NATION
May The Shield Be With You
The Reagan-era Star Wars program lives on and may yet destabilize the new world order
The Rebel's Revenge (Nation/Campaign 2000)
With a victory for campaign-finance reform, McCain is still a force to reckon with in November
Electing the Supreme Court
Think this is about choosing a President? Think again
Missile Impossible?
This week's $100 million test of the space shield is all but fixed. Does the outcome matter?
SOCIETY & SCIENCE
Unraveling Alzheimer's (Medicine)
Scientists are close to figuring out how the disorder destroys brains. But will their knowledge save lives?
Aids Update: Suffer the Children (Medicine)
THE ARTS
Voodoo Science By Robert Park (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
THE FIVE SENSES (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
Chasin' The Gypsy, James Carter (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Nuremberg, TNT, Sunday-Monday, 8 p.m. E.T. (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
The Designated Mourner (The Arts/Short Takes/Theater)
By Wallace Shawn
Kissing a Grimy Princess (The Arts/Art)
By turning a power station into a gallery of modern art, London's Tate brilliantly clarifies its collections
Coming of Age in Chaos (The Arts/Books)
In a haunting debut novel, Moses Isegawa looks at his native Uganda through the eyes of a young boy
Einstein Rides Shotgun (The Arts/Books)
Michael Paterniti's road trip with the physicist's brain has plenty of detours, but not much drive
A Flashback to Frostbite Falls (The Arts/Cinema)
Rocky and Bullwinkle are retired. Boris and Natasha are three-dimensional. What is the world coming to?
And a Child Shall Lead Him (The Arts/Cinema)
This time only his soul is dead, but Bruce Willis gets saved by a Kid again
Living Off-Color (The Arts/Cinema)
Taking a stab at horror, Keenen Ivory Wayans makes 'Scary Movie' really funny
Jason Alexander (The Arts/Q&A)
BUSINESS
Be Your Own Barcode
Priceline has built a brand by obliterating fixed prices, but some customers have gripes
Peeping Larry
Oracle's unapologetic CEO admits his spies poked through Dumpsters looking for dirt on Microsoft
Lenzner, Through a Darker Lens (Business/The Corporate Spy)
WORLD
Can One Little Boy Make A Difference? (Letter From Cuba)
With Elian's return, Havana may be learning to see a kinder, gentler Yanqui
PERSONAL TIME
Changing Names (Personal Time/Your Family)
What if your child rejects the name you gave her? Tip: if you ignore her, it won't go away
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Family)
Heart Throbs (Personal Time/Your Health)
A third of all patients won't feel any chest pain during a heart attack. Could you be one of them?
Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)
Stop That 401(k)! (Personal Time/Your Money)
Why a taxable stock-index fund might be your best savings vehicle as retirement approaches
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Money)
Toys for Techies (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Motorola's latest cell phone and two-way e-mail device are eye catchers, but who needs 'em?