Summaries of what's in Time, Newsweek, etc.

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• Girl Power The New York Times Magazine on how women's rights are key to fighting poverty.
  Sonia Smith Aug. 21, 2009
  
• Manhattan Medici The New Yorker on Michael Bloomberg's unopposed election bid.
  Sonia Smith Aug. 18, 2009
  
• A Dicey Situation Time on how the recession is killing Las Vegas.
  David Sessions Aug. 14, 2009
  
• Last Man Standing Esquire on America's lone late-term abortion doctor.
  David Sessions Aug. 11, 2009
  
• Cruel and Unusual The Economist on America's exceptionally harsh sex-offender laws.
  David Sessions Aug. 7, 2009
  
• Full Court Press New York on President Obama's complex media strategy.
  David Sessions Aug. 4, 2009
  
• Fierce Urgency The Economist tells Obama it's time to lead.
  David Sessions July 31, 2009
  
• Raising the Bar The Weekly Standard on the return of classic cocktails.
  David Sessions July 28, 2009
  
• Democracy 2.0 Wired on Silicon Valley execs promoting social-networking technology in Iraq.
  Kara Hadge July 24, 2009
  
• Extreme Do-Goodery The New Yorker on why anyone would give a kidney to a stranger.
  Kara Hadge July 21, 2009
  
• Food, Inglorious Food New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni on his struggle with eating disorders.
  Marc Tracy July 17, 2009
  
• Tortured Conscience Newsweek on what haunts Eric Holder.
  Marc Tracy July 14, 2009
  
• Women on Top The American Prospect on the rise of feminist foreign policy.
  Kara Hadge July 10, 2009
  
• The Real Gossip Girl New York on the hellish farce of NYC Prep.
  Kara Hadge July 7, 2009
  
• Black and White Newsweek on Michael Jackson's weird, universal appeal.
  Kara Hadge June 30, 2009
  
• The Cure The Economist on fixing the U.S. health care system.
  David Sessions June 26, 2009
  
• Death to the Dictator Newsweek and the Weekly Standard predict the end of Iranian theocracy.
  David Sessions June 23, 2009
  
• The Phenom From Tehran Time on the Iranian president's political prowess.
  Marc Tracy June 19, 2009
  
• Artificial Intelligence The New Yorker on Leon Panetta's CIA.
  Marc Tracy June 16, 2009
  
• We.O.U. The Economist on the coming public debt crisis.
  Marc Tracy June 12, 2009
  
• The Weekly Show Stephen Colbert edits Newsweek.
  Marc Tracy June 9, 2009
  
• Hit and Run Texas Monthly examines what made Charlie Wilkinson kill his girlfriend's parents.
  Sonia Smith June 5, 2009
  
• O, Please Newsweek on Oprah's huckster guests.
  Sonia Smith June 2, 2009
  
• Chill Bill New York Times Magazine on the new, mellowed-out Bill Clinton.
  Marc Tracy May 29, 2009
  
• Bad Medicine The New Yorker on a Texas town whose health care costs are out of control.
  Marc Tracy May 26, 2009
  
• Host to Coast New York Times Magazine on Conan O'Brien's new Los Angeles digs.
  Kara Hadge May 22, 2009
  
• Generation Skill New York on the benefits of overstimulation.
  Kara Hadge May 19, 2009
  
• Work 2.0 Time on the future of American jobs.
  David Sessions May 15, 2009
  
• This Is Your Brain on Money New York diagnoses the city's cash withdrawal.
  David Sessions May 12, 2009
  
• Talking the Talk New York Times Magazine on Terry McAuliffe's very loud gubernatorial run.
  Sonia Smith May 8, 2009
  
• Animal Farm Newsweek on the swine flu scare.
  Sonia Smith May 5, 2009
  
• May Day, May Day Foreign Policy on Karl Marx and the financial crisis.
  Marc Tracy May 1, 2009
  
• Say Aaaaah Newsweek on Gov. Mark Sanford's "root-canal economics."
  Marc Tracy April 28, 2009
  
