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other magazinesOther MagazinesSummaries of what's in Time, Newsweek, etc.1NA=1154&NC=1286&DI=4098&PS=58294&PI=7315OtherMagsfalsefalseNewsspacernotembeddedother magazinesGirl PowerSonia SmithfalseThe New York Times Magazine on how women's rights are key to fighting poverty.noGirl PowerWhat's new in Time, Texas Monthly, and Mother Jones.nospacer100122New York Times falsefalse1/123125/122945/2207841/2224296/090822_OMAG_nytm.jpghttp://img.slate.com/mediayesStandardImage1/123125/122945/2207841/2224296/090822_OMAG_nytm.jpg100122http://img.slate.com/mediafalse200912271509AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:09 PM633953349097070741200912271509AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:09 PM633953349097070741200912271509AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:09 PM633953349097070741false200982152852PMFridayAugAugust178/21/2009 9:28:52 PM633864725320000000200982152852PMFridayAugAugust178/21/2009 9:28:52 PM633864725320000000New York Times Magazine, Aug. 23The cover story, penned by husband-and-wife team Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, argues that empowering women is key to stamping out global poverty and extremism. When women work, they are more likely than men to spend their paychecks in ways that will benefit their families—on food and education instead of alcohol. "If poor families spent only as much on educating their children as they do on beer and prostitutes, there would be a breakthrough in the prospects of poor countries," they write. Access to education, iodized salt, microcredit loans, and maternal health care are inexpensive ways that women's welfare can be improved worldwide. … Dexter Filkins returns to Mirwais Mena School for Girls outside Kandahar, the site of acid attacks against 15 girls and teachers last November. After Filkins' initial story on the attacks ran in January, he collected more than $25,000 in donations for the injured girls and the school. Much of the money was to be used to send the subject of his January story, 17-year-old Shamsia Hussein, to the United States to repair her facial scars, but threats from the Taliban scared her family into not sending her.truenotochyperlinkno200982155455PMFridayAugAugust178/21/2009 9:54:55 PM633864740950000000200982155455PMFridayAugAugust178/21/2009 9:54:55 PM633864740950000000other magazinesManhattan MediciSonia SmithfalseThe New Yorker on Michael Bloomberg's unopposed election bid.noManhattan MediciWhat's new in New York, Newsweek, and the Weekly Standard.nospacer100137The New Yorkerfalsefalse1/123125/122945/2207841/2224296/090818_OMAG_nyer.jpghttp://img.slate.com/mediayesStandardImage1/123125/122945/2207841/2224296/090818_OMAG_nyer.jpg100137http://img.slate.com/mediafalse200912271508AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:08 PM633953349086914231200912271508AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:08 PM633953349086914231200912271508AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:08 PM633953349086914231false200981825622PMTuesdayAugAugust148/18/2009 6:56:22 PM633862041820000000200981825622PMTuesdayAugAugust148/18/2009 6:56:22 PM633862041820000000The New Yorker, Aug. 24Ben McGrath evaluates Michael Bloomberg's re-election bid for mayor of New York and finds that he is today so powerful he "seems more a Medici than a mayor." Bloomberg, "unusually adept at governing the ungovernable city," has decided again to throw enormous amounts of money at his re-election bid, after the problem of term limits was pushed aside. Running unopposed so far, Bloomberg is likely to win. Polls show that "a majority of the city's voters would prefer a new mayor but also believe the current one is the best available man for the job," McGrath writes. … Tad Friend profiles Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, the Silicon Valley startup that is developing a $50,000 highway-ready electric car. Determined to bring electric cars to the masses, Musk, the co-founder of PayPal, hopes the next vehicle will cost only $25,000. He also wants to spur larger auto manufacturers into action: "Our success will make Toyota worry about what BMW will do, and G.M. worry about Honda—will create a concern about being late for the party."truenotochyperlinkno200981841414PMTuesdayAugAugust168/18/2009 8:14:14 PM633862088540000000200981841414PMTuesdayAugAugust168/18/2009 8:14:14 PM633862088540000000other magazinesA Dicey SituationDavid SessionsfalseTime on how the recession is killing Las Vegas.noA Dicey SituationWhat's new in the Economist, the New York Times Magazine, and The Nation.nospacer100133Timefalsefalse1/123125/122945/2207841/2224296/090814_OMAG_Time-8-14.jpghttp://img.slate.com/mediayesStandardImage1/123125/122945/2207841/2224296/090814_OMAG_Time-8-14.jpg100133http://img.slate.com/mediafalse200912271512AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:12 PM633953349125665223200912271512AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:12 PM633953349125665223200912271512AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:12 PM633953349125665223false200981442315PMFridayAugAugust168/14/2009 8:23:15 PM633858637950000000200981442315PMFridayAugAugust168/14/2009 8:23:15 PM633858637950000000Time, Aug. 24The cover story surveys how the