1. aloha
    Despite Inouye’s Final Wish, Hawaii’s Lt. Governor Will Be Its New SenatorThe fiscal cliff is already ruining everything.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. important ceilings
    Did Timothy Geithner Mention We’re Hitting the Debt Ceiling in Five Days?We’re hitting the debt ceiling in five days.
    By Dan Amira
  3. open letters
    Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Needs to Run for President AlreadyEnough with the gimmicks, just run for president.
    By Dan Amira
  4. overanalysis
    A History of President Obama Pressing Two Fingers to His LipsNot one. Not three. Two.
    By Dan Amira
  5. Backlash Over Newspaper’s Map of Gun OwnersThis is not going to help convince gun owners to be less paranoid.
    By Dan Amira
  7. overreactions
    Dick Armey Took Over FreedomWorks in an Armed CoupAnd it earned him $8 million.
    By Dan Amira
  8. Obama Leaving Hawaii in Search for Cliff DealSo far, it’s not promising.
    By Dan Amira
  9. people with famous last names
    Ted Kennedy Jr. Decides Not to Run for Senate in State He Doesn’t Even Live InWhat about Victoria Kennedy, though?
    By Dan Amira
  10. fiscal cliff
    Even Tea Partiers Are Tired of Fighting About the Fiscal CliffOr they’re just testing Republicans in Congress.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. early and awkward
    Chuck Hagel Is Still Getting the Susan Rice TreatmentMore criticism for a man not officially running for anything.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. gun control
    Cory Booker: Fight Over Gun Control Is a ‘False Debate’“I don’t know if anybody here has seen anybody shot,” said Booker.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. fiscal cliff
    Meet the Last Congressional Republican to Vote for Higher TaxesNew Mexico Senator Pete Domenici did it in 1990.
    By Andre Tartar
  14. gun control
    Chris Christie Opposes Turning Schools Into ‘Armed Camps for Kids’He just doesn’t think guns contribute to a positive learning environment.
    By Andre Tartar
  15. fiscal cliff
    Some Conservatives Think It’s Time to Replace John Boehner But he’s probably not going anywhere.
    By Andre Tartar
  16. the national interest
    Obama Waking Up From Dream of Grand BargainTurns out the House Republicans are still crazy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. the most important senators in the world?
    Juxtaposition of the Day: Senator Ben Affleck Edition?Suddenly, he’s not so disgusted by the political process.
    By Dan Amira
  18. the national interest
    Republicans Accuse Hagel of Being RepublicanThey have a point.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. photo op
    All Three Times President Obama Cried This Week, in One PhotoHe had a very sad week.
    By Dan Amira
  20. Nation’s Beautiful Famous People Demand Plan to Stop Gun ViolenceMostly people from Parks and Rec.
    By Dan Amira
  21. the national interest
    The Rise of Right-Wing Gun KeynesiansThe year’s strangest ideological development.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. NRA Is Not Onboard With New Gun LegislationThis was a disaster.
    By Dan Amira
  23. comings and goings
    President Obama Picks John Kerry for Secretary of StateYup, this is not a surprise.
    By Dan Amira
  24. the national interest
    Plan B Fails, Boehner Marches Toward CliffThe obstinacy of the ulra-crazies paradoxically weakens the merely crazy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. gun control
    Gun Background Checks Miss Millions of Mentally Ill PeopleMany states are barely reporting data.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. oh congress!
    Harry Reid Isn’t Interested in Shaking Up CongressHe’ll support an incumbent any day.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. early and awkward
    Chuck Hagel Had a Big Problem With ‘Aggressively Gay’ Nominee in 1998What is “aggressively gay”?
    By Dan Amira
  28. the national interest
    John Boehner’s CalvinballThe speaker’s weird penchant for making up new rules.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. Booker Runs Toward Obama and Away From ChristieHow the president helped the Newark mayor decide on 2014.
    By Chris Smith
  30. the national interest
    Erskine Bowles Is a Terrible Political AnalystYou should entrust your political analysis to people with less silly first names, like Roofus or Gulliver.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. early and awkward
    Sarah Palin Is Groucho Marx Now You’ll see.
    By Dan Amira
  32. gun control
    GOP Support for Assault-Weapons Ban Still NonexistentHooray.
    By Dan Amira
  33. disasters
    GOP Senators Think Victims of Hurricane Sandy Can Get By on $24 Billion for NowThey think the $60.4 billion request looks like a “slush fund.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. early and awesome
    Ben Affleck Running for Senate, Probably“That’s not what I’m here to talk about.”
    By Dan Amira
  35. the national interest
    Massacre-Prevention As StimulusShould we hire men to hang around schools in case of a shooting spree?
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. photo op
    Here’s President Obama Being Adorable With a Child AgainThis is what Obama does, all the time.
    By Dan Amira
  37. pop quiz
    Identify the Gun-Control Quote: Obama, Feinstein, or Reagan?Take the quiz!
    By Dan Amira
  38. the national interest
    Boehner’s Plan B Fails; Inmates Running AsylumCrazy — but that’s how it goes …
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. newtown massacre
    Obama Launching Gun Task Force Headed by Joe Biden [Updated]The president will speak a bit about his plan this afternoon.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. disasters
    Republicans Want to Make Sure Alaska Fisheries Don’t Get Hurricane Sandy AidSounds reasonable.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. international affairs
    Report Blames ‘Systemic Failure’ at State Department for Benghazi AttackSecurity at the compound was “grossly inadequate.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. Ranking Nate Silver’s Trashiest Post-Election Trash TalkHe’s been doing a lot of it.
    By Dan Amira
  43. the national interest
    House Republicans Again Show Why We Need to Wait Until January for a DealAll I want for Christmas is you … to agree in principle to extend a portion of the Bush tax cuts. This song isn’t working.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. sanford and wife
    Mark Sanford Might Run for Congress Against His Ex-Wife (But Probably Not)But it would be highly entertaining if they did!
    By Dan Amira
  45. the national interest
    Liberal Obama Budget Freak-outs: A How-To GuideWhen and how to get your freak on.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. New York Post Editorial Calls the Second Amendment ‘Obsolete’The paper wasn’t saying that after Aurora.
    By Dan Amira
  47. gun control
    Major Gun-Maker to Be Sold Following Newtown Massacre [Updated]Cerberus Capital Management wants out of the business.
    By Kevin Roose
  48. the national interest
    McArdle Wins Worst Newtown Reaction AwardIt involves proposing the revival of a World War II–era military tactic. Used by Japan.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. sad things
    Senator Daniel Inouye Is DeadHe was the second longest-serving senator in U.S. history and the highest-ranking Asian-American.
    By Dan Amira
  50. the death throes of birtherism
    Arizona Electors Still Arguing That Obama Wasn’t Born in Hawaii“The majority of the people had no dream that Bill Clinton did what he did until a young lady had a blue dress and proved he did.”
    By Dan Amira
  51. the national interest
    Krugman’s Deficit Calm Perhaps a Tad Too CalmSeeking a middle ground between blind deficit panic and total complacency.
    By Jonathan Chait
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