COVER

Lincoln To The Rescue (Lincoln: Past and Present)

What the master politician of 1862 can teach the Presidential hopefuls of 2012

EDITOR'S DESK

FEATURES

Hail To The Chief (Lincoln: Past and Present)

The greatest living actor plays the greatest American President. How Daniel Day-Lewis found Lincoln's voice.

A.L. Confidential (Lincoln: Past and Present)

To really understand Abraham Lincoln, you've got to know what he hid in his desk

Town And Country (Election 2012)

Why Ohio will decide the presidential election

Action, Mr. President! (Lincoln: Past and Present)

Steven Spielberg talks with time's Rick Stengel about ambition, compromise and what to wear while filming a President

BRIEFING

Nobody Wins (Nation)

What happens if Obama and Romney tie in the Electoral College?

COMMENTARY

The Two-Faced Economy (The Curious Capitalist)

Consumers are spending, corporations are not. Which group is getting it wrong?

THE CULTURE

High Turbulence (Movies)

Denzel Washington takes flight as a daredevil with demons

Block the Vote (The Awesome Column)

Proposed: Citizens will not have the right to vote unless they are as smart as me

Shelling Out (Money)

Buy-local advocates are rallying mobs--to shop

BUSINESS

The Not So Magic Kingdom (Tourism)

Disneyland Paris is a tourist magnet for France. But the park has yet to pay off for Walt Disney