COVER
Moon Walkers (The Well / Cover Story)
A lunar journey is hard--but not as hard as coming home when the mission is done. Forty years after the first moon landing, the nature of the men who made the trips may be the deepest mystery of all
NATION
Big Tobacco's New Targets (The Well / Health)
Wise to the health risks, the developed world is slowly giving up tobacco. That just means that the industry has shifted its focus. The battleground? Africa
Graphic: Smoking around the world
Why Cory Booker Likes Being Mayor of Newark (The Well / Nation)
Not everyone is
Cory Booker
Photos: The political phenom is trying to give New Jersey's most populous city a shot at redemption
ESSAY
What Price Journalism? What Would You Pay? (Commentary / Tuned In)
The news isn't free. That's why the media are brewing up new (and familiar) ways to pay for it
The CIA Is Keeping Secrets. Hello? (Commentary / Viewpoint)
The brouhaha over the assassination plan is classic Washington. But it could do real harm
What's Wrong with Judges Legislating from the Bench? (Commentary / Viewpoint)
Despite what Sonia Sotomayor must say, Justices often legislate from the bench, and that can be a good thing
Christian Improv: What's Funny at Warren's Church (The Awesome Column)
What's funny at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church? Poop jokes, of course
WORLD
Postcard from Bristol Bay (Postcard: Bristol Bay)
Alaska was built on harvesting nature, but a proposed mine near valuable fishing grounds is causing some to think green. The fight to stop the Pebble Mine
Israeli Settlers Versus the Palestinians (The Well / World)
Some Israeli settlers think they are doing God's work. Palestinians think they are thieves
Life in the West Bank Settlements
Photos: Girded against the enmity of the Palestinians who surround them, the settlers carry on
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Harry Potter: Darker, Richer and All Grown Up (Movies)
Death Eaters blight the skies, sent on their sorties by the fiendish Lord Voldemort, and in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, a grim fate encircles one teenage boy like a noose around his soul
Skull and Bones: The Haunted Art of James Ensor (Exhibitions)
In his very strange and compelling art, James Ensor created a world haunted by death and lit by fire
BUSINESS
Financial Aid (The Well / The Curious Capitalist)
What's wrong with the proposed consumer-finance watchdog? Not much, actually
SOCIETY
Summer School: What? No More Vacations? (Life / Education)
Why some schools are adding more class time
Yes, I Suck: Self-Help Through Negative Thinking (Life / Social Norms)
Contrary to the "love yourself" message propounded by countless self-help books, a new study suggests that for people with low self-esteem, positive thinking hurts more than it helps
eHow to Make Money (Life / Web Watch)
Turn expertise into cash
PEOPLE
10 Questions for Daniel Radcliffe (10 Questions)
As the sixth Harry Potter film opens, its star reveals his character's flaws
BRIEFING
The World
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES
Time for Obama to Step In? (Washington Memo)
The hard choices have arrived for health care. Is it time for the President's prescription?
The Moment
7|14|09: New York City
Verbatim
Brief History: Secret CIA Missions
Milestones (Milestones)
The Skimmer
Book Review: The Waxman Report by Joshua Green