Q&A: Augusten Burroughs

I interviewed Augusten Burroughs, whose new (hilarious, touching) book is out today. I only wish we'd had space to include the entire interview. Read it here.

The Best--And Worst--Places To Be A Journalist

The eighth annual Press Freedom Index is out today. The U.S. is doing better; Europe is doing worse. I rounded up the other highlights here.

2-Min. Bio: Accused spy Stewart Nozette

Before he was charged with attempted espionage, U.S. scientist Stewart Nozette had worked on the Star Wars missile defense program and helped discover water on the moon.

The State of the American Woman

Our cover package this week is a special report on the American woman. Today's women are more powerful, but less happy. There are some fascinating stats in the poll, available here. I caught up with three of the women we profiled in TIME's original, 1972 special issue on the American woman.

The Real Impact of America's Oil Crisis

Here's the write-up of my conversation with the very interesting Amanda Little, who has a new book out on the way oil saturates Americans' daily lives. She traveled from an offshore oilrig to a plastic surgeon's office to the Pentagon in search of the human side of the energy story, and her conclusions were more optimistic than one might expect.

How did Sarah Palin write her memoir so fast?

The former governor finished her 400-page memoir in just four months. My piece today explores how you write a book that fast.

Are Humans Actually Selfish?

On Sept. 25 I did a Q&A with a fascinating author, a primatologist who uses studies on empathy in animals to argue that humans aren't such selfish beasts after all. (My favorite part: turns out yawns really are contagious.)

A Brief History of Red Scares

In the Sept. 21 issue I wrote a brief history of Red scares, jumping off the controversy over President Obama's back-to-school speech.

Raymond Clark, Annie Le's alleged killer

Got a little behind in posting, but here's a bio I wrote Sept. 18 of Yale grad student Annie Le's alleged killer, who had a hearing in court today.