COVER
The Angelina Effect (Health)
Her preventive mastectomy raises important issues about genes, health and risk
COMMENTARY
America the Isolated? (Worldview)
Hardly. Contrary to conservative complaints, the U.S. is fully--and smartly--involved overseas
Sorting Out the Scandals (In The Arena)
President Obama deserves the blame--but not for everything
A Bump on the Road to Green (New energy)
Don't worry about Fisker's failures. Overall, clean-energy subsidies are working fine
FEATURES
Auditing the IRS (Nation)
How the agency everyone hates went rogue
The End Of Alimony (Society)
The American divorce is undergoing its biggest change in decades. Call it the revenge of the second wives
The YouTube War (World)
In Syria's sectarian conflict, fighters on both sides are committing gruesome atrocities--and showing them off online
What Should Social-Media Sites Do About Syria's Savage War Videos? (World)
THE CULTURE
War Is Hell (Books)
Except in Rick Atkinson's hands
The Fabulous Baker Boys (The Awesome Column)
In which my idea to introduce my son to the Easy-Bake Oven turns out to be half-baked
Robots, Rebooted (Music)
Electro-pop duo Daft Punk's triumphant new record
10 Questions for Dan Brown (10 Questions)
Author and secret-code enthusiast Dan Brown on futurists, gravity boots and his ritual for launching new books
Moving the Mountain (Books)
Khaled Hosseini talks about his latest novel
They'll Be Your Mirror (Movies)
Before Midnight is a raw, revelatory portrait of a romance. It might also look like your life
Pop Chart
BRIEFING
The Fight for Streaming TV (Breakthrough)
We're getting close to the couch-potato dream
Conversation (Conversation)
Hunting a Leaker, DOJ Scans Reporters' Calls (Nation)
Briefing
World
Joyce Brothers (Milestones)
TV's beautiful mind
Kenneth Waltz (Milestones)
Political scientist