COVER

Are We Failing Our Geniuses? (The Well / Cover Story / Education: Geniuses)

In U.S. schools, the highest achievers are too often challenged the least. Why that's hurting America — and how to fix it

How Not to Raise a Genius (The Well / Cover Story / Education: Geniuses)

Is Baby Einstein doing your child more harm than good?

NATION

Rove's Final Retreat (The Well / Nation)

Bush's "architect" leaves Washington as he came in — dismissing his critics and clinging to visions of a brighter Republican future

Fighting for a Diploma (Life: Sport - Behavior - Education - Business - Health / Education)

Many post-9/11 vets get no tuition benefits

ESSAY

Romney's Edge (Commentary)

Nervous Republicans may prefer a squeaky-clean Mormon to a pro-choice New Yorker on his third marriage

WORLD

Taking Aim At the Taliban (The Well / World)

Rebuilding the Afghan national army is slow going, but it may be key to winning the war

Postcard: Spain (Postcard: Spain)

Is food art? A famous chef courts controversy by participating in a major European fine-art festival. We travel to his restaurant near Barcelona to find out

HEALTH & MEDICINE

When Sadness Is a Good Thing (Life: Sport - Behavior - Education - Business - Health / The Contrarian)

A new book argues that we should stop treating normal sorrow as a mental illness

BRIEFING

Dog Days No More. (The Moment)

August was once the sleepiest month--now there's no respite from the news

BUSINESS

Ground Zero of the Real Estate Bust (The Well / Business)

Overbuilt and overleveraged, metro Denver typifies the mortgage massacre that has buckled U.S. home prices and roiled the stock market

Why We Buy the Products We Buy (Life: Sport - Behavior - Education - Business - Health / Behavior)

Consumers tend to go with what (little) they know

Profiting from the Unbanked (Life: Sport - Behavior - Education - Business - Health / Business)

As check cashing booms and Wal-Mart looms, banks chase a group they once ignored

SOCIETY

Where Are the Women Coaches? (Life: Sport - Behavior - Education - Business - Health / Sport)

More colleges than ever have added women's teams, but female coaches still have an uneven playing field

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Green Screens (Arts: Showbiz - Tuned In - Downtime / Tuned In)

Seeking to save the planet--and, oh, maybe make a buck--TV is turning its schedule eco-friendly

Downtime (Arts: Showbiz - Tuned In - Downtime / Downtime)

What you should see, what you should hear--and what you should just plain skip

PEOPLE

10 Questions for Rafael Nadal (10 Questions)

He is the second best tennis player in the world. Now the Spanish master of the clay courts will try to beat out No. 1, Roger Federer, in the upcoming U.S. Open. Rafael Nadal will now take your questions

LETTERS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Hip-hop's Down Beat (Global Business: India - Music - Golf / Music)

Rap and its entrepreneurial artists need a turnaround strategy to save the genre's sagging sales

Building a Dream (Global Business: India - Music - Golf / India)

Real estate mogul K.P. Singh turns his vision of a modern, prosperous India into a $25 billion empire