Mitt Romney will not run for president in 2016
2.Suge Knight arrested on murder charges after alleged hit-and-run
3.Poll: Majority of Americans support government action to stop climate change
4.Texas executes convicted murderer Robert Ladd, with IQ of 67
5.Attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula kill at least 26
The lessons of Georgia's unjust execution
Our justice system apparently cares more for the letter of the law than its spirit
The case for bottom-up economics
Democrats are building a policy platform on the middle class. What about the poor?
Scott Walker and the art of winning
Lots of conservative lawmakers abide by their core principles. But most of them lose.
Healing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Behind the Super Bowl's most ridiculous bets
Setting odds on the color of a Gatorade shower requires some science — and a lot of guesswork
What the 529 savings fiasco reveals about the Obama coalition
This does not bode well for tax reform
Why Parenthood was the perfect antidote to a cynical age
This softy of a show spoke to an oft-forgotten truth about family
The return of the debt hawks
It's the end of the world as we know it — until you look at the numbers
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Better Call Saul's great expectations
The Breaking Bad spinoff has big shoes to fill — but that also means there's plenty of room to grow
The problem with America's 529 college savings plans
They're awful, they don't work — and we can't get rid of them
Healing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo