Obama, Explained
A longtime analyst of the presidency takes the measure of our 44th president, with a view to history.
March 2012
In This Issue
James Fallows on Obama, Raymond Bonner on the death penalty, Christopher Hitchens on G.K. Chesterton, and more
Features
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy
Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia?
The Last Line of Defense
An unlikely crusader, Diana Holt wages a heroic, long-odds battle against the death penalty.
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Ocean/Corbis Images They Kill Horses, Don’t They?
A family farm, a drought, and difficult choices
I ♥ Iraq
How the country’s tourism minister makes the hard sell
Canon Fodder
A library bets on future literary stars.
Fabrizio Giraldi/Luzphoto The Revolutionist
The secret architect of the Arab Spring casts an eye on Occupy Wall Street.
John Cuneo McMasterpiece
An Italian celebrity chef designs a fast-food burger.
Five-Star Trek
A pampered tour through the Peruvian Andes
Library of Congress Iron Giant
One of America’s great machines comes back to life.
Columns
Wesley Bedrosian Why Companies Fail
Why is corporate turnaround so difficult and rare?
Zohar Lazar Horror for Kids
Goosebumps celebrates 20 years of spooking fourth-graders.
Books
Otis Imboden/National Geographic Tales From the Crypt
Two books uncover the romance and adventure of archaeology.
Keystone/Getty Images The Reactionary
The charming, sinister G. K. Chesterton
Tatjana Loh Daddy Issues
Why caring for my aging father has me wishing he would die
IBM Corporation/Associated Press Cover to Cover
Jane Eyre revisited; the geologic story of the American West; and more
Editor's Note
Kevin Kolczynski/Reuters
Letters
The Conversation
Responses and reverberations
Gallery
Poetry
Advice
Nishant Choksi What’s Your Problem?
When to send your teenage daughter to a tattoo artist, and other advice
