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Ron Paul's chaos threat

Let's put Jamie Dimon on trial

The whimsy that is Romney

The neutering of Mitch McConnell

"Mad Men's" evil twins

Monsanto's college strangehold

Merkel's new vulnerability

Chomsky on Obama

Is it ethical to drive stick?

Chicago cops' new weapons

Is American decline real?

The Bain beast returns

Andrew Sullivan's father figure

America's drone exceptionalism

A glint of economic hope?

Our real first gay president

John Roberts' Gilded Age SCOTUS

Europe's dirty secrets

America's appalling holidays