Table of Contents

Republican bards

Cover Story | From the aftermath of 9/11 to this month's State of the Union address, an elite group of conservative speechwriters is helping to mold a wartime presidency

In this issue: "Fighting words," Jan. 12, 2002

Features

Subscriber Content

All politics is local

International |  The United States has been watching Afghanistan, but hot spots elsewhere deserve a squint

Subscriber Content

Heart and cold

National |  Doctors find new weapons against heart disease and cold ailments, while energy drinks spark debate

Subscriber Content

Starting over

National |  Layoffs may prompt an entrepreneurial surge, America West gasps for air, and toll-free phone service ebbs

Subscriber Content

Coming home

National |  A soldier badly wounded in the 9/11 attack finally leaves the hospital, but his ordeal isn't over

Dispatches

Subscriber Content

Quotables

She didn't betray the real Germany by doing that. Andre Schmitz, chief of staff to Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, on movie legend Marlene Dietrich's repudiating…

Subscriber Content

QuickTakes

CIVIL LIBERTIES FOR AMERICANS? What kind of election can exist when the candidates are legally barred from expressing their political views? Columnist George…

Subscriber Content

Flash Traffic

Political buzz from Washington

Subscriber Content

The Buzz

Moussaoui does not "have anything to plead," Reid jailed without bail Terror on trial "In the name of Allah I do not have anything to plead. I enter no plea.

Reviews

Subscriber Content

Bestsellers

Culture |  The five best-selling nonfiction hardbacks as measured by placement on four leading lists as of Dec. 31

Subscriber Content

Morally ugly minds

Culture |  Family-friendly movies need more than the absence of offensive elements

Subscriber Content

Powerful Rings

Culture |  Movie version of Tolkien's book speaks to today's culture

Voices

Subscriber Content

Capitol Hill cynics

While some Americans sacrifice, Congress spends and spends

Subscriber Content

Extraordinarily common

Christian novelists should do fantasy well

Subscriber Content

Mailbag

Appalled I read with interest and horror the articles on human cloning. I'm appalled that such things are being pursued and that the average citizen seems to…

Subscriber Content

Romantic realism

Trend leaders rarely offer this Christian alternative

Advertisement