This weeks issue of The Week magazine has arrived in mailboxes. Features this week include: Does Goldman have too much power? Obama’s overture in Latin America. A historic shift on CO2. Lawmaker embroiled in spy case.
Books
Author of the week: Bret Easton Ellis
As They See ’Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires by Bruce Weber
Book of the week: Crazy Love by Leslie Morgan Steiner
Novel of the week: Wetlands by Charlotte Roche
Music
The Felice Brothers: Yonder Is the Clock
The Juan MacLean: The Future Will Come
Metric: Fantasies
Film
Every Little Step
State of Play
Is Anybody There?
New on DVD
People and Gossip
Gossip: Ashton Kutcher
Gossip: Bill Murray
Gossip: Jackie Chan
Gossip: Madonna
The Central Park jogger, 20 years later
The keeper of the Hubble
Suzy Welch’s fateful encounter
Lifestyle
New cars: 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series
The best … inexpensive netbooks
Tip of the week: What to tip when traveling
Best websites with solutions for ailing iPods
For those who have everything: DriveCam
Travel
This week’s travel dream: California’s ‘utopia by the sea’
Getting the flavor of … Wisconsin’s pleasant peninsula, and more
Last-minute travel deals
Hotel of the week: Andaz West Hollywood
Book List
Best books … chosen by Leslie Cockburn
Stage
Stage: Ghostwritten
The week’s other opening: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Art
Exhibit of the week: Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West
The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan
Where to buy … Pen to Press/Paint to Print
Television
Movies on TV this week
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Show of the week: Cry for Help
Extras
Issue of the week: Does Goldman have too much power?
Extras
Business columns: Crying crocodile tears over charity
Business columns: Think locally, advertise carefully
Making Money
Stocks: Is ‘buy and hold’ holding you back?
Workplace
What the experts say
Main Stories
Obama’s overture to Latin America
News & Opinion
Main Stories
Obama’s overture to Latin America
Main Stories
A historic shift on CO2
Lawmaker embroiled in spy case
Controversies
‘Torture memos’: What do they really reveal?
Best Columns – US
Should Texas secede from the Union?
Treating autism with attention
Big Brother at the traffic intersection
Quote of the week: Meghan Daum
Best Columns – Europe
Italy: Where parking is literally to die for
Germany: A musical symbol of reunification
U.N. anti-racism conference: To boycott or not to boycott?
Best Columns – International
North Korea: Buying yachts while the people starve
Canada: When green power is not so green
Talking Points
Tea parties: A true expression of discontent?
Surveillance: The conservative backlash
Susan Boyle: The homely nightingale
Obesity: Can you be too fat to fly?
Briefing
The Twitter revolution
How They See Us
Obama reaches out to Cuba, Venezuela
Obituaries
The Ivory Snow model who became a porn star
The British bon vivant who was a major crank
The scholar who pioneered ‘queer theory’
Health and Science
Health & Science
Health scare of the week: Veggies + smoking = cancer
Boring but Important
New stem-cell research rules, and more
Only in America
Soccer coach penalizes parents, and more
Good Week – Bad Week
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, and more
Tabloids
Mississippi woman survives shot through the head
Noted
No profits for YouTube, and more
Puzzles
What Next? Contest: Tax Code – May 1, 2009
Crossword – May 1, 2009
Crossword solution – May 1, 2009
Sudoku – May 1, 2009
Sudoku solution – May 1, 2009