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

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• Right-Wing Rewards Harper's on how Jack Abramoff made conservative politics profitable.
  Morgan Smith July 25, 2008
  
• The Miracle of Circumcision The New Scientist on the debate over whether the procedure can reduce the risk of HIV transmission.
  Morgan Smith July 22, 2008
  
• Modern-Day Marauders The Economist on pirates in the digital and seafaring worlds.
  Morgan Smith July 18, 2008
  
• Barack's Home Turf The New Republic and The New Yorker examine Obama's time in Chicago.
  Morgan Smith July 15, 2008
  
• Happy 90th, Nelson Time commemorates Nelson Mandela.
  Daniel Riley July 11, 2008
  
• The King of New York The magazine pays tribute to its late founder, Clay Felker.
  Daniel Riley July 8, 2008
  
• Pity the Oil Speculators The Weekly Standard and Newsweek defend the much-maligned group.
  Morgan Smith July 1, 2008
  
• No Child Left New York Times Magazine on Europe's abysmal birth rates.
  Morgan Smith June 27, 2008
  
• How To Speak Bubba The Weekly Standard on wooing rural voters.
  Morgan Smith June 24, 2008
  
• So Long, Soybeans The Economist on the new generation of biofuels.
  Sonia Smith June 20, 2008
  
• Bucks for Babies Reason on countries paying citizens to have more children.
  Sonia Smith June 17, 2008
  
• Peace at Last? The Economist suggests that the violence and chaos in Iraq may be calming down.
  Morgan Smith June 13, 2008
  
• Webb's the Man? The New Republic and New York Review of Books on the possible Barack Obama/Jim Webb ticket.
  Morgan Smith June 10, 2008
  
• Prozac on the Battle Field Time on soldiers' increased use of psychiatric medication.
  Morgan Smith June 6, 2008
  
• The Tyranny of the Toddler Weekly Standard on the repercussions of overindulgent parenting.
  Morgan Smith June 3, 2008
  
• America's Next Top Mogul New York Times Magazine on Tyra Banks' burgeoning empire.
  Morgan Smith May 30, 2008
  
• Rethinking Jihad The New Republic and The New Yorker on recent blows to al-Qaida in the Muslim world.
  Morgan Smith May 27, 2008
  
• Gawker Shocker The New York Times Magazine on "oversharing" on the Internet.
  Morgan Smith May 23, 2008
  
• Wasted Resources The New Yorker on why science hasn't tackled the problem of the hangover.
  Morgan Smith May 20, 2008
  
• No Money To Burn Time and the Economist on how to fix the economic slowdown.
  Morgan Smith May 16, 2008
  
• Getting Away From It All New York on the "suicide tourists" who come to the Big Apple—and never leave.
  Morgan Smith May 13, 2008
  
• Break a Leg Like a Girl The New York Times Magazine on high-school female athletes' alarming injury rates.
  Morgan Smith May 9, 2008
  
• Return to the Frey Vanity Fair revisits one of the publishing industry's biggest fake-memoir scandals.
  Morgan Smith May 6, 2008
  
• The Cure for the Rage The New York Times Magazine on whether inner-city violence should be treated like an infectious disease.
  Morgan Smith May 2, 2008
  
• The Teenybopper Factory Portfolio on how Disney came to dominate the 'tween market.
  Morgan Smith April 29, 2008
  
• The Great Green Tease Mother Jones on the seven myths of energy independence.
  Morgan Smith April 25, 2008
  
• An Infighting Chance The New Republic on Hillary Clinton's intracampaign squabbles.
  Morgan Smith April 22, 2008
  
• The Do-Gooder's Dilemma Michael Pollan in the New York Times Magazine on going green. Plus, oversharing with Marc Jacobs in GQ.
  Morgan Smith April 18, 2008
  
• The Republican Closet Out on activists' threats to force right-wing congressional staffers from the closet.
  Morgan Smith April 15, 2008
  
• Politicians—They're Just Like Us! Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton campaign for their spouses in US Weekly.
  Morgan Smith April 11, 2008
  
