COVER
Can Roger Goodell Save Football? (Sports)
Concussions. Bounties. Replacement refs. and now another player tragedy. For the NFL commissioner, the problems keep piling up
FEATURES
The Coconut Craze (Business)
Touted for thirst-quenching, skin-soothing goodness, this tropical-fruit star is straining the supply chain
Confessions Of A Sniper (World)
A rebel gunman in Syria talks about his disillusionment with the cause--and one soul-shattering decision
Cliff Hanger (Nation)
What Paul Ryan's vote on a fiscal-cliff deal will tell us about his political future--and the direction of the Republican Party
BRIEFING
Redefining Mental Illness (Health&Science)
New guidelines will change how we assess what ails the mind
The Dictator's Daughter (Profile)
Park Geun-hye may become South Korea's next President
World
Arthur Chaskalson (Milestones)
South African jurist
Rick Majerus (Milestones)
Outsize coach
U.S.S. Enterprise (Milestones)
Fabled carrier
Milestones (Milestones)
COMMENTARY
The Art of the Bad Deal (The Curious Capitalist)
Why companies are addicted to misguided mergers — and how it's killing innovation
Obamacare vs. Medicare (In the Arena)
Meshing the two plans could lead to better care and savings for taxpayers
Sympathy for the Devil (Viewpoint)
Losing isn't fun. Luckily, all my grief counselors are Democrats
THE CULTURE
10 Questions for Enrique Peña Nieto (10 Questions)
Mexico's new President, Enrique Peña Nieto, on marijuana legalization, narcoviolence and Hispanic-voter clout
Pop Chart
Search and Destroy (Movies)
Kathryn Bigelow re-creates the hunt for Osama bin Laden
They Dreamed a Dream (Movies)
Les Misrables is a whole new kind of movie musical
Bound for Glory (Books)
The year's best gift books are built to browse
Synthespians! (Movies)
Advances in motion capture rewrite the rules of filmmaking
Driving Miss Barbra (The Awesome Column)
Seth Rogen road-trips with Streisand in a movie. I pull it off for real