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Come Back, Sarah Palin!
Having defined Mitt Romney as the “Eh, I guess” candidate, “Saturday Night Live” writers wonder if there’s anything else to say. 
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News Analysis
Coming Soon: ‘Taxmageddon’
By DAVID LEONHARDT
After this year’s election, major tax increases and spending cuts will come into effect — unless a lame-duck Congress and President Obama can agree on an alternative. Comment
FRANK BRUNI
Working and Women
Hilary Rosen’s remark about Ann Romney reflected many sad truths about politics today. Comment
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
A Veteran’s Death, the Nation’s Shame
For returning soldiers, home has been deadlier than the battlefield. Some say the V.A. isn’t doing enough to help.
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More Help for the Wealthy
Under the guise of helping small businesses, Republicans want new high-end tax cuts that would favor the wealthy and starve the government of needed revenue. Comment
Thomas L. Friedman is off today.
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The Man With the Google Glasses
The danger of isolation — or worse — in the rush to virtual communities. Comment
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‘Good Night Ryan’
By TIMOTHY GRUCZA
A filmmaker explores the fate of Specialist Ryan Yurchison, who returned from Iraq with P.T.S.D. and, after seeking help at the local V.A. hospital, died of a drug overdose in a possible suicide. Comment
Editorial
Albany Can Kick the Money Habit
There is no mystery about what New York State needs to reform its campaign finance system: do it like New York City.
Gray Matter
The Cybercrime Wave That Wasn’t
By DINEI FLORÊNCIO and CORMAC HERLEY
A few criminals do well, but cybercrime is actually a relentless, low-profit struggle for the majority.
Sunday Observer
Young, Black, Male, and Stalked by Bias
By BRENT STAPLES
The message society too often sends to black teenagers — that they are feared — is toxic, deeply embedded and very dangerous.
Opinion
Lefties Aren’t Special After All
By RIK SMITS
The image that left-handers have been persecuted in history is unfounded, as is the current tendency to associate left-handedness with creativity and leadership.
Opinion
No One Called Me a Slut
By SUSAN HEATH
This is how it used to be: no guilt, no judgment, no pictures of fetuses.
Opinion
The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage
By MEG JAY
Don’t drift into living together; give it some thought and planning. Comment
News Analysis
From Flash to Fizzle
By BRIAN STELTER
Today’s news culture explodes like fireworks, with each topic a burst of light that appears out of nowhere and disappears just as fast.
Opinion
‘Hunger Games’ Parenting
By BRUCE HANDY
Who better than the “Hunger Games” Mother to help parents navigate the brutal, futuristic dystopia that is contemporary childhood?
Editorial
Minesweeper at Lunchtime, a Federal Crime?
An appeals court rightly rejected an overly broad interpretation of a computer fraud law that would have made ordinary conduct at work illegal.
Opinion
Why Medical Bills Are a Mystery
By ROBERT S. KAPLAN and MICHAEL E. PORTER
Until we figure out the true costs of delivering health care to patients, we can’t make the system more efficient.
Letters
Sunday Dialogue: What Is the Role of Faith in Public Policy?
Readers discuss the delicate balance between church and state in today’s society.
Editorial
Diversity and Healing in Ireland
Ireland’s government is moving forward with plans to end the Catholic Church’s monopoly of the nation’s primary school system.
Campaign Stops
Are Elections Too Much Like Musical Chairs?
By LARRY M. BARTELS
Bizarrely, economic growth in the second quarter of a presidential election year appears to be especially significant in determining who wins.
The Strip
More Billion-Dollar Social Media Start-Ups
By BRIAN McFADDEN
Invent an app that could make you a billionaire.
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Douglas Shulman
By KATE MURPHY
Reading, listening, watching and hurtling downhill with the commissioner of Internal Revenue.
The Public Editor
Someone Dies. But That Is Only the Beginning.
By ARTHUR S. BRISBANE
Lives of interest and impact, as retold by the Times obituary writers. Comment
The Loyal Opposition
From the Desk of Andrew Rosenthal
Attacking Romney From the Right
By DAVID FIRESTONE
April 13, 2012, 5:36 PM
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Are Elections Too Much Like Musical Chairs?
By LARRY M. BARTELS
April 12, 2012, 9:45 PM
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