COVER

John McCain's Code of Honor

Ho-nor: (noun) honesty, fairness or integrity in one's beliefs and actions. It's John McCain's greatest strength ... and his greatest weakness

McCain's Prickly TIME Interview

In a Q&A with TIME's James Carney and Michael Scherer, the GOP candidate denies — at times testily — that his campaign has deviated from the old "straight talk express"

EUROPE

Vice Versa: Amsterdam Cleans Up

In a bid to fight human trafficking and money laundering, Amsterdam has embarked on an ambitious plan to clean up its world-famous red-light district

POSTCARD FROM

Postcard: Madrid

A generation that has only ever known boom time is now coming to terms with bust. Goodbye to Spain's golden era

ARTS

BRIEFING

Moment: Harare

Robert Mugabe faces defiance in Zimbabwe's parliament

GLOBAL ADVISER

Double Your Fun (Check In)

These days, one private pool simply isn't enough

Dab Hands (On Show)

A Tokyo exhibit of Studio Ghibli's animation is testament to why the pen is still sometimes mightier than the mouse

Stepping Out (After Dark)

Paying for the all-star treatment at Miami's Mandarin Oriental

Reykjavík (Sense of Place)

Iceland's capital, as seen through Baltasar Kormákur's cult 2000 film 100 Reykjavík

LETTERS

Aiding Africa (Inbox)

Knock 'Em, Sock 'Em McCain; C'mon, Bill and Hillary — Smile!; How to Aid Afghanistan