COVER
How The Gun Won (Nation)
Support for stricter gun laws has ebbed over the past 20 years. You can thank, or blame, a lot of people for that
EDITOR'S DESK
Talking Common Sense About Guns (Cover)
BRIEFING
Cable Wars (Economy)
Why channel blackouts are getting worse
Tom Davis (Milestones)
World
Briefing
Milestones (Milestones)
Sally Ride (Milestones)
Need for Speed (Ideas for Business)
Glamorizing cheap fashion costs more than you think
Between the Lines: By Mark Halperin (Nation)
Sherman Hemsley (Milestones)
COMMENTARY
Rise of the Smart Grid (New Energy)
Obama's plan for a state-of-the-art electrical grid is gaining power bit by digital bit
Failure to Launch (Worldview)
Why Romney's critique of Obama's foreign policy record will not fly
BRIEFING
Web MDs (Health&Science)
Social media are changing how we diagnose disease
LightBox
FEATURES
The Ammo Economy (Nation)
Making bullets is a growth business
Preventing Mass Murder (Nation)
Can we identify dangerous men before they kill?
5 Ways Syria Can Get Even Worse (World)
As Assad's regime teeters on the brink, the Middle East and most of the world know they can't live with the dictator, but living without him may be another nightmare
When the Rains Stop (Nation)
A historic drought has already wilted U.S. corn crops, and the damage has only begun
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (Society)
The same-sex-marriage debate--and polygamy's rising cultural profile--has encouraged once secretive plural families to fight for recognition of their unions
LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)
THE CULTURE
10 Questions for Steven Tyler (10 Questions)
Rock god and former American Idol judge Steven Tyler talks about sex and drugs and his lip-care regimen
Mock the Vote (Movies)
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis hit the Campaign trail
Stuff and Nonsense (The Awesome Column)
My clutter reveals my true self. My wife's clutter reveals shoes
Please Send Tweets (Family)
Camps find new ways to placate obsessive kids--and parents
Pop Chart
Mother Knows Best? (Education)
New to homeschooling, an angsty parent tells all
Boomers, Busted (Books)
A talk with Kurt Andersen, author of True Believers