Here's the abbreviated TOC for this week's issue. Links will be linkilated later; diacritics have been noted with a tired nod. What looks good: H. Allen Orr on evolution/devolution; Ian Frazier on anything; Paul Goldberger on Ground Zero; David Bezmozgis's short story "The Russian Riviera" because I'm hopped up on Russia lately; Sharon Olds and Donald Hall poems; Peter Schjeldahl on Jasper Johns; most of my favorite cartoonists.

Special stuff, online only: "PLUS: Coming tomorrow, a discussion with Bruck about McCain and the 2008 Presidential race." And, of course, the current stats on the caption contest (plus a really annoying Cartier ad). The pitch-perfect Lewis Gatlin ("This is my stop. Phil, you'll be C.E.O. till Sixty-third Street") won contest #2, as I predicted; although my mom didn't make it to the finals of Gorging Dragons with "I take it you'll be paying," there's still a very funny caption, which is David Markham's "Remember that time you made me laugh and people came out of my nose?" That's the one you'll be voting for, I'm sure. The other contest results are pending. Pray for justice.

TALK OF THE TOWN/FINANCIAL PAGE
Hendrik Hertzberg on Newsweek, the White House, and the fallout from the Guantanamo allegations.
Jeffrey Toobin on a legal battle raging within a feminist arts organization.
Rebecca Mead on trying to save the mounds in Washington Square Park.
Calvin Tomkins on celebrating David Rockefeller's birthday.
James Surowiecki on how geography is still destiny when it comes to medical care.

ANNALS OF SCIENCE
H. Allen Orr
Devolution: Intelligent design vs. Darwin.

SHOUTS & MURMURS
Ian Frazier: Chinese Arithmetic

THE SKY LINE [Have I seen this heading before? I don't think so. Old-fashioned style, "sky line" as two words. It makes you actually think about the shape of the line formed by the buildings, which is nice.]
Paul Goldberger
A New Beginning: Should Ground Zero be used for housing?

PROFILES
Connie Bruck
McCain’s Party: The Arizona senator gets ready for 2008.

FICTION
David Bezmozgis: “The Russian Riviera”

BOOKS
Arthur Krystal: A history of the night.
Briefly Noted

THE THEATRE
Hilton Als: “Miss Julie,” “Memory House,” “Flight.”

MUSICAL EVENTS
Alex Ross: “Tristan und Isolde,” “Cyrano de Bergerac.”

THE ART WORLD
Peter Schjeldahl: New work by Jasper Johns.

THE CURRENT CINEMA
David Denby: “The Ninth Day,” “Madagascar.”

POEMS
Donald Hall, “Tennis Ball”
Sharon Olds, “Her Creed”

COVER
Peter de Seve: “The Song of Spring”

DRAWINGS
Danny Shanahan, Liza Donnelly, Eric Lewis, Roz Chast, Leo Cullum, Bruce Eric Kaplan, J. J. Sempe, William Haefeli, Victoria Roberts, David Sipress, P. C. Vey, Jack Ziegler, C. Covert Darbyshire, Drew Dernavich, Mick Stevens

SPOTS
Laurent Cilluffo