It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by …
2012
Setting the Stage for a Second Term
Obama speaks on Dec. 12 with TIME’s Rick Stengel, Radhika Jones and Michael Scherer about Lincoln, marijuana, the Middle East and Hawaii moments
On Foreign Policy, Why Barack is Like Ike
One of the least controversial judgments about Barack Obama’s first term is that he has been a good foreign policy President. Certainly that’s what the American public believes. It has given him high marks on overseas affairs …
The Hardest Choice: 2012’s Coolest Person of the Year
If you had asked my classmates in high school if they thought I would someday be in charge of picking the Coolest Person of the Year, they would have said, “You mean in charge of sitting all alone in his house typing about a …
The Year in Quotes
January
‘Now is the time to act or get stuck with a bland, boring career politician who will lose to Barack Obama.’
—RICK SANTORUM, former U.S. Senator, during the Republican primary
February
‘My husband cannot f—ing …
The Year in Kims
One controls the media, the other is the leader of North Korea. Other than that, Kim Kardashian and Kim Jong Un have a lot in common
The Year in Things
The definitive robot, recall, painting, pregnancy, IPO, blackout and reunion, plus 19 more top things of 2012
The Year in Covers
Readers reactions to our biggest stories
Tributes To Those We Lost in 2012
Remembering those who left us in 2012
The Year in Highlights
Influential figures in culture, tech and more reveal what rocked their industries — and hint at good things to come