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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

LETTERS

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