COVER
The Clean Energy Scam
Ethanol increases global warming, destroys forests and inflates food prices. So why are we subsidizing it?
EUROPE
Italian Elections: All Is Not Lost
As elections loom, Italy seems mired in a political and economic malaise. Yet amid the gloom, there are signs of hope and progress even in the perennially troubled south. How one town is finding its own way forward
VIEWPOINT
A New Era for Africa (Commentary)
Anticolonial warriors like Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe transformed the continent. But it's time to move on
ARTS
Wayne McGregor: Mind in Motion (Dance)
Wayne McGregor's brilliantly weird ballets draw on everything from high tech to insect behavior
SPORTS
Golf: Living History
Few sports events are so steeped in tradition, yet the Masters has reinvented itself as golf has changed
GLOBAL ADVISER
X-ray Photography: Inner Beauty (Diversions)
Get a closer look in X-ray photographer Nick Veasey's new book
Australia: Glimpses of the Past (Great Outdoors)
A gallery of birds, beasts and spirits in Australia is a lively monument to a lost tribe
Hotel Pulitzer: Cool Made Easy (Check In)
For true cool head for Barcelona's Hotel Pulitzer
Culture Club (TIME Traveler)
Four of the best highbrow nights out coming up around the globe
Spellbinding: The Witchery Restaurant (Amuse-Bouche)
The most haunting thing about Edinburgh's finest restaurant is its gothic elegance
LETTERS
Please Help Yourself (Inbox)
The Keys to Common Wealth; Two Wrongs?; Land of Peril — and Peace