VISIONS 21

Will A Woman Become Pope? (Visions 21/How We Will Live)

A wave of female pastors may make the Vatican look like a lonely male bastion

Will Politicians Matter? (Visions 21/How We Will Live)

Religion will increasingly replace electoral politics as the realm where battles for the national soul are fought

Will We Ever Log Off? (Visions 21/How We Will Live)

Eating, playing racquetball, brushing our teeth--surely we won't be doing everything online in the future? Don't be too sure

Will Women Still Need Men? (Visions 21/How We Will Live)

We're only a few in vitro developments away from gender independence. A fantastical look at the implications--and a user's guide to Guy Land and Gal Land

Will We Still Go Out To The Game? (Visions 21/How We Will Live)

We won't need to, once we can experience every bone-crunching tackle and Mike Tyson uppercut at home

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

A Refuge For Throwaways (Law)

The spate of "Dumpster babies" stirs a movement to provide a safe space for unwanted newborns

Fear of a Gay School (Education)

As gay-straight alliances proliferate, so do virulent protests and legal battles against their existence

PERSONAL TIME

Silent and Deadly (Personal Time/Your Health)

The number of dangerous ministrokes is rising. Here's how you can protect yourself

Down in Smoke (Personal Time/Your Money)

Once venerated, Philip Morris is now loathed. But moral issues aside, the stock is inviting

Web Know-It-Alls (Personal Time/Your Technology)

Here's a new breed of site, where everyone's an expert. Just ask 'em, and they'll tell you

Asking for Trouble (Personal Time/Your Family)

It pays to pop all sorts of questions long before the knot is tied. Who knows what you'll find out

NATION

Who Is The Real Reformer? (Nation/Campaign 2000)

Bush is trying to steal McCain's mantle. An assessment of his Texas record reveals gutsy moves--and service to Big Business

Bush on Taxes (Nation/Campaign 2000)

Saying one thing, doing another

Death, Be Not Proud (Nation/Campaign 2000)

Nothing is as certain as the pace of executions in Bush's Texas

Fire Wall or Just Fire? (Nation/Campaign 2000)

Michigan Governor John Engler has worked to boost Bush. He'll have to work harder to save him

WORLD

Landscape of Horror (Letter From Chechnya)

Russian troops may have "pacified" Grozny, but the war isn't close to over

The Vote In Iran

The President and his brother are trying to stage a reformist sweep at the polls

BUSINESS

Behind The Hack Attack

How the Web's top sites were clogged by devilishly simple programs, cleverly deployed

THE ARTS

Kadosh (Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)

Directed by Amos Gitai

Poison Pens (Arts/Books)

Safire's novel frolics with the Founding Fathers

Prodigal Nomad (Arts/Books)

An unflinching but fond look at a golden rascal

TIME BONUS

All of London's His Stage (Time Select/Global Business)

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 10-theater purchase makes him the West End's biggest impresario

Beenz Counters (Time Select/Global Business)

Can an upstart firm make its new product the first legal tender of the World Wide Web?

Getting Better At Doing Good (Time Select/Global Business)

A dynamic breed of entrepreneur is using business strategies to combat social ills

The Sky's The Limit (Time Select/Global Business)

With the U.S. booming and the rest of the world picking up steam, TIME's Board of Economists measures the prospects--and pitfalls