COVER
Lessons of the Schiavo Battle
What the bitter fight over a woman's right to live or die tells us about politics, religion, the courts and life itself
Choosing Their Time
The next contentious end-of-life issue: assisted suicide. How Oregon offers a way out
Timeline: The Legal Struggle
For the nation, it has been a short-term drama. But for Terri Schiavo's husband and family, it has been 15 years of anguish, accusations and court battles.
End-of-Life Decisions: What If It Happens In Your Family?
Neurology: When Does the Brain Go Blank?
People's Memo to Politicians: This Is Not Your Fight (TIME Poll: The Schiavo Case)
NATION
The Devil in Red Lake
Jeff Weise lost his parents but had close friends. So why did he shoot and kill his granddad and eight others?
WORLD
A Jihadist's Tale
How a young Jordanian left his American life and died an insurgent in Iraq
SCIENCE
Living with the Desert (Environment)
Can we learn to love this landscape without killing it? Here's how one Arizona community found a way
Secrets of the Shy (Behavior)
Why so bashful? Science finds something complex--and cunning--behind the curtain
BRIEFING
21 years ago in TIME (Milestones)
The eccentricities of MICHAEL JACKSON were only beginning to be apparent back in 1984, when his album Thriller was a hit and TIME put him on the cover
Radio's Bushwhackers Make It Through Year (Notebook / Culture Watch)
Liberal network Air America has found its own voice
Numbers: Apr. 4, 2005 (Numbers)
Is Inflation Back? (Notebook)
Something big has changed in the valuation of the dollar
Verbatim: Apr. 4, 2005 (Notebook)
Blogwatch: Apr. 4, 2005 ( Blogwatch)
Punchlines: Apr. 4, 2005 (Punchlines)
Silk Plants and Air Security (Notebook)
The Transporation Security Administration is accused of overspending and mismanagement in its new headquarters
Milestones Apr. 4, 2005 (Notebook)
The Cost of a Commute (Notebook / U.S. Snapshot)
Tight budgets are cramping public transportation across the country
How Royals Show Restraint (Notebook)
March Madness has taken on a new meaning in Britain
The Reform Action Figure (In The Arena)
Schwarzenegger is going to war against the special interest groups that dominate the Democratic majority in the statehouse.
Do-It-Yourself Border Patrol (Notebook)
Some residents of the Southwest are taking immigration issues into their own hands
Save the Seals by Skipping the Scallops? (Notebook)
Animal-rights groups are launching a boycott of Canadian seafood
BUSINESS
How Kids Set the (Ring) Tone
In a wireless world, teenagers are driving the hottest new technologies since the dotcom era
EDUCATION
An Ivy Stepladder
Two-year colleges, the blue collars of academia, have a new mission: giving a boost to top scholars
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Odd Couple Gets Even (Movies)
Are Daniel Day-Lewis and Rebecca Miller redefining the show-biz marriage?
Movies: Misfits on a Sheltered Island (Movies)
Richard Corliss reviews The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Movies: Dear Diary: Action! (Movies)
Ever wanted to know what it's like on a movie set? Directors are revealing all in online journals
Movies: Miller's Double Crossing (Movies)
Robert Rodriguez and a starry cast re-create Frank Miller's Sin City comics frame by noirish frame
Books: Sex and the Sacred (Books)
A bittersweet novel of midlife crisis and forbidden love from the author of The Secret Life of Bees
The 6 Best Dramas on TV Now (Television)
Need a change of serial? It's not too late to taste-test these
YOUR TIME
Health: Bottoms Up? (Health)
Technology: Spring Cleaning For Your PC (Technology)
PEOPLE
10 Questions for Yo-Yo Ma (Interview)
What I Really Want To Do Is...
Everyone knows that Clint Eastwood directs. But Ben Affleck? This fall he will head up his first feature, Gone, Baby, Gone. He's one of a crop of younger actors, some of whose stars have waned, to get behind the camera.
Leonard Nimoy: Live Large and Prosper
Not Simon's Fault
Lisa Marie Presley (Q&A)
LETTERS
Letters: Apr. 4, 2005
The response to the cover story on economist Jeffrey D. Sachs' ideas for ending extreme poverty was highly emotional, as readers expressed sorrow for the plight of the world's poor and anger at the low level of U.S. foreign aid as well as resentment about helping those who can't seem to help themselves
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Teens Wanted (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Connections)
Adopt an adolescent? Yes, there are families crazy and loving enough to take that on
Test-Prep Diet (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Connections)
A smart food strategy is a must for the new SAT
Body & Mind: Belly-Dance Boom (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Connections / Body & Mind)
Sure, it's exotic and sexy, but new fans of this dance form are finding it's also a great way to stay in shape
Sonograms R Us (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Connections)
Preview your baby at the mall? Doctors worry about the risks
Conversation: No Fear of Family (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Connections / Conversation)
Erica's daughter Molly Jong-Fast depicts an almost famous childhood