COVER
College Is Dead. Long Live College! (Special Report)
Can a new breed of online megacourses finally offer a college education to more people for less money?
EDITOR'S DESK
Why Education Is The Answer (Cover)
COMMENTARY
A Campaign Without Heart (In the Arena)
Obama and Romney's town-hall debate was about politics but not the people
The New Oil and Gas Boom (Worldview)
The U.S. will soon be a net exporter of energy. That could change everything
FEATURES
Demand Real Change (Special Report)
Time to trade in Big Government policies for innovation
How The Voters Won (Nation)
A national push to tighten voting rules has sputtered
Reinventing College (Special Report)
Don't Stop Now (Special Report)
Our reforms are taking root and delivering results
How Voting Got Harder (Nation)
Until the courts intervened
The Debt Crisis In Higher Ed (Special Report)
Six views on how to meet the challenge of soaring costs
THE CULTURE
Pop Chart
Cultural Revolution (Art)
Ai Weiwei revives what China forgets
Q&A with Ai Weiwei (Art)
10 Questions for Sherman Alexie (10 Questions)
Native American poet and author Sherman Alexie on rain dances, alcoholism and Chief Wahoo
The Screen's the Limit (Movies)
Cloud Atlas and the lure of unfilmable books
I Do What I'm Polled (The Awesome Column)
Politicians use polls to advise them on policy. Why shouldn't I?
The Bond Market (Movies)
Five decades of 007's hits, martinis and misses
BRIEFING
Meningitis Mess (Health&Science)
The trouble with custom-made drugs
Arlen Specter (Milestones)
Longtime Pennsylvania Senator
World
Norodom Sihanouk (Milestones)
More Trick than Treat (Economy)
Why this year's Halloween will be the priciest ever
Armstrong's Ahab (Sports)
This anti-doping cop brought down a cycling icon
Milestones (Milestones)
What's Left to Do By Mark Halperin (Nation)
What Romney and Obama need to do to make it happen