Jerry Adler

In this 1997 piece, Newsweek reports on how Princess Diana raised her sons, and how her death affected them.

"My goal," Hawking said, "is a complete understanding of the universe."

There is no particular reason why the National Museum of American Jewish History should be located in Philadelphia, rather than, say, Brooklyn, except that it happened to have been founded there in 1976, by members of Congregation Mikveh Israel.

Conservatives say that environmentalists are to blame for the recent resurgence in bedbugs, because DDT and other household chemicals are no longer legal for the purpose of eradicating them.

In the latest edition of Newsverse, NEWSWEEK's poetic take on the news of the day, Jerry Adler melds a children's favorite with Alan Simpson's controversial recent comment on the state of Social Security.

Rhonda Byrne, author of "The Secret," has a new book called "The Power," which claims you can get anything by believing in it. Don't believe it.

In this week's edition of Newsverse, NEWSWEEK's weekly poetic take on the news, Jerry Adler muses on anti-Muslim sentiment in America in light of the controversy of a mosque in lower Manhattan.

In the latest installment of Newsverse, NEWSWEEK's poetic take on the news, Jerry Adler muses on plans to build mosques in New York and Temecula, Calif.

The Iowa Republican Party wants to resurrect a long-forgotten attempt to amend the Constitution in order to criticize President Obama.

In this week's edition of Newsverse, NEWSWEEK's humorous poetic take on current events, Jerry Adler examines an unusual conviction for deception rendered by an Israeli court.

In the latest edition of Newsverse, NEWSWEEK's humorous literary take on the news, Jerry Adler turns to prose with an absurdist satire of Capitol Hill politicking.

Newsweek's poetic take on Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle's less-than-poetic advice to turn "a lemon situation into lemonade."

In this week's edition of Newsverse, the Gaggle's weekly poetic take on the news, Jerry Adler imagines confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan as a meal at a restaurant.

It may be a bad week for humans, but it's good news for the whales, who the International Whaling Commission has put off opening up to hunting again. "Krill, baby, krill!" says our news poet, Jerry Adler.

I feel so bad I got a worried mind I'm all covered up in slime It's feeling something like the End of Time In Black Bayou.

Our poetic take on a new edict by General Motors that employees should henceforth always say "Chevrolet" instead of "Chevy."

This week's installment of our humorous take on the news, in light verse, about how President Obama has been criticized for not getting angry enough about the gulf oil spill.

In this week's installment of Newsverse, NEWSWEEK's current-events-themed poetry series, Jerry Adler takes on the gulf oil spill. "Mud can do a tip-Top Kill. Dump some on the nearest spill. And the rest on Kim Jong-il."

"At one time people used to think of golf, and golf courses, and golf clubs as being exclusive. But I think in recent years, now you see a lot of people playing golf ...

The story of Barack Obama's presidency to this point has mostly been written in domestic and economic policy. But he came to office promising to change American policy and rhetoric toward the rest of the world, especially America's historic adversaries in Asia and the Mideast. There is no disputing that he has done that, but at what costs, and to what ends?

By Jerry Adler SALT LAKE CITY— Senator Robert F. Bennett, an 18-year veteran Republican who had been seeking a fourth term, was stripped of his party's nomination ...

Randi Weingarten, Rod Paige, and others debate education reform.

In the latest Intelligence Squared US debate, the audience agreed that the Golden State has lost its luster.

Is the U.S. to blame? That was the question at the latest Intelligence Squared US debate.

Cleveland Clinic is both highly effective and fiercely efficient. So why are its methods so rare?

A new book promises incontrovertible proof of the afterlife. That's cold comfort to those of us left behind.

How was Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who will be released from a Scottish prison to die at home, convicted in the first place?

We need a national system of electronic medical records.

It takes courage and discipline to live every day with the haunting uncertainty of epilepsy. A good doctor helps, too.

Dinosaur experts are saddened but not surprised by the theft of a fossil.