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Jared Loughner's Glock: Weapon of Mass Destruction

Jared Loughner's Glock: Weapon of Mass Destruction

Has it really come to this: an uphill battle to ban a gun that has no purpose except to kill thirty-three people before anyone can stop you?

Posted January 13, 2011

Anti-Choice at the End of Life

Anti-Choice at the End of Life

Just after Christmas, the "death panel" meme was resurrected by healthcare opponents who worked the same network that has been fighting legal abortion since the 1970s.

Posted January 13, 2011

The Other Arizona

The Other Arizona

In the wake of the shooting tragedy, the nation is seeing a true reflection of a state often misrepresented by its right-wing fringe.

Posted January 13, 2011

Books and the Arts

Nicole Krauss's Great House swings from the evocative to the overcharged.

Books are the only homeland of the true writer, books that may sit on shelves or in the memory.

The Grand Piano is a highbrow Friends—a collective history of the early years of Language poetry.

News and Analysis

The shootings underscore that a strong social compact is the only real route to safety.

Obama's Honduras policy is already dangerous. And with Republicans in control of the House, it may get worse.

Saudis are funding international terrorism, the State Department ordered spying on UN officials, Obama helped protect Bush officials who ordered torture... and more bombshells.

Was the Supreme Court's infamous decision a desecration, or only what the Constitution requires? A First Amendment scholar and civil liberties advocate debate.

Poll

When the 112th Congress convenes on Wednesday, Republicans will gain control of the House. What should Dems focus on most strongly while adapting to the shifting Congress?

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