COVER

The Alt TIME 100 (Essay)

A list for the rest of us, featuring lots of reality-TV stars, plus Sanjaya's hair

GLOBAL ADVISER

Elba Room (Grapevine)

You'll dream of permanent exile on this rustic farm

Get a Kick Out of Cans (The best-ever ... tinned tapas)

A Barcelona bar has raised tinned tapas to a modern art form

It's a Shore Thing (Your Health)

Seaweed is showing up in an increasing variety of products, from skin creams to sports socks

Globetrotting (TIME Traveler)

From Spain to East Timor, six great routes for runners

BUSINESS

Altitude Sickness

India's soaring air-travel industry is starting to fall back to earth because aged airports can't carry the load

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Books: Alone on the Range

A Eurasian writer's childhood in the U.S. heartland underlines the link between intolerance and fear

BRIEFING