In Iraq, Bottoms Up for Democracy
By TIM ARANGO
Can Islam and personal freedoms coexist in Iraq? The hopping Baghdad bar scene suggests they might, for now.
Anthony Freda
The Psychology of Cheating
By BENEDICT CAREY
In sports, high finance or taxes, it’s often an obsession with fairness — and with not being played for a chump — that leads to dishonesty.
The Budget Debate, Revealed
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
The most fundamental reassessment of the size and role of government since at least Ronald Reagan is under way.
The French, the Veil and the Look
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Why don’t the French like Muslim full-face veils? So many reasons, but one explanation is cultural: in France, the eyes are supposed to meet in public.
Who Really Cares How Yuppies Raise Their Kids?
By MOTOKO RICH
Paradoxically, the kind of parents who follow debates about parenting may be those with the least to worry about.
Tiger Beat: Still Squeaky Clean After All These Years
By JON CARAMANICA
Hair floating, skin dewy, eyes free of guile: in 1965 and still today, the boys of Tiger Beat will never hurt you.
Quick Hits
Fighting Words
The Roman Catholic Church is preparing to introduce the most significant changes in the Mass in the more than 40 years since the church permitted English in place of Latin.
Prime Number
24: The average debt, in thousands of dollars, of college students who took out loans and graduated last year.
Grist
Germany Turns a Death Strip Into a Sanctuary
An 870-mile stretch of no-man’s land that once divided East and West Germany is being transformed into a nature preserve.
Inside NYTimes.com
