Vol. 168 No. 12

RELIGION


A growing number of Protestant evangelists raise a joyful Yes! But the idea is poison to other, more mainstream pastors

WORLD

An Inside Look at Hamid Karzai's Rising Woes
country's life."

A New Arab Peace Plan (Interview)
TIME's interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan: "If we don't solve the Palestinian issue, the future looks bleak for the Middle East."

The Princess Wars (Letter From Japan)
A newborn royal heir stirs the debate over the modern Japanese woman

HEALTH & MEDICINE

How We're Harming Young Athletes (Health)
Specialization and year-round play are putting active kids at increased risk of crippling injury

SOCIETY

History Goes Hollywood (Culture)
Anxious about dwindling crowds and shorter attention spans, museums and historical sites are turning to special effects to tell their stories

The Kidnapper's Trick (Behavior)
An Austrian girl escapes her captor, but the lies he told about her parents may be harder to outrun

NOTEBOOK

Punchlines

Baseball's First-Year Phenoms

The Ana Log

The Middle Is a Bad Place to Be (In the Arena)

Numbers

Let's Get Connected (Viewpoint)

The Post-Tony Tussle

The Envelope, Eh?

What's Next

Milestones

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Verbatim

NATION

Why Bush's Security Pitch May Not Work This Time
His argument that only the G.O.P. can keep the country safe gets a third, tough test

Why Voters (and Politicians) Are Anxious

The Unofficial Story of the al-Qaeda 14 (Viewpoint)
Their torture by the CIA was wrong--in more ways than you might think

BUSINESS

Ford: Just Fix the Car
New boss, same old problem: the automaker has to build better, exciting autos to make a comeback

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

He Had a Great Fall (Movies)
A new take on All the King's Men turns the ultimate political cautionary tale into an existential epic

Dude, Where's My Film? (Movies)
This man gave the world King of the Hill and Office Space. So why is Fox squashing his new movie?

5 Captivating New Albums For -- and By -- All Ages (Music)
From the schoolgirls of Smoosh to an elderly Elton, great music is timeless

YOUR TIME

Counter Intelligence (Home)

A Smart Phone for Dummies (Technology)

PEOPLE

People

10 Questions For Al Franken (Interview)

LETTERS

Read the story

ESSAY

Top Guns and Top Secrets
For Suri's dad and the President, it was a week of strategic openness