COVER
The iPad Launch: Can Steve Jobs Do It Again? (Cover)
A confessed Apple fanboy gets finger time with the iPad — and face time with Steve Jobs
The Long, Extraordinary Career of Steve Jobs
The Silicon Valley visionary introduces his latest paradigm shifting device: the iPad
Do We Need the iPad? A TIME Review (The Well / Cover)
Apple's iPad tablet is here. It's hot. But what on earth is it for? TIME reviews the new device
ESSAY
Sex Abuse: The Vatican's Struggle for Damage Control (Commentary / Vatican Memo)
The Holy See has a Twitter feed and a YouTube channel but still thinks it need answer only to God
Harvesting Democracy in Afghanistan (Commentary / In the Arena)
With the Taliban uprooted from Marjah, will McChrystal's "government in a box" bear fruit?
The Trouble with Going Off the Grid (Commentary)
In which I learn that I can live without technology. Except for my GPS, my computer and my iPhone
NATION
It's Her Party Now (The Well / Nation)
She's not on the ballot this November, but Sarah Palin is picking winners--and firing at Obamacare
The Perils of Plastic: New Focus on an Environmental Hazard (Health & Medicine / Special Report)
Chemicals in plastics and other products seem harmless, but mounting evidence links them to health problems--and Washington lacks the power to protect us
How Dangerous Are the Drugs in Our Water? (Health & Medicine / Special Report)
Americans take thousands of different kinds of drugs, and many wind up where they shouldn't: in the water supply
The Hazards Lurking At Home (Health / Special Report)
A guide to some of the most commonly found toxins in your home
A Farewell to a Fallen Service Member (The Well / Nation)
A year after the U.S. lifted the ban on media coverage of the return of dead service members, a rare glimpse into the final journey of a fallen soldier
WORLD
The Federal Jobs a Maryland Town Doesn't Want (Postcard)
A new State Department facility would bring hundreds of jobs to Maryland's Eastern Shore. But some locals aren't happy. How a proposed government project went sour
Dad, Can I Borrow The Country? (The Well / Profile)
The son of Libya's mercurial leader, Muammar Gaddafi, says he wants to change Libya. But there are stiff obstacles to reform
TO OUR READERS
Ushering In a New Era
The iPad: Ushering In a New Era
LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Great Leap Forward: Matisse in Chicago (Exhibitions)
From 1913 to 1917, Matisse reinvented painting. A new show in Chicago traces his path
Photos: Henry Matisse's Great Leap Forward
Tough Love (Books)
Anne Lamott's new novel explores the bittersweet deceptions between parents and children
Clash of the Titans' Sam Worthington
Short List
TIME'S PICKS FOR THE WEEK
SOCIETY
Cocktails for Carnivores: Drinks Infused with Meat (Life / Food)
As mixologists turn to meaty ingredients, TIME takes a stab at pancetta and rye
Recipes: Meat-Based Cocktails
Want to freak out your friends? Start your party off by serving some fat-washed cocktails. That's the high-brow term for meat-infused drinks
Video: Joel Stein Enjoys Some Meat-Infused Booze
Joel Stein tests meat-infused drink recipes from prominent mixologists
Welcome to Googleville? (Life / Techland)
Cities are competing to host the tech giant's ultra-fast Internet network
Working for Free: The Boom in Adult Interns (Life / Cash Crunch)
In this job market, even midcareer professionals are interning for no pay
SPECIAL SECTION
Radical Green (Global Business / Radical Green)
By exceeding regulations, two "dirty" companies gained competitive advantage
An Advert for Change (Global Business / Front and Center)
Publicis CEO Maurice Lévy had to retool the agency in the midst of recession and a digital revolution
Motorola's Binary Code (Global Business / American Re: Reinventing and Retooling the Economy)
Dividing into two separate firms is logical — if the company can fix its cell-phone business
Porphyry, Rock Star (Global Business / Small Business)
A discovery in Mexico shakes up an Italian industry and creates new demand worldwide
Don't Become Irreplaceable (Global Business / Small Business)
It makes your company unsellable. The benefits of being not so important
PEOPLE
10 Questions for Alicia Keys (10 Questions)
The Grammy Award–winning singer is touring the U.S. and Europe. Alicia Keys will now take your questions
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Business Books
A vivid history of the financial meltdown; inside the strategy revolution. How to survive getting canned
BRIEFING
Brief History: Arms-Control Agreements
Verbatim
The Skimmer
Book Review: The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick
The World
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES
The Moment
3|29|10: Moscow
A New Name in American Paranoia: Hutaree
Raids in the Midwest brought in seven members of an extremist Christian group suspected of plotting against police and the federal government