NATION

Tax-Cut Checklist

It's a done deal! Here's what Bush's $1.35 trillion tax plan means for you

BUSINESS

Tired Of Each Other (Business/Exclusive)

Firestone's tires may be a factor in Explorer rollovers. But did Ford always do all it could to improve the SUV's safety?

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

For The Birds (Environment)

His best-selling Guide made David Allen Sibley America's most famous birder. Can he turn millions of followers into conservationists?

Forceps! Scalpel! Robot! (Medicine)

The first FDA-approved robotic bypass operation promises a faster recovery--with no ugly scar

Do Charter Schools Pass The Test? (Education)

By giving parents more choices, the charter movement promised to transform education. It did so in Arizona--but not always for the better

Saving The 7-Year-Old (Society)

A missionary group devoted to small children fights to gain access to public elementary schools

THE ARTS

What Really Happened (The Arts/Cinema)

Whenever Hollywood gets ahold of history, it can be a tricky business separating fact from fiction

Pearl Harbor's Top Gun (The Arts/Cinema)

Fighting his own past, a nervous studio and (as always) the critics, producer Jerry Bruckheimer goes to war

Where The Hearse Is (The Arts/Television)

Six Feet Under checks out the skeletons in a mortuary clan's closets

Bitter Pills, Bad Medicine (The Arts/Books)

An absorbing look at how the fen/phen diet craze destroyed lives and our illusions about drug safety

PERSONAL TIME

Moms And Guilt (Personal Time/Your Family)

Are you feeling anguished about work taking you away from the kids? Well, snap out of it!

Don't Get Fooled... (Personal Time/Your Money)

...Again. Tech stocks have been shooting straight up. But recoveries are rarely straight lines

Office Whizbang (Personal Time/Your Technology)

There's lots to love in Microsoft's new Office XP software--and a few things to drive you nuts

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Technology)