--- --- Back to the vault # August 25, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 7August 25, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 7  Issue name August 25th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 7 | U.S. Issue date August 25, 2014 Location U.S. Related categories [Arts](/vault/subject/arts/) [Movies](/vault/subject/movies/) [Television](/vault/subject/television/) [Pop Culture](/vault/subject/pop-culture/) [Society](/vault/subject/society/) [Celebrity](/vault/subject/celebrity/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2014-08-25/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsScienceU.S.World ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Robin Williams: The Heart of Comedy One man with a thousand voices brought joy to millions—but could not sustain it in himself [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### In the Latest Issue (14 Aug 2014) [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Memories of Mork: Robin Williams, RIP To the kids who watched him in his first defining role, Williams proved that weirdness wasn't just O.K. — it was amazing [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### 10 More Questions With Robin Williams In March 2011, TIME interviewed Robin Williams. Here are 10 exchanges that didn’t fit the first time around ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Obama Can Still Secure His Legacy If he plays his last two years like the final quarter and not the back nine [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### An Evil That Must Be Stopped ISIS is the most serious threat to American interests in a decade. Why we must counter it [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Last Tango in Buenos Aires Argentina’s debt snarl tells us how risky the global financial system still is [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Dick Cavett: Robin Williams Won't Be the Last Suicidal Star "The non-actor has a major advantage because it’s harder to hide the symptoms" ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Remembering James 'Jim' Brady The former White House press secretary died earlier this month ### Science [Science](/section/science/) ### What Comes After Ebola The headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is buzzing because of a disease that has never killed a single person on U.S. soil. Here’s why ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Ferguson’s Fatal Encounter A police shooting puts the spotlight on race and lethal force in America [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Crashing the Core Curriculum New education standards have turned back-to-school into a battlefield ### World [World](/section/world/) ### The Accidental War in Gaza Entrenched interests drove Hamas and Israel to their deadliest impasse [World](/section/world/) ### Kurds Finally Have America’s Attention Obama sends in the military to repel a gruesome terrorist army [World](/section/world/) ### Basking in Robin We trace the evolution of a decades-long career, one signature role at a time [World](/section/world/) ### Milestones (14 Aug 2014) [World](/section/world/) ### Lauren Bacall Hollywood icon [World](/section/world/) ### Jim Frederick Writer, editor, mentor [World](/section/world/) ### The Master Critic [World](/section/world/) ### Briefing (14 Aug 2014) [World](/section/world/) ### World (14 Aug 2014) August 25th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 7 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"August 25th, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 7 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3110821/august-25th-2014-vol-184-no-7-u-s/"}]}]} ```