文档介绍：Table of Contents: January 11. 2010
IN THIS ISSUE EDITION: . Vol. 175 No. 1

COVER
The Lessons of Flight 253 (The Well / Cover)
Missed signs, cumbersome lists and spotty screening permitted a terrorist to take a makeshift bomb on a
Christmas flight to Detroit. What the . should learn from a near calamity

Please Remain Standing (Viewpoint)
Alert passengers averted disaster on Flight 253. So let's stop acting like helpless victims

NATION
Can Megachurches Bridge the Racial Divide? (The Well / Religion)
Sunday morning remains the most segregated time in America. How some Evangelicals are bridging the
divide

ESSAY
2010 and On: Pundits Get Ready for Their Close-Up (Commentary / Tuned In)
Pundits are turning media stardom into political power. How far will it take them?

The Left's Idiocy on Health Reform (Commentary / In the Arena)
The left is attacking health care reform as a sellout--and helping right-wing populists in the process

Remembrance of Things Future (Commentary)
The start of a new year is a chance to plan ahead before history changes everything

WORLD
Postcard from Banda Aceh (Postcard)
Five years after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, a reporter returns to the disaster's ground zero. A
town rebuilt, but scars remain

A Bold Opening for Chess Player Magnus Carlsen (Profile)
Computer trained yet deeply intuitive, Magnus Carlsen, the youngest No. 1 player in chess history, is
reinvigorating the game of kings

Merkel's Moment (The Well / World)
A trailblazer and the unchallenged leader of Europe's largest economy, Germany's Chancellor now faces
an fortable question, How should her country use its power?

LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Downward Spiral of David Mamet (Theater)
He's America's most influential playwright. But his new play shows how far wrong he's gone

Sherlock Holmes (Holiday Movies)
It isn't surprising that Guy Ritchie would