(FORTUNE Magazine) – I love this picture. The unselfconscious intensity of the look on senior writer Betsy Morris' face as she watches her son, Johnny, 12, play violin captures how we all feel about our kids. That kind of love is why it's so painful if we learn, as she did seven years ago, that one of our kids must cope for the rest of his life with a serious problem--in Johnny's case, dyslexia. This personal angle, backed by her usual deep reporting and stylish writing, is what makes Betsy's cover story on dyslexic executives so remarkable. She started last August, after talking about this idea for years. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 slowed things down, but the bigger delay was the time and effort it took to identify leaders with dyslexia and then persuade them to talk about what for many is still a painful issue. "I realized I'd learned so much from watching Johnny deal with this: patience, perseverance, and not to give up when things don't come easily--like this story," says Betsy (who also has a daughter, Jamie, 7). Today Johnny is doing fine; he loves music and baseball, and with constant effort, has become a good reader. ("I still hate math, though," he says.) Now, thanks to his mom, we can all take hope from the inspiring stories of people who haven't just faced adversity--they have triumphed over it.

Do you blog? Lots of folks do these days--that is, check out Internet diaries that are written by provocative voices, updated regularly, and linked to a great range of other interesting Web pages. (For the digitally challenged, "blog" is short for "Web log.") Well, here's some news: Peter Lewis, FORTUNE's award-winning tech writer and the editor of our Technology section--he's our killer app when it comes to sorting through the latest gadgets and gizmos--has just launched a terrific new blog at fortune.com/ontech. Now, in addition to enjoying Pete's great product reviews in the magazine (check out his survey of digital audio players and noise-reducing headphones in this issue), you can go online to catch the latest on what he's seeing at trade shows, read up-to-the-minute rants and raves, or just ask questions and get answers from an expert. Blog away, people!

Here's a surprise. America's biggest medicine supplier is a little-known Israeli company called Teva Pharmaceuticals, whose once-hot stock has been battered by the turmoil in the Middle East (see "Make Medicine, Not War"). That's just the kind of discovery story we're looking for from writer John Simons, who recently gave up prowling the Silicon Valley beat to focus on drug companies. After covering technology for nine years for U.S. News, the Wall Street Journal, and lately FORTUNE, John is psyched about his new role. "For most of my career, tech ruled the day, and Pharma was its nerdy step-brother," he says. "But with its life-changing breakthroughs, intense legal battles, huge financial bets, and shifting business models, the drug business is now about a lot more than pills and powders." We're confident John will convey that excitement to you.