COVER
Cheney's Fall From Grace (Nation)
Bush made him one of history's most powerful Vice Presidents. But the Libby trial unmasked an aggressive, secretive style that has made him an Administration liability
How Rice's Posse Struck Back (Nation)
Don't Try Lying to This Guy (Nation)
NATION
What's Next (What's Next: 2007)
No one can see the future. But there's no harm in some enlightened, highly educated, thoroughly irresponsible guessing, is there? In that spirit TIME presents a thinking person's guide to the year to come >>>
WORLD
Taking Pride In Prejudice (Letter From London)
How an irreverent Internet news channel is shaking up British politics
The Saga of Ghana
How the story of three lives captures the hopes and struggles of Africa's first 50 years of freedom
Bush's New Friend in Mexico (Profile)
Wrapping up his Latin American tour, the President pays a visit to the anti-Chavez--Mexico's Felipe Calderon
BRIEFING
Louisiana's Chopped Forest (Notebook)
Why Should Iowa Have All The Fun (Notebook)
Can The Scan? (Notebook)
China Counts...And Counts (Notebook)
What's Next: Mar. 19, 2007 (Notebook)
Numbers: Mar. 19, 2007 (Numbers)
Milestones Mar. 19, 2007 (Notebook)
Verbatim: Mar. 19, 2007 (Notebook)
Start The Madness (Notebook)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Climate for Change (The Power Of One)
Everyone has to get serious, and soon, about energy use. What must nations do? What can you do?
Why Almost Everyone Has Trouble Saying No (Change Agent)
A master negotiator shows us how to do it without guilt or embarrassment
BUSINESS
Law: Accounting for Crime (Law)
Putting finaglers in jail may make the White House look tough, but it won't clean up corporate ledgers
The Zeal For the Job (Why We Work)
For many professionals, the ultimate success is the freedom to employ their passion
Programming Provocateurs (Why We Work)
What draws workers to MobiTV? A hot technology, a cool company and maybe even a big payoff
Thanks, Rich People! (The Curious Capitalist)
Income inequality has one shared benefit: it fills federal coffers with tax money
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: It's Getting Warmer (Music)
Arcade Fire takes a half step toward the big time
Culture Complex: Stand-Up Diplomacy (Culture Complex)
How many Middle Eastern--American comics does it take to change a perception?
Movies: Host with The Most (Movies)
Here's a monster thriller with plenty on its mind
YOUR TIME
Saying Yes to the HPV Vaccine (Health)
Claudia Wallis, a TIME editor and mother of a 13-year-old, wrestles with the decision to take her daughter for the controversial shot against sexually transmitted disease
SPECIAL SECTION
Brand New Buzz (Global Business)
A remodeled Dunkin' Donuts brews an expansion strategy
Air France: Climbing (Global Business)
The renaissance of the once dysfunctional carrier
1848: When America Came of Age (History)
Our first high-tech, new-media, urban-pop-culture, go-go moment
Fiction: A New World Ablaze (History / Book Excerpt)
An exclusive excerpt from Kurt Andersen's Heyday, a rollicking tale of love, murder, revolution, the Gold Rush and young America
PEOPLE
People: Mar. 19, 2007
LETTERS
Letters: Mar. 19, 2007
ESSAY
The Meaning of Walter Reed
TIME correspondent Michael Weisskopf, a former patient, looks at how the hospital came to symbolize what's wrong in Iraq