Week in Review

The Nation: The American Wanderer, in All His Stripes
Rootlessness, the label that sticks to stories like Barack Obama?s, is a national trait that both attracts and repels.


The World: A Marathon Long Before China Began a Mad Dash
In 1973, the race was shorter to assist runners weakened by the Cultural Revolution.


Ideas & Trends: Becoming the Big New Idea: First, Look the Part
The wind turbine excels aesthetically. Perhaps economically, too.


Ideas & Trends: Talking Sports the Way Men Really Talk Sports
Few celebrity divorces have been as inevitable, and perhaps as piercing, as the one between Mike and the Mad Dog.


Crowd Funding: A Different Way to Pay for the News You Want
Journalists are turning to the public for ideas and the money to do their investigative reporting.


The World: Barriers That Are Steep and Linguistic
To understand the conflict in Georgia, listen to how people speak in the Caucasus.


The World: It?s Legacy Time. Rice Fights for Hers on Familiar Turf.
As her tenure winds down, the Russia expert faces a personal test.