• The Upside of Global Warming The Weekly Standard fights the conventional wisdom on environmentalism.
  Morgan Smith April 8, 2008
  
• Liberia's Bloody Legacy The New York Times Magazine on the violent coup in Liberia in 1980.
  Morgan Smith April 4, 2008
  
• The Rewards of Motherhood Newsweek on women who become "gestational carriers" to supplement the family income.
  Morgan Smith April 1, 2008
  
• Clipping the Right Wing New York Times Magazine on the downfall of the GOP and Time on the troubles facing Fox News.
  Morgan Smith March 28, 2008
  
• Funny Money New York, The New Yorker, and the Weekly Standard tackle the economy woes.
  Morgan Smith March 25, 2008
  
• That '70s Show The Atlantic and Time on how today is similar to the Vietnam era.
  Morgan Smith March 21, 2008
  
• The Women's (Stalled) Movement Portfolio on how female workers are losing ground.
  Morgan Smith March 18, 2008
  
• Eliot Spitzer's Behind the Times Reason on why prostitution was more socially acceptable in the early 1900s.
  Morgan Smith March 14, 2008
  
• The Iron Ladies The New Yorker on Hillary Clinton, Newsweek on Margaret Thatcher, and the New Republic on Michelle Obama.
  Morgan Smith March 11, 2008
  
• The Star System The New York Times Magazine on the symbiotic relationship between celebrities and charities.
  Morgan Smith March 7, 2008
  
• Remembering William F. Buckley The Weekly Standard and Newsweek eulogize the conservative stalwart.
  Morgan Smith March 4, 2008
  
• No Boys Allowed The New York Times Magazine on single-sex education in publicly funded schools.
  Morgan Smith Feb. 29, 2008
  
• Obama From the Left and Right The New Republic and the Weekly Standard address Barack Obama's flaws—and his cult appeal.
  Morgan Smith Feb. 26, 2008
  
• The Battle Weary The New York Times Magazine visits frustrated soldiers in Afghanistan.
  Morgan Smith Feb. 22, 2008
  
• Water-Boarding Revisited The New Yorker on the technique's use during the Philippine-American War.
  Morgan Smith Feb. 19, 2008
  
• Minds of Their Own The Economist on the return of the independent voter.
  Juliet Lapidos Feb. 15, 2008
  
• Keep the Change Newsweek on whether presidential candidates live up to their promises to shake things up.
  Chadwick Matlin Feb. 12, 2008
  
• The Gates Keeper The New York Times Magazine on Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
  Juliet Lapidos Feb. 8, 2008
  
• Primary Madness New York, Newsweek, The New Yorker, the Weekly Standard, and other publications make their final Super Tuesday predictions.
  Chris Wilson Feb. 5, 2008
  
• Delegating Their Authority The New York Times Magazine on how the tight presidential-nomination races could depend on superdelegates.
  Alex Joseph Feb. 1, 2008
  
• The Cost of the Death Penalty The New Yorker on the expense—and bureaucratic mess—of executing a criminal.
  Chadwick Matlin Jan. 29, 2008
  
• The Global Has-Been The New York Times Magazine on America's shrinking influence on the world.
  Juliet Lapidos Jan. 25, 2008
  
• Who's Politically Correct? The Weekly Standard on the Democratic presidential candidates' battles over identity politics.
  Chadwick Matlin Jan. 22, 2008
  
• Space Invaders The Economist on the militarization of space.
  Elizabeth Gumport Jan. 18, 2008
  
• You Just Can't Stop John McCain The Weekly Standard looks at the Arizona senator's up-and-down presidential campaign.
  Chadwick Matlin Jan. 15, 2008
  
• Give Me Property or Give Me Death! Portfolio on whether property seizures by the Chinese government may lead to demands for more freedom.
  Juliet Lapidos Jan. 11, 2008
  
• My Big, Fat, Quickie Greek Wedding Moment on how the Greek half of Cyprus has become "the Mediterranean's answer to the Las Vegas wedding scene."
  Chadwick Matlin Jan. 8, 2008
  
• Election Malfunction The New York Times Magazine on the possible computerized-voting snafus in 2008.
  David Sessions Jan. 4, 2008