What’s Right with Utah
Salt Lake City queer community’s coalition-building strategies could provide a model for gay activists across the country
Jani’s at the mercy of her mind
Michael and Susan Schofield’s 6-year-old daughter is locked in a nightmare realm of schizophrenia — and no one can help her.
Debate over government-funded police protection heats up
Conservatives decry “socialized” law enforcement; Democrats are divided over “single-payer” police protection
It Came from Wasilla
Despite her disastrous performance in the 2008 election, Sarah Palin is still the sexiest brand in Republican politics. John McCain’s top campaign officials talk more candidly than ever before about the meltdown of his vice-presidential pick.
Three Minutes to Fort Totten
A chaplain from Walter Reed. A doctor from Walter Reed. The owner of a new hair salon. An architect. On a Metro train, in one terrifying instant and its aftermath, their lives became forever intertwined. This is their story.
Horses to the slaughter
U.S. horses are meeting gruesome ends abroad, while the debate rages on: Are horses 1,500 pounds of food or friend?
Mezrich Spins Facebook Potboiler
But the buzzy Boston author’s lusty take plays loose with the facts while missing the real story.
The Contrarian
Sheila Bair and the White House financial debate.
Reports of My Death
“When the editors at Wired.co.uk commissioned this article, we all knew there was a chance I wouldn’t live to see it published. I was diagnosed last September with a disease that was chomping through my body with the impunity of a pepped-up Pacman in a ghost-free maze. I would be writing about my experiences of a new treatment, in the vanguard of medical technology, but doctors told me to prepare for the worst. I was dying, they said, and may not even make Christmas, let alone the April launch date of a new website.”
The Write Stuff
Holden Caulfield had it right. The test of a great book, he said in “The Catcher in the Rye,” was whether, once you finished it, you wished the author were a great friend you could call up at home. I remembered Caulfield’s insight when we convened a roundtable of writers to come to Newsweek. The conversation was honest, and a persistent theme emerged: that for all the frustrations of writing, the uncertain future of publishing, and the terror of rejection by readers and critics, our authors couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Ever.
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