Relishing the culture wars
America's latest clash between church and state has a maunfactured quality
Thursday February 9th 2012
Catholics and contraceptives
The Republican nomination
The Santorum surge
Rather than uniting behind Mitt Romney, the GOP may bicker all the way to Tampa(258)
America, Syria and the UN
This is what foreign-policy success looks like
How to win friends and influence countries(122)
Inequality in America
The classes drift apart
Can the rich save the American dream by preaching what they practise?(385)
The economy
Happy new year
The jobs recovery finally feels real(55)
America in Afghanistan
Outta here
After a decade in Afghanistan, the United States rushes for the exit(163)
Barack Obama
Fairly confusing
The president's rhetoric of fairness deserves critical, even sceptical, scrutiny(230)
America and Iran
Beleaguered but still unbowed
Despite all the sabre-rattling, neither Iran nor America wants confrontation just yet(30)
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Gang violence
Turf warsGang killings have less to do with drugs and crime than expected (6)
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Chinese college students
Making ting tong coolChinese arrivals at American universities are changing stereotypes (196)
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Health care in America
Shopping around for surgeryCompanies try to make health-care costs transparent (108)
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Eric Holder
Not furious enoughThe attorney-general needs to be more forthright about Operation Fast and Furious (56)
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American coal
A burning issueTighter regulation, bountiful natural gas and declining installation costs for renewable energy herald the end of America’s coal era (14)
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Immigration law
A steep price to paySubjecting Alabama's new immigration law to cost-benefit analysis (38)
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Tax reform in America
A simple bare necessityThe effort to make common sense (8)
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Gay writing in America
Stories of consenting adultsHow Americans dreamed and changed (4)
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Baseball in Latin America
Draft dodgers no moreCan the Dominican Republic avoid Puerto Rico’s fate? (7)
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| Congress | 7% |
Economy:
| Getting better | 25% |
| Getting worse | 29% |
Republican race:
| Romney | 32% |
| Gingrich | 23% |
| Santorum | 16% |
| Paul | 16% |
| Other | 7% |
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