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FEATURES

The Money Cop (Finance)

Gary Gensler got his start on Wall Street. Now he's cleaning it up--and taking on the biggest banking scandal since the financial crisis

Grass Roots (Nation)

The Beginning of the End of Pot Prohibition

Big Brothers (World)

The Muslim Brotherhood spent years angling for power. Now that its members have it, they're not sure what to do with it

THE CULTURE

The Year of the Bad Call (The Awesome Column)

There was a word for people who approached decisionmaking rationally: losers

10 Questions for Ian McKellen (10 Questions)

British actor and gay-rights activist Ian McKellen on Gandalf's sex drive, hotel Bibles and that new monarch-to-be

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BUSINESS

BRIEFING

General Disorders (Nation)

Why some senior military officers are going off the rails

My, Oh Maya (Science)

The world's not ending--but can NASA persuade the terrified?