recession has devastated Las Vegas. The once-booming city is now dotted with unfinished hotels and visited by travelers paying deeply discounted rates. Casino owners lost financing for the multibillion-dollar projects, residents are abandoning the mortgages of their now-valueless homes, and strippers are taking online classes to compete with the thousands of unemployed women flooding into town. It adds up to huge trouble for the Nevada government, which depends almost completely on the city for tax revenue. … An article observes that as the majority of job losses have come in male-dominated industries, men's unemployment could produce significant cultural effects. While there are no historical instances of men handing an economy over to women, there do exist plenty of examples in which "women do all the arduous work while men sit around smoking and pontificating in coffeehouses and barbershops."truenotochyperlinkno200981444834PMFridayAugAugust168/14/2009 8:48:34 PM633858653140000000200981444834PMFridayAugAugust168/14/2009 8:48:34 PM633858653140000000other magazinesLast Man StandingDavid SessionsfalseEsquire on America's lone late-term abortion doctor.noLast Man StandingWhat's new in Vanity Fair, the Atlantic, and Texas Monthly.nospacer100135Esquirefalsefalse1/123125/122945/2207841/2224296/090811_OMAG_Esquire.jpghttp://img.slate.com/mediayesStandardImage1/123125/122945/2207841/2224296/090811_OMAG_Esquire.jpg100135http://img.slate.com/mediafalse200912271508AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:08 PM633953349086114278200912271508AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:08 PM633953349086114278200912271508AMWednesdayDecDecember712/2/2009 12:15:08 PM633953349086114278false200981132857PMTuesdayAugAugust158/11/2009 7:28:57 PM633856013370000000200981132857PMTuesdayAugAugust158/11/2009 7:28:57 PM633856013370000000Esquire, September 2009An article profiles the last man in America still performing risky late-term abortions. Warren Hern practices behind walls of bulletproof glass and talks about the people who earlier this year killed his friend and fellow late-term abortionist George Tiller. "It's a violent terrorist movement, and they have a fascist ideology." Hern believes helping women whose babies have serious or fatal deformities—not people who accidentally got pregnant and waited to abort—is "the most important thing I could do in medicine." … An article describes the painful psychological effects of going without solid food. The author, who has Crohn's disease, subsisted for two months on total parenteral nutrition—"a mixed bag of nutritional fluids"—while feeling an intense hunger he eventually realized was more mental than physical. His taste buds disappeared, and when his doctor allowed him to eat again, "there [was] no sensation of hunger or feelings of digestion or satiation."truenotochyperlinkno200981150420PMTuesdayAugAugust178/11/2009 9:04:20 PM633856070600000000200981150420PMTuesdayAugAugust178/11/2009 9:04:20 PM633856070600000000other magazinesCruel and UnusualDavid SessionsfalseThe Economist on America's exceptionally harsh sex-offender laws.noCruel and UnusualWhat's new in Time, New York Times Magazine, and Rolling Stone.noEconomist, Aug. 8The cover story calls America's harsh punishment of sex offenders "unjust and ineffective." In multiple instances, high-schoolers have been convicted for having consensual sex with their underage sweethearts and forced to enter the public registry for life. Others have been harassed in their homes and even murdered. Though the United States' harsh laws have little effect—recidivism rates are high and public registries have not reduced rates of offense at all—other countries are now copying a trend that has careened out of control. … An article charts the rise of home-schooling in the United States. The number of children who are home-schooled—1.5 million—has doubled in the past decade, and 83 percent of home-schooling families do so for religious or moral reasons. The Internet has helped home-schoolers communicate and share materials, and having Barack Obama in the White House may motivate more conservatives to take their children out of public schools.truenotochyperlinkno20098752139PMFridayAugAugust178/7/2009 9:21:39 PM63385262499000000020098752139PMFridayAugAugust178/7/2009 9:21:39 PM633852624990000000200311442518PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:25:18 PM631781583180000000200311442518PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:25:18 PM631781583180000000falsetruefalsefalsefalsetruetrue20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001102953601PMMondayOctOctober1710/29/2001 9:36:01 PM631399737610000000By xSeth StevensonspacerStevenson, SethyeshyperlinkSethStevenson1/123122/123123/2055721/2056596/sstevenson.jpg4242http://img.slate.com/mediafalse2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399819288282009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399819288282009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939981928828false20091661508PMTuesdayJanJanuary181/6/2009 11:15:08 PM63366862508000000020091661508PMTuesdayJanJanuary181/6/2009 11:15:08 PM633668625080000000false13Seth Stevenson is a frequent contributor to Slate. He is the author of Grounded: A Down to Earth Journey Around the