The Clean Energy Scam
Ethanol increases global warming, destroys forests and inflates food prices. So why are we subsidizing it?


Italian Elections: All Is Not Lost
As elections loom, Italy seems mired in a political and economic malaise. Yet amid the gloom, there are signs of hope and progress even in the perennially troubled south. How one town is finding its own way forward


A New Era for Africa (Commentary)
Anticolonial warriors like Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe transformed the continent. But it's time to move on


Wayne McGregor: Mind in Motion (Dance)
Wayne McGregor's brilliantly weird ballets draw on everything from high tech to insect behavior


Golf: Living History
Few sports events are so steeped in tradition, yet the Masters has reinvented itself as golf has changed

X-ray Photography: Inner Beauty (Diversions)
Get a closer look in X-ray photographer Nick Veasey's new book

Australia: Glimpses of the Past (Great Outdoors)
A gallery of birds, beasts and spirits in Australia is a lively monument to a lost tribe

Hotel Pulitzer: Cool Made Easy (Check In)
For true cool head for Barcelona's Hotel Pulitzer

Culture Club (TIME Traveler)
Four of the best highbrow nights out coming up around the globe

Spellbinding: The Witchery Restaurant (Amuse-Bouche)
The most haunting thing about Edinburgh's finest restaurant is its gothic elegance


Please Help Yourself (Inbox)
The Keys to Common Wealth; Two Wrongs?; Land of Peril — and Peace