* Poll finds wide support, even among gun owners, for several of Obama's specific gun-control measures. * Inventory of the clothes and equipment you throw on before going out to kill Osama bin Laden. * Round-up, with fact-checking, of Armstrong's confessions, plus online reactions from the
Perspective is everything. If you’re just tuning into football now, this year’s conference match-ups look fairly predictable: After all, three of the four teams who squared off last year—the Patriots, the Ravens, and the 49ers—are once again competing for a chance to go to the
* Oral history of Obama's first term. * On Friday, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah made history when he named 30 women to the kingdom's Shura Council. * More lethal than drones are drones that can make their own decisions—what we can expect when they reach the
The White House recently turned down a petition to build a Death Star. More responses from the official rejection pile.
* Lucid summary of the crisis in Mali, France's intervention, and neighbors' reactions. * Gun groups threaten to oust, "with both barrels," any Democratic senators who vote to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. * Prime minister explains how Australians banned assault weapons and dramatically improved their
The problem with babies is that they rarely live up to their hype. Off the top of your head, how many awesome babies can you name? Exactly none? You can probably name a few babies you are required to like under family law, one or two babies who you don’
Each year in the tournament, 16 works of fiction battle each other in daily contests to win that vaunted literary prize, The Rooster. Along the way, victors advance and losers fall. But there’s a twist. During the semifinal match, called the Zombie Round, two books that were previously ousted—
* Obama announces gun control measures: assault weapons ban, high-capacity magazine limits, expanded background checks. * Sixteen years after former vagrant Steve Stockman was elected to Congress, he's back and bringing the crazy to the gun debate. * The Edge releases the answers to this year's annual question:
Our man in Boston sits down for an extended chat with author Joan Wickersham about her new story collection, lurking near architects, the wisdom of good editors, how to profit from artist colonies, and the benefits of avoiding the MFA trap.
* Religious leaders protest in Washington, saying politicians can't be relied upon to save us from climate change. * Survey of economists finds broad agreement that politicians can't be trusted with the debt ceiling. * Democrats and Republicans say there's virtually no chance they'll pass