World.513SethStevenson@hotmail.com202-518-08011439 Corcoran St., NW,WashingtonDC20009USA111054420011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101875039PMThursdayOctOctober1910/18/2001 11:50:39 PM63139031439000000011Assorted1997710120000AMThursdayJulJuly07/10/1997 4:00:00 AM630040896000000000191320011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM63139043683000000020011024105608AMWednesdayOctOctober1010/24/2001 2:56:08 PM631395177680000000x41000/41269/980801_Econ.JPG10013062221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseEconomist2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399819288282009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399819288282009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939981928828Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912521AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:21 AM631390515210000000The Economist, Aug. 1 (posted Saturday, Aug. 1, 1998) The cover editorial joins the chorus proclaiming the Clinton presidency is on the brink. If Kenneth Starr can persuasively link Flytrap to Whitewater, Filegate, and the like, Clinton could be toast. ... An article mocks the sophisticated models that economists are now building to predict the next currency crashes. Economists couldn't predict the Asia crisis; why should they suddenly have become more prescient? ... A story describes the work of Turkish historians debunking the myths shrouding the venerated founder of their modern state, Kemal Atatürk. Turks debate his role in the Armenian genocide and whether he was atheistic, alcoholic, and authoritarian. (A cause of the current controversy: Actor Antonio Banderas accepted, then rejected, the role of Atatürk in an coming biopic.) x41000/41270/980731_newrep.jpg10013762221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseNew Republic2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399820850842009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399820850842009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939982085084Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912521AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:21 AM631390515210000000New Republic, Aug. 17 and 24 (posted Friday, July 31, 1998) The cover story trashes health care reforms put forth by both Democrats and Republicans. GOP plans improve health care quality for the young and healthy at the extreme expense of the older and sicker. Democrats' "patient-protection" plans do slightly better but still don't go far enough--you wouldn't be able to choose your own doctor, and HMOs could still deny you treatment they deem too expensive. The only valid solution: national health care with guaranteed universal coverage. ... An essay claims the Modern Library's 100 best books list proves one thing above all else: There haven't been 100 great books written in English in the 20th century. The author's contention: Maybe 10 or 20 great books have been written in that time. (Slate has also written extensively about the Modern Library list. Click here to see Jacob Weisberg's parody, here to read Culturebox's defense, and here to read a roundup of critical responses.) x41000/41271/980730_nytm.jpg10012662221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseNew York Times Magazine2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399822413402009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399822413402009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939982241340Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912521AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:21 AM631390515210000000New York Times Magazine, Aug. 2 (posted Thursday, July 30, 1998) The cover story warns that antibiotics may soon stop working: Bacteria are quickly developing immunity to even our strongest medicines. When antibiotics are no longer effective, simple medical operations could lead to deadly infections. ... A story profiles Terry Lenzner, White House gumshoe. Lenzner's private investigative group dug up dirt on Paula Jones, Richard Mellon Scaife, and "presumably ... the independent counsel." Lenzner's ease in finding sensitive personal info leads the piece to conclude that "the power once held by J. Edgar Hoover--someone who worked behind the scenes, who knew all the secrets and exerted enormous influence on public affairs--has passed into the hands of private men." ... A bizarre, six page photo essay titled "Put Your Ad Here" displays kids wearing clothing with corporate logos (Tide, Apple, Microsoft). Oddly, the first six pages of the magazine are also photos of kids wearing logo clothing (Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, DKNY), except this time the pages are paid advertisements. x41000/41272/980730_bizweek.jpg10013362221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseBusiness Week2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399822413402009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399822413402009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939982241340Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912522AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:22 AM631390515220000000Business Week, Aug. 3 (posted Thursday, July 30, 1998) The cover story details how costly divorce can be for rich executives. Jilted