Women: Symbols of Strength
When Hillary Clinton travels around the world as secretary of state, she is a global celebrity of the first rank. But that's not how she felt when she went to Burma for the first time in 2011 to meet with the heroic Aung San Suu Kyi. One of the greatest living human-rights campaigners, Suu Kyi had chosen to endure—for the sake of the Burmese people—the daily threat of death and 15 years of house arrest, cut off from her husband and children. "It was, 'Oh, my God, I cannot believe I am with...
China Has Our Jobs. But Not Our Navy Seals!
In the middle of self-serving and greedy electioneering, there was such nobility to the U.S. Navy SEALs rescue of a 32-year-old former fourth-grade teacher from the clutches of brutal Somali pirates (one of whom was named Osman Alcohol). It was like hearing from afar the lost chords of "America the Beautiful." SEAL Team 6 has become a more vivid symbol of the power of the great American idea than positive GDP statistics. Maybe the Chinese are more willing to bully their workforce out of bed in...
Fix Economy, See 'The Artist' First
Some of the more earnest members of the 1 percent are flocking to Davos this week, expecting to hear from IMF director Christine Lagarde and do-gooder money machine George Soros, among other big shots currently trying to save the world. Both of them will tell you that while we here are obsessed with such daft (albeit deliciously entertaining) distractions as whether or not Newt Gingrich asked his vengeful ex-wife for an open marriage, the global economic crisis is gaining in a severity that...
President Obama Braces for the GOP
As the republican candidates reach their O.K. Corral, the president prepares for the next gunfight.
Mormons Conquer the World
From The Great White Way to the Iowa caucuses, Mormons are in ascendance.
Stand By Your Candidate
Political wives prepare for the hardest race of their lives. And more from this week's NEWSWEEK.
