COVER

WORLD

Israel's Right Turn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely win re-election on Jan. 22. But it's his former chief of staff who's firing up the country's conservative youth

SPECIAL REPORT

The Next Gun Fight

Will a new campaign for gun laws quell the mass shootings that are routine in America?

Your Brain Under Fire

A third of U.S. public schools have armed guards. After Newtown, more may get them. But do they make kids safer? The answer will surprise you

EDITOR'S DESK

VIEWPOINT

Loose Cannon

Shinzo Abe's hawkish foreign policy isn't half as worrying as his economic one

COMMENTARY

THE CULTURE

10 QUESTIONS