wives (the execs are overwhelmingly men) score huge court victories, winning money, property, and sometimes a large stake in their husbands' companies. Tips for execs: 1) Settle out of court; 2) make her sign a prenuptial agreement; 3) make her sign a postnuptial agreement; 4) funnel your riches to off-limits, offshore accounts. (Belize and Gibraltar are best, because they don't recognize American divorce judgments.) ... A story covers the heated battle between Coke and Pepsi for control of New York City, "one of only four U.S. markets where Pepsi-Cola outsells Coca-Cola Classic." Pepsi's advantages: Its truck drivers know the crazy traffic patterns better, and it's just bought Tropicana to compete with Coke's Minute Maid. Coke refuses to concede, directing inordinate attention to even tiny neighborhoods. x41000/41273/980729_harpers.jpg10014162221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseHarper's2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399823975962009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399823975962009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939982397596Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912522AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:22 AM631390515220000000Harper's, August 1998 (posted Wednesday, July 29, 1998) An autobiographical essay describes what it's like to owe huge amounts of money. The author knows he can't afford his kids' private schools but compulsively sinks himself further into debt just to keep up with the lifestyles of those around him. Result: ongoing fights with credit card companies, the Internal Revenue Service, and his wife. ... A truly haunting essay looks at the underworld of rape and child molestation. The author spent years covering the sex assault beat for a newspaper, and the experience left him traumatized. Conclusions: 1) Adult rape is hard for victims and investigators to deal with, but child molestation is impossible for anyone to handle. 2) "Always walk a woman to her car, regardless of the hour of the day or the night." ... From the "Index": "Fuel mileage of the QEII, in feet per gallon: 29." x41000/41274/980729_newyork.jpg10013462221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseNew York2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399825538522009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399825538522009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939982553852Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912522AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:22 AM631390515220000000New York, Aug. 3 (posted Wednesday, July 29, 1998) An absurd 16 page spread on summer life in the Hamptons, featuring an endless list of glitz. Highlights: expensive aircraft (Mortimer Zuckerman's Falcon 900 jet, Tommy Mottola's Sikorsky helicopter), top gardens (Kathleen Turner's, Martha Stewart's--natch), and best softball hitters (The New Yorker writer Ken Auletta, among others). Other essential information: who belongs to which country club, who throws the best parties (read: most celebrity guests), how to find good caterers, and where to hang with rap star Puff Daddy. x41000/41275/980728_TimeNews.jpg20012662221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseTime and Newsweek2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399825538522009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399825538522009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939982553852Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912522AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:22 AM631390515220000000Time and Newsweek, Aug. 3 (posted Tuesday, July 28, 1998) Newsweek's cover story profiles Russell Weston Jr., the Capitol gunman. A moment-by-moment chronology details the shooting itself, while background information certifies Weston's nuttiness (he talked to satellite dishes and thought he had invented a time-travel device). ... Astronaut Alan Shepard's death spurs Newsweek to profile the 12 men who have walked on the moon. Several have become deeply religious in the wake of the experience, one claiming that, while in space, he "felt the power of God as [he'd] never felt it before." Time's cover story warns of the dangers of the E. coli germ. Recent outbreaks have stemmed from bad drinking water, apple juice, and hamburger meat. Suggestions: Wash your hands, cook your food, and don't let kids in diapers swim in public pools. ... Time hails the arrival of the one-second TV commercial. The ads aren't effective for establishing a brand, but they may work with an already familiar icon (one of the first ads is a quick clip of a Master lock getting shot by a bullet). Weirdest one-second ad: A personal-injury lawyer shouts "Hurt!" as his phone number appears on the screen. x41000/41276/980728_USN.jpg10012962221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseU.S. News & World Report2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399827101082009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399827101082009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939982710108Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912522AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:22 AM631390515220000000U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 