year ahead 2014

Networks, suffering from a lack of confidence, hope to get extra mileage out of creaky hits in 2015

With Ishiguro, Tyler and Franzen back with new fiction, this year will herald the return of the literary heavy hitters

Scott Gilmore on the tough questions we should ask ourselves–but might not get the answers to–in 2015

A festival of insurmountable obstacles will greet each party leader in next year’s election

If ideas are the juice that powers our economy, wait till you try the mind milk that created these hot technology trends for 2015

A U.S. trip will reveal the rift between him and his conservative bishops

Washington concedes its Cuba policy has failed, and it finally seems ready to change tack

The country’s fragile recovery extends into 2014

Our professional TV watcher previews the year ahead

Alexander Neef’s eyes are trained on Europe, not his own country