Eleanor Clift /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/budget-hawks-alan-simpson-and-erskine-bowles 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

The deficit continues to climb. Obama ignored the two men who tried to stop it.

Michael Daly /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/diamond-thieves-now-73-on-a-new-crime-spree 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

A spectacular heist. A foiled burglary. Two thieves in their 70s. Where’s the diamond?

Isaac Stone Fish /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/american-chinese-food-comes-to-china 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

Straight from a suburban shopping mall, American ‘Chinese’ food is coming to the mainland.

/content/newsweek/2012/02/05/michael-kors-s-favorite-mistake-designing-bodysuits-for-men 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

The designer on the dangers of snappy underwear.

Sarah Palin /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/life-with-trig-sarah-palin-on-raising-a-special-needs-child 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

He’s nearing his 4th birthday. He has Down syndrome. And he greets every day with a round of applause.

Ari Karpel /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/kevin-smith-s-brand-extends-to-comic-book-men 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

Reality shows, comedy films, self-help books—is there anything Kevin Smith can’t do?

Paul Begala /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/trump-endorsed-mitt-and-cain-chose-newt-but-does-it-matter 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

So Trump’s placed his chips on Mitt, and Cain’s gone for Newt. But will it change a single vote?

Tunku Varadarajan /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/the-world-on-a-page 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

Cardboard Khomeini, suicidal Sarkozy—and dear old Wislawa Szymborska.

Sami Yousafzai Ron Moreau /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/the-pakistani-doctor-who-helped-the-cia-nail-bin-laden 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

He helped take down bin Laden. Now he could be hanged for it.

Simon Schama /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/dickens-made-masterpieces-out-of-modern-cruelties 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

The novelist made masterpieces out of modern cruelties.

Gary Marcus /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/whip-its-why-can-killing-brain-cells-feel-good 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

Why has evolution let drugs be fun?

Howard Kurtz /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/journalism-s-model-for-doing-good 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

A new model for doing good

Sunit Arora /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/starbucks-sets-up-shop-in-india 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

The coffee king has set its sights on India.

Laura Colarusso /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/an-ode-to-alton-brown-s-good-eats 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

TV’s smartest chef, Alton Brown, is ending his blockbuster show after more than a decade.

Lloyd Grove /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/newt-gingrich-plots-his-comeback 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

He's been buried by an avalanche of attack ads, and outspent 5-1 but that's when Gingrich is most dangerous.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/ayaan-hirsi-ali-the-global-war-on-christians-in-the-muslim-world 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

From one end of the muslim world to the other, Christians are being murdered for their faith.

Melinda Liu /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/xi-jinping-china-s-next-president 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

Meet Xi Jinping of China’s communist party who will lead Beijing’s new political generation.

Chris Lee /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/bravo-gustavo-how-maestro-dudamel-is-saving-classical-music 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

Gustavo Dudamel is the Elvis of the orchestra world. He's bridging the generation gap—and saving classical music.

Sarah A. Topol /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/egypt-cracks-down-on-ngos 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

The current crackdown could spell the end of U.S. military assistance to Cairo.

Niall Ferguson /content/newsweek/2012/02/05/israel-and-iran-on-the-eve-of-destruction-in-a-new-six-day-war 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z

There are plenty of arguments against an Israeli attack on Iran. And all of them are bad.