articles 12/19

The Parent Trap
by Susan M. Barbieri
Unlike the chasm that separated baby boom parents from their parents, many of today's teenagers' tastes in clothes and music, as well as their political and social beliefs, dovetail with those of their parents. They are part of a generation from ages 9 to 19 that looks to Mom and Dad as role models.

Reuters
Saudi Al Qaeda Urges Attacks on Oil Facilities-Web

AFP
Poor diet, inherited disease made Gollum mad

NY Times
Pentagon Seeks to Expand Role in Intelligence-Collecting

LA Times
Capitalizing on a Politician's Clout
The husband, daughter and son of Rep. Maxine Waters have business links to people the influential lawmaker has aided.

Still in shadow
By Megan K. Stack
The old Iraq is gone. To take the measure of the Iraq emerging in its place, Times foreign correspondent Megan K.Stack made repeat visits to the small city of Samawah in the Shiite heartland.

Philip Morris Image a Tough Sell
By Myron Levin
The top cigarette maker says it has changed. Many tobacco foes are not impressed.

NY Times
Some Bosses Let Workers Choose Their Own Bonuses

W. Post Magazine
The Wounds of War
Fewer American soldiers are dying by gunfire in Iraq than in previous wars, but more are battling serious injuries after they arrive home. Alan Babin would tell you just how tough it is, if he could
By Monte Reel

Maybe We're the Desperate Ones
By David Blum

NY Times
In Kerik, Bush Saw Values Crucial to Post-9/11 World

Your Blog or Mine?
by Jeffrey Rosen

WSJ Editorial
The Blue-State Tax Burden
Dems want to soak the rich, but not the states where they live.

Time
Person of the Year
For sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years, George W. Bush is TIME's 2004 Person of the Year

Time
Interview With The President
On a sunny afternoon last week, President George W. Bush sat down in the Oval Office with White House correspondents Matthew Cooper and John Dickerson and editor at large Nancy Gibbs to talk about Iraq, his second term and how he views his place in history.

Time
The Rove Warrior
No adviser has ever dominated the White House like Karl Rove. So what does the President see in him, and what's he planning to do next?

Newsweek
Does Cosby Help?
He's railed at black kids for choosing bling over books. What they think—and what Cos must do to reach them

Searching for Mr. Wilson
by Michael Barone

Newsweek
A Buddy Picture
The controversy over Bernie Kerik's failed bid to run Homeland Security has hurt more than his reputation. Just ask his friend and business partner, Rudy Giuliani.

Time
Don't Call It A Dynasty
But that's what the Bush family is. So just how has America's most enduring political family endured, and who's next in line?

10 Things We Learned About Blogs
Radio had its golden age in the 1930s. In the 1950s, it was television's turn. Historians may well date the golden age of the blog from 2004—when Merriam-Webster.com's most searched—for definition was blog. How long can it last? Who knows? Here's what we discovered about the new medium this year

NY Post Editorial
Return of the Wacky Vet-Myth

W. Post
Baseball Battle Began Small
What MLB saw as deal-sweetener, D.C. Council saw as thumb in city's eye

Struggling for relevance
by Cal Thomas
It cannot be pleasant to be on a losing track when you are accustomed to winning. Ask the former Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins (4-9 so far) and their Hall of Fame head coach, Joe Gibbs.