Untangling the HPV Vaccine Debate Untangling the HPV Vaccine Debate
Rick Perry got something right, Michele Bachmann is all wrong, but we all need to think harder about whether the HPV vaccine should be mandatory.
Sep 14, 2011 / Dana Goldstein
Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s Time to Remake Government by the People and for the People Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s Time to Remake Government by the People and for the People
The Republicans' partisan obstructionism must be rejected and combated from below if we are going to revive the economy.
Sep 14, 2011 / The Ed Show
Presidential Adventures in Herding Cats Presidential Adventures in Herding Cats
Obama gave a great speech on jobs, but it’s not enough to ensure Democratic party unity.
Sep 14, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
Supreme Court Blocks Race-Based Execution of Duane Buck Supreme Court Blocks Race-Based Execution of Duane Buck
Texas jurors were told that convicted murderer Duane Buck posed “future dangerousness” because he is black. He was scheduled to die on September 15 but received a last-...
Sep 14, 2011 / Renée Feltz
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal Caught in Iranian Power Struggle? Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal Caught in Iranian Power Struggle?
Despite President Ahmadinejad's claim that the hikers will be freed shortly, the Iranian judiciary is balking.
Sep 14, 2011 / Richard Kim
Elizabeth Warren Runs Against a DC That’s ‘Rigged for Big Corporations’ Elizabeth Warren Runs Against a DC That’s ‘Rigged for Big Corporations’
The consumer advocate's pitch-perfect populist message is exactly what Democrats need to say—and hear—in 2012.
Sep 14, 2011 / John Nichols
Elizabeth Warren Runs Against a DC That’s “Rigged for Big Corporations” Elizabeth Warren Runs Against a DC That’s “Rigged for Big Corporations”
The consumer advocate's pitch-perfect populist message is exactly what Democrats need to say -- and hear -- in 2012.
Sep 14, 2011 / John Nichols
The Pointless Republican Victory in New York’s 9th The Pointless Republican Victory in New York’s 9th
Pundits see the race as a bad omen for Obama, but Democrat David Weprin’s loss may well have turned on Israel politics.
Sep 14, 2011 / Ben Adler
Letters Letters
The power of community; CCP on voter ID; welcome, sluts!
Sep 14, 2011 / Our Readers and John Nichols
Puzzle No. 3207 Puzzle No. 3207
ACROSS 1 Polish a cow’s utterances to create menu item (7,5) 10 Menu item (burp!) tosses slurs all over the place (8,7) 11 Speaker placing conjunction beside conjunction (6) 12 Running back through Utah, pat one celebratory monument (8) 14 Menu item requires money from a folder? (6,5) 17 and 23 Speak of naïveté, so to speak (2,1,5) 18 See 24 19 Towhead, on shifting front to back, to whip up menu item (6,5) 22 You in stockings? That’s pretty steamy (8) 24 and 18 After musical note, avant-garde tune incorporated composition by J.S. Bach (6,2,1) 27 Menu item makes vice and immorality smart and cool, so they say (10,5) 28 “Love Me Tender”: off-key menu item (6,6) DOWN 2 Say, you have… you will… uh… something hanging down the back of your throat (5) 3 Wrapped in foil, his synthetic substance with health benefits (4,3) 4 Primarily, lay (or lie) lazily! (4) 5 Garbage was there, outside (5) 6 Rising star gulps, overstressed and on edge (7) 7 Auto sails around town near the Golden Gate Bridge (9) 8 Leopold, to name one, is flowering (6) 9 Like complicated math, it can take your breath away (6) 13 At first, student can read (4) 15 Tobacco-stained coin, bent with prongs (9) 16 Assert a German car takes in oxygen (4) 18 Chat distractedly in Iowa, where some Ivy Leaguers can be found (6) 19 Asian ballad: “Sea Whispers” (7) 20 “Liveliness”: in Italy, what describes a baked good (7) 21 A vital developing nation (6) 23 See 17 25 Useful and necessary for playing “QUIZ” in Scrabble (5) 26 Going up and down, it’s the same guy (4) ACROSS 1 INCAS + E 4 COAL + ES(C)E (see anag.) 9 anag. 11 T + ANGLED 12 hidden 13 COMP[l]ETE 14 L + ARK 15 T(OIL)ETRIES (Trieste anag.) 18 anag. 21 ST(A)Y 22 STA(N)DEE (seated anag.) 24 anag. 27 hidden 28 LEG ENDS 29 (F/W)IND (W/F)ARM 30 FR + OWNS DOWN 1 anag. 2 anag. 3 S + CRAM 5 anag. 6 anag. 7 S + OLVE (love anag.) 8 END(L)ES + SLY (dense anag.) 10 CELL + O 14 LAST + STRAW (warts rev.) 16 IN TH(E) K + NOW (think anag.) 17 TR(AD)E-OFF (effort anag.) 19 [st]ATELIER 20 E(QUA)L 23 [c]ALVIN 25 C(I + G)AR 26 R + USES
Sep 14, 2011 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto