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Obama vs. the NRA
Obama always promised to take on the special interests. Now he is set to square off against the strongest interest group of all.
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The Ghosts of Benghazi
The final report on the attack on the U.S. consulate makes one thing clear: Republican charges of a cover-up are pure fiction.
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Why Didn’t Robert Bork Reach the Supreme Court?
Because of politics, of course—and that’s fair enough.
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What if Robert Bork Had Joined the Supreme Court?
It probably would have been less politicized and more committed to the rule of law.
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Sue the Gun Makers, and the Sellers, Too
Congress should repeal the bad law that shields them from liability.
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We Should Cover Stories Like Newtown With a Press Pool
It would be more efficient, nuanced, and sensitive. And everyone—especially those touched by tragedy—deserves better.
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Fatally Flawed
Jeffrey MacDonald might have killed his family—but we don’t know for sure.
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Since 1980, 297 People Have Been Killed in School Shootings
An interactive chart of every school shooting and its death toll.
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Where Can I Fire My Gun?
A mini-Explainer on how states regulate the discharge of firearms.
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Why Is the NRA So Powerful?
How the gun lobby leverages modest resources into outsized influence.
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Beating Guns the Bloomberg Way
The New York mayor, not Obama, knows how to defeat the NRA.
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Could a Deal on the “Fiscal Cliff” Be Worthy of Spielberg?
If Obama and Boehner want to make history, they’ll need a bold breakthrough—maybe even something cinematic.
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The Invisible Case Against the Consumer Product Safety Commission
An anonymous company’s secret challenge to the agency’s new database of safety complaints.
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The New President Is Who?
Putting a random old senator in line to become president amid a national emergency is a terrible idea.
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The Catch-22 of Eyewitness ID
Juries trust the memory of witnesses even when they shouldn’t.
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Can We Finally Disarm the NRA?
Only if voters are willing to square off against a gun lobby that has almost never been challenged.
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How the NRA Defeats National Tragedies
First it scares people into thinking the government is coming for their guns. Then it quietly asks the public to pray for the victims of the next rampage.
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Is John Boehner Allowed To Lower the Flag to Half-Staff?
A mini-Explainer on who controls the height of Old Glory.
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Things Can Change
A century ago, there were forms of brutal violence considered so thoroughly American that they could never be banished. Today, they no longer exist.
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The Last Outright Ban on Concealed Weapons Goes Down
Illinois’ law falls to the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
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Speed Kills
What’s the lesson of the Connecticut school massacre? The faster the weapon, the higher the body count.
