In Our Opinion: The 10 Most Thought-Provoking Essays of the Year

In Our Opinion: The 10 Most Thought-Provoking Essays of the Year
The Funeral of Kim Jong Il: North Korea Mourns Its Tyrant
The World in 2012: Obama's 10 Biggest Foreign Policy Challenges
Countdown to Iowa: Onward and Mittward
Idaho Teen with Cancer Trades Life for Her Son's
Obama on the Couch: How the President Got His Groove Back
Making the Case for Eating Horse Meat
How the White House 'Triangulation' Strategy Risks War with Iran
What Indonesia's Banda Islands Can Teach Us about Capitalism
How a San Francisco Oil Spill Took a Toll on Fish
In Iowa, Ron Paul's Unlikely Coalition Faces Its First Major Moment
Is India Cooling on Anna Hazare's Anticorruption Crusade?
Arab League Mission to Syria to Quell Assad's Violence
Christmas Church Attacks by Islam's Boko Haram in Nigeria

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

TIME Ideas picks the most thought-provoking, anger-inducing, viral viewpoints of the year

The Funeral of Kim Jong Il: North Korea Mourns Its Tyrant

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

Thousands gather in Pyongyang to mourn the death of the North Korean leader

The World in 2012: Obama's 10 Biggest Foreign Policy Challenges

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

A survey of the top ten global crisis issues facing the U.S. in the new year

Countdown to Iowa: Onward and Mittward

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

A full-fledged preview of the general election campaign, should Romney win the nomination.

Idaho Teen with Cancer Trades Life for Her Son's

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

Jenni Lake's family and friends insist her legacy is not one centered in tragedy, but rather in sacrifice.

Obama on the Couch: How the President Got His Groove Back

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

What the battle over the payroll tax cut reveals about Obama's evolution as a leader

Making the Case for Eating Horse Meat

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

As Congress lifts its de facto ban on horse meat, plenty of chefs (and animal-rights activists) are applauding the decision

How the White House 'Triangulation' Strategy Risks War with Iran

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

In the winter of 2002, a close friend, a liberal staffer on Capitol Hill, asked me if I thought the crazy fulminations of the neocons and the tough-guy rantings of an insecure President could result in a war with Iraq?

What Indonesia's Banda Islands Can Teach Us about Capitalism

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

I was recently in a tiny group of islands in eastern Indonesia called the Bandas, remote even by the standards of that far-flung archipelago nation. They are the ultimate storybook stereotype of the isolated, tropical paradise

How a San Francisco Oil Spill Took a Toll on Fish

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

In Iowa, Ron Paul's Unlikely Coalition Faces Its First Major Moment

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST

Go to any Ron Paul event and the audience is part of the tale.

Is India Cooling on Anna Hazare's Anticorruption Crusade?

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 06:25 AM PST

The Indian anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare began another public fast today to pressure Parliament to pass an anti-corruption law that meets the demands of his movement.

Arab League Mission to Syria to Quell Assad's Violence

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:55 AM PST

As the regional organization sends observers into the violence-racked country, the opposing sides try to make their versions of reality prevail

Christmas Church Attacks by Islam's Boko Haram in Nigeria

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:55 AM PST

The country is almost equally divided between Christianity and Islam. The Christmas Day attacks that took three dozen lives are not making coexistence any easier