NATION

The Placebo Effect

Congress hopes you won't notice its prescription-drug plans are meant to help candidates, not patients

Theater Of War

The Administration is engaged in an unsettling war game with itself. Bush may be eager to go after Saddam, but he's stalled while his own team quarrels about the best way to do it: should there be mor

Jail To The Chiefs?

The white-collar crackdown brings a parade of suits in cuffs,but can prosecutors make the charges stick?

SCIENCE

Death on the Sand

Whales beach on Cape Cod all the time. What made this pod different?

SOCIETY

Time Of Their Lives

Camp Heartland For a rare moment, kids growing up in the shadow of HIV and AIDS get to shed the secrecy and shame of their illness and enjoy some good old summertime fun

SPORT

Minor Miracles

Big-league baseball faces a strike and dwindling crowds, but the minors are reinvigorating the game

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

They Had A Plan (Special Report: The Secret History)

Long before 9/11, the White House debated taking the fight to al-Qaeda. By the time they decided, it was too late. The saga of a lost chance

BUSINESS

Sunken Treasure?

How to spot value in a stock market that's probably heading north

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Hot Tubs And Cold Shoulders (Television)

NEW DATING SHOWS are getting wilder and more cutthroat. In their world of risible Romeos and jiggly Juliets, love is not for the faint of heart

Spinning in Its Grave? (Music)

The single may be dying as a format, but in the summer of 2002, it's thriving as an art form

YOUR TIME

How to Surf the Age Wave (Personal Time / Your Money)

Boomers will spend billions to look and feel younger. You're not too old or too late to profit from it

Searching for Perfection (Personal Time / Your Technology)

Google's still great, but newer search engines make finding things on the Web easier--and more fun

SPECIAL SECTION

Label Reform (Time Bonus Section / Inside Business)

New USDA rules will define organic

Organic Growth (Time Bonus Section / Inside Business)

Whole Foods has transformed the granola-and-tofu lifestyle into a supernatural gourmet chain with delicious profits

Forecast: Buy The World (Time Bonus Section / Inside Business)

Or at least part of it. Foreign stocks are a must for a balanced portfolio. Here's our guide to global investing

PEOPLE

TO OUR READERS

LETTERS

ESSAY

Long Live the King

On the 25th anniversary of Elvis' death, his art still outwits the Grim Reaper