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MY TURN
This (Illegal) American Life
Maria E. Andreu 10/4/2008 12:00:00 AM
When the pundits began to tear into undocumented immigrants last summer, using terms like "parasites" and "criminals," my first reaction was to bury my head and turn off the TV. I had worked too hard since my own illegal Mexican border crossing 30 years ago, at the age of 8, to blow my cover now. I had assiduously cultivated myself as an American, reading the right books, sporting "the Rachel" haircut in the '90s, gossiping about reality TV with gusto on the sidelines of my children's soccer games. I was aided by pasty white skin that placed my ancestry vaguely somewhere in the northern Mediterranean countries or Eastern Europe in most people's imaginations, not among the stereotype of an illegal immigrant.
BOOKS
Living a Dog's Life
Kurt Soller 9/29/2008 12:00:00 AM
Early in her new book, Australian author Kate Jennings describes her new puppy not as a "small brown dog," but as a "tense bundle of muscle and sinew that stood seventeen inches high." Not exactly the gushy tone you might read in other dog books, but "Stanley and Sophie" sacrifices sweetness for some harsh realities: losing a husband, living in post-9/11 New York and adopting two dogs in hopes of companionship. Jennings learned to love the pair, so when it came time for her third book, Jennings turned to what she new best—her two border terriers. To be fair, it took some imagination to get into a dog's mindset: "For one, I don't do handstands when I pee" she told NEWSWEEK's Kurt Soller before delving into what makes dog literature an art form; how one should take care of monkeys; and why so many New Yorkers squeeze pets into their miniscule apartments. Excerpts:
EXECUTIVE LIFE
Start Grousing Now!
Ginanne Brownell 9/27/2008 12:00:00 AM
Britain's grouse-hunting season is in full swing until mid October. The British sporting company Roxtons offers bespoke driving and walking shoots in Scotland and northern England, charging $218 per brace of birds (roxtons.com). In Yorkshire, the Black Swan Hotel is an ideal base for a shooting weekend. With divine rooms, a gourmet restaurant and an Elemis spa, it's a fine place to relax after a day spent tracking red grouse or the lesser-known ptarmigan (blackswan-helmsley.co.uk; rooms start at $180).
FACTCHECK.ORG
Call of the Wild
Viveca Novak 9/24/2008 12:00:00 AM
Alaskan officials call it "predator control," not aerial hunting, and use it to keep the populations of moose and caribou high for subsistence hunters.
Neocons On The Line
Michael Hirsh
EXCLUSIVE
Starr's Search For An Exit Strategy

Ken Starr has become a prisoner of his own investigation. After four and a half years as Whitewater special prosecutor, "Ken's ready to focus on coming back to the real world," a close friend tells NEWSWEEK. But he can't seem to find an exit strategy.