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Meet the GOP’s Young Guns: Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy

Introducing the Republican Party’s rising stars.

John Nichols, Ari Berman and Sasha Abramsky

The Rise of Chris Christie, Governor Wrecking Ball

With callous austerity measures, New Jersey’s Chris Christie has made himself a contender.

Michael Tracey

After David Rohde’s Escape, a Taliban Feud

Pakistan’s ISI served as an arbiter in the Taliban dispute over the New York Times reporter’s kidnapping.

Aram Roston

Protest to Power in the Philippines

For years, Walden Bello fought the Marcos dictatorship. Now he’s a member of Congress.

Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

Deficit Panic Disorder

Washington should be in a tizzy over the jobs crisis. Instead, the establishment’s going ballistic over a problem that’s been blown way out of proportion.

The Editors

Will the Federal Reserve’s $900 Billion Revive a Stalled Economy?

The Fed will purchase a massive number of Treasury bonds. That should prevent deflation—but it won’t do enough for consumers.

William Greider

Noted.

Liliana Segura on the death penalty in Texas, John Nichols on ranked-choice voting in Oakland and Carmina Ocampo on access to public universities for undocumented immigrants in California

Various Contributors

The ‘Giving’ Season

What’s so bad about big-ticket philanthropy? Nothing—except that it lets the wealthy decide how to spend money that would be the Treasury’s.

David Nasaw

Obama’s Failures… and Ours

Obama’s mistakes in office are nowhere near the whole story. The rest of us must shoulder our share of the blame, too.

Eric Alterman

Talking to the Tea Party

Its partisans may be in search of political purpose, but that shouldn’t make liberals complacent.

Gary Younge

An Optimist Greets the New Speaker of the House

It could be worse.

Calvin Trillin

Between Hitler and Stalin

In Bloodlands Timothy Snyder attempts to link the Holocaust to a syndrome of political killing endorsed by Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

Samuel Moyn

Without Artifice: On William Brennan

Justice William Brennan’s watchword was human dignity, and to protect it he interpreted individual rights expansively.

Michael O’Donnell

The Merry-Go-Round: On Jack Anderson

Poisoning the Press tells the tale of Jack Anderson’s fall from muckraking hero to blustering pundit.

Diane Simon

Letters

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Puzzle No. 1610

This puzzle originally appeared in the December 6, 1975, issue.

Frank W. Lewis