The incompetent or the incoherent?

This is the headline on the cover of our newest magazine, The Economist, recently gifted to us by retired Russian teacher, Connie Curtin (thanks, Connie!). The article inside (p. 9) notes that "America's presidential election is a contest between two deeply flawed candidates. If we had a vote, with a heavy heart we would cast it for John Kerry." Hardly a ringing endorsement. This London-based international news and business publication will give us a new insight into world affairs as well as our own country's workings. The articles are more pointedly opinionated than what we are used to in American news weeklies. The subtitles are particularly fun that way:

"At last, a trial for Peru's terrorist mastermind"
"Watch the governor [Arnold Schwarzenegger]smile and scowl"
"Challenging the imperialists is getting easier"
"Muslims die in custody, and the prime minister blames Ramadan"

Besides finding the current issue in the library, you can read it at home online here (to get back issues through the library's subscription databases) or here (the magazine's own website).