What Hillary Stands For
Opponents say she tries to have it both ways. Pundits call her slippery. Joe Klein sits down with the Senator to hear her side


Decapitation: Mafia Adaptation (Crime/Mafia)
The arrest of Sicily's chief mobster sets the Mafia up for a new round of its old specialty: adaptation


Dubai Aerospace: Air Apparent
With big plans and deep pockets, Dubai Aerospace aims to be the next major player in aeronautics


Postcard: Jordan
King Abdullah II has opened an ambitious new academy modeled on the New England boarding school he attended. Can Arab preppies save the Middle East?


Green Crusaders (Inbox)
Another Inconvenient Truth; Guns for Hire; Liberated from the Other Parties; The Society they Keep

Thomas Middleton: For Adults Only (Theater)
After centuries of neglect, Thomas Middleton is being relaunched as the dark, edgy equal of Shakespeare

The Bawdy Bard (Viewpoint)
Middleton's works were banned and burned. But his fixation with sex makes him a writer for our times

Musicophilia: Song of Myself (Books)
Neurologist Oliver Sacks explores the exquisite complexity of music's effect on the human mind


Milan: A View to Please (Check In)
In a Milan landmark a hotel takes service to the extreme

Garden of Musical Delights (Diversions)
Cape Town's Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden plays host to an eclectic concert season

Something Like the Real Thing (Gift Guide)
Forget novelty pens. Take a piece of history home from the best museum stores