• Fathering Line Christopher Buckley remembers his parents in the New York Times Magazine.
  David Sessions April 24, 2009
  
• Elitist Rage New York on the plight of the privileged class.
  David Sessions April 21, 2009
  
• Even Fewer Children Left Behind Time on how to ace school testing.
  Marc Tracy April 17, 2009
  
• Overwhelming Interest Harper's on another root cause of the crash.
  Marc Tracy April 14, 2009
  
• The Actor's Nightmare Ethan Hawke on Kris Kristofferson.
  Kara Hadge April 10, 2009
  
• In Facebook We Trust New York on our strange devotion to the social network.
  Kara Hadge April 7, 2009
  
• World's Worst Job New York Times Magazine on Asif Ali Zardari's struggle to govern Pakistan.
  Sonia Smith April 3, 2009
  
• Waltz With Bashar Seymour Hersh recommends talks with Syria.
  Sonia Smith March 31, 2009
  
• On-the-Job Training The Economist on President's Obama's hard lessons.
  David Sessions March 27, 2009
  
• Rage Against the Machine The glossies tackle populist anger.
  David Sessions March 24, 2009
  
• Small Forward New York Times Magazine on a 13-year-old basketball star.
  Sonia Smith March 20, 2009
  
• Swiss Mess Newsweek on the shady inner workings of UBS.
  Sonia Smith March 17, 2009
  
• Mess in Texas New York Times Magazine on Bush's Freedom Institute.
  Kara Hadge March 13, 2009
  
• After Capitalism The Nation rethinks socialism for the 21st century.
  Kara Hadge March 10, 2009
  
• Iceland Melts Down Michael Lewis on the great Nordic screw-up.
  Marc Tracy March 6, 2009
  
• The Enemy of My Enemy Newsweek on why Obama should embrace the Islamists.
  Marc Tracy March 3, 2009
  
• So I Married a Somali Pirate GQ on the allure of ship hijackers inside the world's "most failed state."
  Sonia Smith Feb. 27, 2009
  
• Neat Freak The New Yorker on Rahm Emanuel's style.
  Sonia Smith Feb. 24, 2009
  
• Winslet's Win Time pre-emptively dubs her "Best Actress."
  Kara Hadge Feb. 20, 2009
  
• The Joy of Stress Newsweek on how anxiety can be good.
  Kara Hadge Feb. 17, 2009
  
• The Next Financial Hotspots The Atlantic on how the financial storm will change the geography of America's economy.
  David Sessions Feb. 13, 2009
  
• Are We Socialist? Newsweek and the Weekly Standard on big government.
  David Sessions Feb. 10, 2009
  
• Tuesdays With Morbidity Vanity Fair on the death obsession of baby boomers.
  Sonia Smith Feb. 6, 2009
  
• Good Morning, Afghanistan Newsweek on "Obama's Vietnam."
  Sonia Smith Feb. 3, 2009
  
• Sympathy for the Great Satan Time on Obama's first 10 days.
  Marc Tracy Jan. 30, 2009
  
• Caroline, No The New Yorker and New York on how Kennedy botched her Senate seat campaign.
  Marc Tracy Jan. 27, 2009
  
• Speeeeech, Speeeeech Time on Obama's inaugural address.
  Kara Hadge Jan. 23, 2009
  
• Out With the Old, in With the New The Weekly Standard bids farewell to Bush, while Newsweek prepares the way for Obama.
  Kara Hadge Jan. 20, 2009
  
• O Town The New York Times Magazine profiles the incoming administration.
  Sonia Smith Jan. 16, 2009
  
• Mission Accomplished Newsweek on Cheney's successful vice presidency.
  Sonia Smith Jan. 13, 2009
  
• Red, Brown, and Blue The Atlantic on post-racial America.
  Kara Hadge Jan. 9, 2009
  
• Fixing Gaza Newsweek and The Nation on the latest Israeli-Palestinian face-off.
  Kara Hadge Jan. 6, 2009
  
• Black Swan Song The New York Times Magazine on the deceptions in financial risk assessment.
  Marc Tracy Jan. 2, 2009