The same issue offered a drool-worthy chart about 2007 bonuses and a report on "the finest" in sedans, steakhouses, jets and gold watches.
Doctors and hospital executives, who have expressed their frustration in meetings with White House and Medicare officials, said the issue offered a cautionary tale of what could happen when good intentions meet the reality of America's fragmented health care system.
After September 11th, Blackwill concluded that the United States had common cause with India in the struggle against jihadi terrorism, and he believed that the issue offered an important opportunity to bring the two countries together.
It seems unlikely that this will lead to commitment at the ballot box from Cosmo's fickle readers: the same issue offered advice on "how to date 8 men at once and get away with it".
The White House's official statement on the issue, offered by Jay Carney, Obama's press secretary, reaffirmed the president's support for the "Second Amendment rights of the American people" while urging more effective enforcement of gun laws as they exist today.
Nell Minow, the chairwoman of the Corporate Library, who David Owen profiled in The New Yorker's Money Issue, offered her views on whether these new initiatives will do anything to change corporate behavior.
