Issue Contents

Jan-Feb 2008: How to Get Into Heaven

Cover Story:

How to Get Into Heaven

By Maggie Koerth-Baker
Planning to go to heaven, but don't know what to pack? Stop worrying. From nothingness to Nirvana, our angel of a travel agent has all the tips to help you reach the final destination of your choice.

Features:

An Unbiased Guide to Really Big Issues-Health Care

By Jennifer Drapkin
Does thinking about the American health care system give you a headache? Let our easy-to-swallow guide give your brain some relief.

The Starving, Hysterical, Naked Mind of Allen Ginsberg

By Ransom Riggs
The founding poet of the Beat generation, Allen Ginsberg was one of the most divisive figures of the 1960s. But whether you see him as a force for good or evil, he was unequivocally a force that changed American literature forever.

The (Very Profitable) Economics of Emissions

By Sam Kean
For decades, Wall Street has seen environmentalism as a pest-but no longer. Take a look at how big business is turning greenhouse gas into cold, hard cash.

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Grammar Time

By Eric Furman and Ransom Riggs
From Superscripts (actors who turned down great roles) to the Chicago Manual of Style (getting decked out in Windy City trivia), these are the sexiest stories in the history of sentence structure. Period.