3 (posted Tuesday, July 28, 1998) U.S. News recounts a scheme to loot gold, diamonds, and antiques from the Russian state treasury and launder them through a San Francisco-based diamond dealer. Originally licensed by the Russian government to establish a Russian diamond industry, the operation deteriorated when the diamond dealer (a Russian immigrant) began taking millions for himself. The FBI and Moscow police recently busted the ring, but millions in treasure are still missing. ... A piece marvels at the Beanie Babies bubble, in which kids and speculators pay hundreds of dollars for nearly worthless stuffed animals. There are signs the bubble is about to burst. x41000/41277/980728_nwyrkr.jpg10013462221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseThe New Yorker2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399827101082009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399827101082009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939982710108Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912522AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:22 AM631390515220000000The New Yorker, Aug. 3 (posted Tuesday, July 28, 1998) Notoriously unpleasant writer Paul Theroux chronicles his 30 year friendship with notoriously unpleasant writer V.S. Naipaul. Much of the story consists of Theroux repeating nasty things Naipaul said (e.g., to a student: "Don't write poems ... I really don't think you should. ... Now, promise me you won't write any more poems"). Their friendship recently collapsed because, Theroux speculates, Naipaul's new wife doesn't like Theroux. ... A story suggests a change in CNN's corporate culture may have contributed to the network's Tailwind debacle. Pugnacious new CNN boss Rick Kaplan was hired from ABC to boost the network's sagging peacetime ratings. His quest for sexy stories may have led his producers to cut corners. ... She's gone but not forgotten: A week after Tina Brown's farewell essay in The New Yorker, a staff tribute to Brown monopolizes "Talk of the Town." The gist: She was so energetic! She had such a great eye for talent! "[S]he saved The New Yorker." x41000/41278/980728_wklystd.jpg10013362221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseWeekly Standard2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399828663642009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399828663642009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939982866364Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912522AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:22 AM631390515220000000Weekly Standard, Aug. 3 (posted Tuesday, July 28, 1998) The cover story bemoans the decline of manliness and blames liberals, whose attempts to eliminate gender, coupled with the rise of the single-mother family, have bred a generation of "under-fathered" boys who are aggressive and violent but unmanly. We need to teach them the real male values: heroism and honor. ... A piece claims the new Environmental Protection Agency policy against environmental racism will actually hurt minorities. The policy discourages polluting factories from locating in areas with large minority populations. This will deprive poor blacks and Hispanics of job opportunities. x41000/41279/980728_nation.jpg10013362221http://img.slate.com/mediafalseThe Nation2009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399828663642009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM6339539399830226202009122113958PMWednesdayDecDecember2312/3/2009 4:39:58 AM633953939983022620Pfalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM6313904368300000002001101912523AMFridayOctOctober110/19/2001 5:25:23 AM631390515230000000The Nation, Aug. 10 (posted Tuesday, July 28, 1998) A special issue on sports. An essay urges New Yorkers to refuse the Yankees' current bid for a publicly funded stadium. The Yankees don't need welfare, and snubbing them will stop other teams from extorting their cities in the future. Publicly funded stadiums always transfer taxpayer money into private hands. ... A story praises Title IX for opening opportunities to women athletes. It does not hurt men's college programs unless the college opts to sink money into major men's sports (e.g., football) at the cost of minor ones (e.g., wrestling). "Overall, boys still have almost twice as many opportunities to play in school athletic programs as girls do." ... A story celebrates bowling, a blue-collar sport with a socialist heart ("handicaps" allow bowlers of different abilities to compete against one another on equal terms). Recent technological improvements (new lane surfaces, different ball materials) have made the game even better, and it's still affordable, social, and fun. --Seth Stevenson10Health careHealth careH10The New yorkerNew yorker, TheN10New YorkNew YorkN10New york cityNew york cityN10Business weekBusiness weekB10Kenneth StarrStarr, Kenneth People10Weekly standardWeekly standardW10MoneyMoneyM10RussianRussianR10U.s. news & world reportU.s. news & world reportU10Russell WestonWeston, Russell People1 1111false2310falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsetruefalsefalse242.0199872933000AMWednesdayJulJuly37/29/1998 7:30:00 AM63037279800000000019988233000AMSundayAugAugust38/2/1998 7:30:00 AM630376254000000000