inventions)
On Friendster.com, nobody's a stranger for long
Light And Dark (Technology/Coolest Inventions)
Best Gear (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Best Gear 2003)
A peek at the most feature-packed gadgets, from cell phones and DVD recorders to cameras and toys
Fun & Games (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Best Gear 2003)
Toys are great. Toys with computer chips are even better. A musical platypus, a video game that watches you. What will they think of next?
Imagemakers (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Best Gear 2003)
With crisp color photos and easy printing options, digital cameras keep pushing film aside
Home Style (Coolest Inventions/Best Gear 2003)
Robot vacs, Crock-Pot memories, multicultural massage chairs and more...
It's Showtime (Coolest Inventions/Best Gear 2003)
Vivid special effects will blast into your living room with the latest in home-theater systems
Plug & Play (Coolest Inventions/Best Gear 2003)
Decorate your favorite geek with these flashy, ornament-size computer accessories
Sound Wave (Coolest Inventions/Best Gear 2003)
Music aficionados, take note: it's never been easier to manage your digital record collections
Welcome To The Surf Shop (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Web Shopping Guide)
What type of people are on your holiday list? Fashionistas? Globetrotters? Metrosexuals? We've got the perfect website and gift ideas for all of them — and more. Happy surfing!
For The Fashionista (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Web Shopping Guide)
Haute couture is still hit or miss, but hip is everywhere. Try these sites on for size
For The Globetrotter (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Web Shopping Guide)
What do you give someone who's always on the move? Follow these links
For The Kindergartner (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Web Shopping Guide)
Fun and educationalit's not hard to combine the two at these sites
For The Metrosexual (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Web Shopping Guide)
Think of this as TIME's eye for the straight guy who's not afraid of pedicures
For The Outdoorsman (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Web Shopping Guide)
Campers, hikers, cyclists and bird watchers — we've got them in our sights
For The Snow Bunny (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Web Shopping Guide)
Go ahead, dream of a white Christmas — just make sure that little girl is prepared
For The Cook (Technology/Coolest Inventions/Web Shopping Guide)
Got friends or family members who love the culinary arts? These sites will help you feed their fancy
WORLD
The Insurgent and the Soldier
They view themselves as men of honor. And they are trying to wipe each other out in Fallujah, Iraq's red-hot core
The George and Tony Show Could Get Wild (World/Letter From London)
Blair is looking forward to Bush's visit to Britain next week. So are the protesters
THE ARTS
The Insistence of Memory (Arts/Books)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the master of magic realism, recalls the real magic of his youth
The Matrix Rebounded (Movies)
After the relative fizzle of Reloaded, the Wachowskis rally to bring their trilogy to a satisfying climax
Let's Spin One for the Gipper
The Reagans flap wasn't about bias or censorship. It was about power
Bowing Out (Arts/Fashion)
Designer Tom Ford and biz whiz Domenico De Sole took the Gucci label, known for cheesy loafers, and turned it into a luxury empire. Now they're leaving. Is this the end of fashion?
Two Charming Foreigners (Arts/Movies)
Movies worth traveling to see arrive in the U.S.
Debut of an Odd Couple (Arts/Music)
Two brilliant but contrasting young pianists make their Manhattan bows. Each has a story to tell
Rosie the Riveting (Arts/Show Business)
O'Donnell takes the stand, hoping to beat a not-so-civil suit and win back America's affection
The Eternal Flame of Cable (Arts/Television)
After 40 years, J.F.K.'s death still overshadows his life
Which Witch Was Wicked? (Arts/Theater)
An upended retelling of The Wizard of Oz blows a whirlwind of fresh air onto Broadway
SOCIETY
A Real School Of Rock (Society/Education)
How one teacher turned kids on to Hendrix and the Stones and then into scrappy rockers
BRIEFING
10 Questions For Les Moonves (Notebook)
For the past couple of weeks, CBS television president Les Moonves has been the man in the hot seat. After a conservative outcry, he abruptly canceled a mini-series about Ronald Reagan, only to draw fire from liberals complaining that he caved in to pressure. Moonves talked with TIME's Richard Zoglin about the episodeand some of the season's better news.
12 Years Ago In Time (Notebook)
Danger: Hot Spots Ahead (Notebook)
Farewell to the Swing Voter (Notebook)
What we learned in this year's elections
Iran's Nuke Admission (Notebook)
What the country is — and isn't — telling about its nuclear program
Milestones (Notebook)
Numbers (Notebook)
Performance Of The Week (Notebook)
Verbatim (Notebook)
What Sparked Bush's Democracy Speech? (Notebook)
Letters (Letters)
Q & A With Carole Bayer Sager (People)
People (People/First Look)
YOUR TIME
Planning Way Ahead (Your Time/Health)
Long-term-care insurance is a lot cheaper while you're still young. Is it a good bet?
Results From The Diet Bake-Off (Your Time/Health)
Sleepy Hearts (Your Time/Health)
The Cocoa Cure (Your Time/Health)
At Your Service (Your Time/Lifestyle)
Overworked? Understaffed? Virtual assistants may offer the help you need
It's Ski Time (Your Time/Lifestyle)
Step Aside, Slim Jim (Your Time/Lifestyle)
A Webcam That Follows You Around The Room (Your Time/Tech)
Looney Treasures (Your Time/Tech)
The DVD's Got Game (Your Time/Tech)
That old standby the board game gets a home-theater makeover