NATION
Selling the Tax Cut
Bush's pitch is sunny, but his plan is coolly austere. Do his budget numbers add up?
How Many Ways Can You Spend $1 Trillion?
When Tax Cuts Hit Texas
The Obstacle Course
How do you lead a party past a former President who just can't seem to get out of the way?
The Democrats' New Golden Boy (Nation/Prepping For Prime Time)
"I Was Begging God" (First Person)
A Navy captain speaks of his shock and remorse in the aftermath of his sub's fatal collision off Hawaii
BUSINESS
A Judge Gets Slammed
Baited by Microsoft, Thomas Penfield Jackson took his case to the press. Does this mean he will lose it?
A Safety Fight at the FAA
Airlines are furious over an audit they say the agency has bungled
TIME BONUS
They're Having A Ball (Time Bonus/Families)
Ballroom dancing--the waltz, the merengue, swing--is not only O.K., it's downright hot with kids
Kid Vid Comes Of Age (Time Bonus/Families)
Whether it's real to reel or Bach for babies, a new wave of children's videos offers kids and parents some healthy choices
Mommy Tract (Time Bonus/Families)
Motherhood has once again set feminist journalists at odds
More Than Band-Aids (Time Bonus/Families)
School nurses are tackling new responsibilities as they care for a growing number of children with chronic diseases and disabilities
One Labor-Intensive Job (Time Bonus/Families)
Doulas catch on as a way to help families have better births and easier transitions to parenthood
Radical Aardvark (Time Bonus/Families)
Rocker David Weinstone is music to the ears of toddlers and their grateful parents
E-Gad! it's e-mail! (Time Bonus/Families)
Like bug juice, short-sheeting, campfires and s'mores, e-mail is fast becoming a staple of the summer-camp experience
Virtual Visitations (Time Bonus/Families)
A Florida judge finds an innovative way to keep a parent and child who are separated by divorce in touch through teleconferencing
SOCIETY & SCIENCE
Need A Mammogram? It Could Take A While (Medicine)
Delays reach crisis levels in some cities as women wait up to five months for a routine screening
What Digital Can Do (Medicine/New Technology)
Will Bush Turn Green? (Environment)
Don't bet on it, but his EPA chief is talking tough about fighting pollution--and even climate change
WORLD
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Message (Frequent Flyer)
Zhou Mingwei is toting a slick line on Taiwan. Taipei still feels a gun at its head
Three's a Crowd in Love and Politics (Letter From Uganda)
An ex-friend and an ex-lover challenge the eastern African nation's strongman
THE ARTS
A Primate's Memoir (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
By Robert M. Sapolsky
The Mexican (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Standards (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Tortoise
Kenneth Josephson: A retrospective (The Arts/Short Takes/Photography)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
Showtime, March 11, 8 p.m. E.T.
A Game of Rat And Louse (The Arts/Books)
Muriel Spark transforms a real unsolved mystery into a devilishly good novel
From the Water's Edge (The Arts/Books)
River Town charts the ebb and flow of everyday life in a small city on the banks of the Yangtze
The Ace Of Spies (The Arts/Books)
Alan Furst's WW II thrillers are fueled by his own rage against evil
True Visions of False Realities (The Arts/Cinema)
Two clever new films offer fresh insight into our fascination with tabloid journalism and voyeur TV
David Hasselhoff (The Arts/Q&A)
More Than Yuks Redux (The Arts/Television)
Facing a slump in the sitcom genre, some producers are taking new series off the beaten laugh track
PERSONAL TIME
Do It Yourself? (Personal Time/Your Health)
Those easy-to-use home medical tests can be anything but. Some are downright misleading
Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)
It's Generation B (Personal Time/Your Money)
As in bear market, and people under 50 are getting their first taste of one that doesn't end fast
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Money)
PDAs on a Diet (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Want an organizer that won't weigh you down? Here's how to tell the gems from the junk