COVER
Data Mining: How Companies Now Know Everything About You (Society)
Every detail of your life — what you buy, where you go, whom you love — is being extracted from the Internet, bundled and traded by data-mining companies. What's in it for you?
They Know What You Do: Data Mining on the Internet
TIME columnist Joel Stein learns just what data mining companies know about him. Turns out, it's a lot
ESSAY
Libya: Why Obama Needs to Support the Rebels (Commentary / Worldview)
Why Obama needs to support the opposition as the Arab world awakens
Huckabucking (Commentary / In the Arena)
Why Republican contenders should drop the misinformation about Obama
Why Zero-Tolerance Policies Make Zero Sense (Commentary)
What's the lesson learned when rules don't allow for mistakes?
NATION
Newt Gingrich: Potential President, or Skilled Showman? (Nation)
Determined to save America from "secular socialism," Newt Gingrich says he might take on Barack Obama in 2012. Is he really a potential President or just a skilled showman?
WORLD
The War Between The Libyas (Features / World)
In the east, rebels dream of life without Muammar Gaddafi. In the west, people revere him as a man who has given them dignity
1848 vs. 2011 (Revolutions)
In the shadow of the past
TO OUR READERS
The End of Privacy? Not Yet
LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Pop Chart (Pop Chart)
TV: The Lovable Bureaucrats of Parks and Recreation (Television)
The lovable bureaucrats of Parks and Recreation
Back Strokes (Music)
You didn't forget about the former It band. They were on a break
Lowbrow Slang Gets a Highbrow Dictionary (Books)
Lowbrow language gets a highbrow dictionary
Jane's Heir: Mia Wasikowska Plays It Plain
Mia Wasikowska plays it plain
BUSINESS
How Being in the Know Might Be Illegal (Money)
How being in the know might get to be illegal
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Small Child, Big Worries (Health / Psychology)
Depression is not just for grownups. Scientists are discovering that infants and toddlers can develop some very adult mental illnesses
Two New Weapons in the Grisly War on Head Lice (Health / Health)
Two new weapons for panicked parents in the war on head lice
PEOPLE
10 Questions for David Brooks (10 Questions)
New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses his new book on brain science, The Social Animal
BRIEFING
Milestones (Milestones)
Verbatim
Rio de Janeiro (Closeup)
World
The Big Questions: By Mark Halperin (Nation)
In Ohio, an Era Nears Its End (Nation)
Utah Tires of Waiting On Washington (Nation)
Down and Dirty (Economy)
America's homegrown shale-oil boom
Digital Reads (Economy)
The age of the e-book is officially here
Gaming the System (Health&Science)
A study says 'exergames' actually count as physical activity for kids