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Arizona's response to the Gifford shooting: Only guns can stop gun violence. - Class Clown
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Why football players choose fashion over safety. - The Tea Party and the Tucson Tragedy
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Prudie counsels a reader who doesn't want to hold your newborn—and other advice seekers. - South Sudan Throws Off the Weight of the North
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The individual health care mandate is a conservative concept that conservatives now say they despise. What gives? - Reflections on Political Violence
When Mumtaz Qadri shot Pakistani politician Salman Taseer, he didn't even bother to offer an excuse. - Loughner's Law
Memo to Rep. Bob Brady: Congress can't legislate civility. - Logic Puzzle
Jared Lee Loughner's philosophy professor reflects on the shooting in Arizona. 
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Why the green revolution in China has barely begun.
Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011
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After the Arizona shootings, can Obama—or anyone—bring America back from the brink? - NFL Playoffs, Round One
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The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech in the wake of the Giffords shooting. 
A Romantic in an Ironic Era
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We're too quick to use "mental illness" as an explanation for violence.
Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011
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It's rare, but it happens. - The Giffords Shooting
Rolling thoughts about the press, the Web, and political assassination. - The New Power of the Press
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Friday, Jan. 7, 2011
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Let us now praise Dwight Garner, New York Times daily book critic. - Fret Ceiling
What is the debt ceiling, and does the United States really need one? - Anchors Aweigh
If conservatives want to deny "anchor babies" U.S. citizenship, they'll have to change the Constitution. - The Unsweetened William M. Daley
The press neither flatters nor captures Obama's new chief of staff. - When Did Radio Announcers Start Talking in a Deep Voice?
It started with the FM dial. - Straw Into Goldman
Goldman Sachs' Facebook deal is just the latest example of how Wall Street favors the big guys. - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter
A compromise on the debt ceiling and another promised-but-meaningless health care vote. - The House of the People Gabfest
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Could using less cash drive down crime? - Weiss Wash
NPR purged Juan Williams without clear due process. Is it doing the same to Ellen Weiss? - So Crazy, It Just Might Work
A pro football conundrum: Does it make sense to start overtime with a surprise onside kick? - Terms of Entailment
Elizabeth McGovern is delightful in the upstairs-downstairs drama Downton Abbey. - Does International Aid Keep Haiti Poor?
Do you want to make a U.N. worker swear? Ask her about the "cluster system." - Corrections
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Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011
- It's All Business
William Daley, the president's pragmatic new chief of staff, shows the White House's new approach. - It's Mostly Wonks
Just how tied in with Wall Street is the Obama administration? - Trimming the Pentagon's Sails
Secretary Robert Gates' dramatic (but limited) plan to cut defense spending. - Constitutional Whitewash
What House Republicans left out when they read (parts of) America's founding document. - Return of the Nuclear Option
The Senate may finally curb the filibuster. Hallelujah. - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter
Republicans make good on two promises: trimmer federal spending and starting the repeal of health care reform - The Turbo-est Taxes
Which country has the simplest taxation system? - Story Time
Members of the House try to sit still for a reading of the Constitution. - The Most Worthless Week in Tech
The case against the Consumer Electronics Show. - Live Political Gabfest, Jan. 12 in Washington, D.C.
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A movie so wonderful in every way it boggles my mind. - Friday Night Lights, Season 5
Week 8: I think you have betrayed the unspoken code that binds us loyal FNL viewers to the show, which is mutual agreement that Dillon exists in a universe sealed off from time and space and the general moral indifference that pervades American teenage life. - Marrying Hef
What's it like being Mrs. Hugh Hefner? - How To End the Filibuster Forever
The Senate can kill the rule any time! And with only 51 votes. - Deadly Images
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Will John Boehner's House rules screw up the GOP? - Does International Aid Keep Haiti Poor?
The Irish know a thing or two about big, powerful neighbors. Can they make Haiti profitable? - Stranger Danger
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