COVER

Hail to the Chief (Profile)

The greatest living actor plays the greatest american president. How Daniel Day-Lewis found Lincoln's voice

Action, Mr. President! (Interview)

Steven Spielberg talks with TIME's Rick Stengel about ambition, compromise and what to wear while filming a president

Lincoln to the Rescue (United States)

What the master politician of 1862 can teach the presidential hopefuls of 2012

A.L. Confidential (Viewpoint)

To really understand Abraham Lincoln, you've got to know what he hid in his desk

LETTERS

UNITED STATES

Town and Country (U.S. Election 2012)

Why Ohio will decide the presidential election

WORLD

Darkness at Dawn

The ascent of Greece's ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party is an ill omen for Europe

THE CULTURE

Cool Germania (Travel)

The city of Berlin is a thumping, strobe-lit haven of hip