Can These Parents Be Saved? (The Well / Society)
Overparenting got way out of control in the past generation. But now a band of rebels is trying to restore some balance and sanity to family life and help bring all those anxious helicopter parents down for a soft landing


The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer (Nation)
How Obama's lawyer sparked a battle royal when he tried to keep some of the President's campaign promises in the war on terrorism

How One Army Town Copes With Post- Traumatic Stress (Nation)
Posttraumatic stress can terrorize veterans, their families and military communities. How one Navy veteran — and one Army town — is coping
 Photos: An Army Town Copes with PTSD
Home to Fort Carson and many returning vets, Colorado Springs has endured a rash of murders committed by vets returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan


Survivor: Alaska (Tuned In)
Sarah Palin turned campaign 2008 into reality TV. Now she's trying to launch a second act in the media

Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
When picking godparents for our son, we realized blood is thick — but Wu is thicker


Postcard from Dearborn
Islamic communities nationwide are struggling to deal with the aftermath of the Fort Hood massacre. In America's most Muslim city, fears of a backlash

Can an Eagle Hug a Panda?
There's no great wall between the economies of China and the U.S. Why both nations need each other

Talking with the Taliban: Easier Said Than Done (The Well / World)
There are those who say it's the fastest way out of Afghanistan. But it's easier said than done


Inbox (Inbox)

Piecing Together Nabokov's Last Novel (Books)
Piecing together Nabokov's last novel, The Original of Laura

The Waste Land (Movies)
Cormac McCarthy's postapocalyptic novel The Road is beautiful on film but no less bleak
 Hollywood Tips to Survive the Apocalypse
Rebecca Keegan meets Viggo Mortensen, star of The Road, and gets tips from the movie's stunt directors to learn how to survive a major disaster

Broken Embraces: Death Becomes Almodóvar and Cruz (Movies)
In Pedro Almodóvar's new film, Penélope Cruz plays an actress gone but not forgotten

School of Rock (Music)
Hall of Fame greats unite to make occasionally great music

Short List
TIME'S PICKS FOR THE WEEK


Riding the Waves of Irrational Behavior
Believers in financial-market cycles can seem a little nutty. That doesn't mean they're wrong

Troubling Rise of Facebook's Top Game Company
The meteoric and controversial rise of the company whose games you play on Facebook


Fat Fees and Smoker Surcharges: Tough-Love Health Incentives (Life / Health Care)
More states adopt tough-love wellness initiatives

Can Top Chef TV Dinners Live Up to Billing? (Food)
Schwan's Home Service is selling frozen Top Chef dishes. Can reality live up to reality TV?

For Churches, Beefed-Up Security Is a Mixed Blessing (Religion)
Soft targets for theft and violent crimes, congregations struggle to balance safety and serenity

Pop-Up Shops (Cash Crunch)
More brands are turning vacant retail space into temporary stores. How companies, and consumers, can win

Power of One
To recycle is good, but to reuse is better. Freecycle's Deron Beal tells how he started finding homes for millions of people's stuff


10 Questions for Zac Efron
The High School Musical star grows up in Me and Orson Welles, out Nov. 25. Zac Efron will now take your questions


The Moment
Black Friday: New York City

The World
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES

The Deference Debate (White House Memo)
In foreign policy, does making nice lead to making progress?

Verbatim (Briefing)

Spotlight: New Mammogram Guidelines

Earl Cooley (Milestones)

Yuri Zarakhovich (Briefing / Milestones)