When gun nuts write gun laws, nuts have guns.

NRA press conference: The lesson of Newtown—when gun nuts write gun laws, nuts have guns. - Slate Magazine

Sailing to Byzantium: 13 Songs Based on the Poetry of W. B. Yeats

Sailing to Byzantium: 13 Songs Based on the Poetry of W. B. Yeats | Brain Pickings

Good Riddance to Rottenest Congress in History

Good Riddance to Rottenest Congress in History - Bloomberg

Battles of the Budget

Battles of the Budget - NYTimes.com

Poor bigots are right, they're going to be shunned, perhaps soon

Daily Kos: Poor bigots are right, they're going to be shunned, perhaps soon

Girl Dies From New Year's Gunfire, Home Robbed During Hospital Vigil

Girl Dies From New Year's Gunfire, Home Robbed During Hospital Vigil - ABC News

Bennington teacher hospitalized, turns in rifle

WNYT.com - Bennington teacher hospitalized, turns in rifle

Transocean to pay $1.4 billion in civil, criminal fines for 2010 Gulf spill

Transocean to pay $1.4 billion in civil, criminal fines for 2010 Gulf spill - The Hill's E2-Wire

Gabby Giffords to speak with Sandy Hook victims families

Gabby Giffords to speak with Sandy Hook victims families - NewsTimes

Far right loses its collective mind over possible gun legislation

Far right loses its collective mind over possible gun legislation - Salon.com

International Monetary Fund Admits It Severely Underestimated Cost Of Austerity

International Monetary Fund Admits It Severely Underestimated Cost Of Austerity | ThinkProgress

Indoctrination, NRA style

Indoctrination, NRA style | The Political Carnival

The fiscal cliff deal helped wind power. But our wind policy is still insane.

The fiscal cliff deal helped wind power. But our wind policy is still insane.

Year in Photographs 2012 by Pete Souza

Year in Photographs 2012 by Pete Souza - a set on Flickr

Swiss Bank Pleads Guilty to Tax Law Violations - helped American tax cheats

Swiss Bank Pleads Guilty to Tax Law Violations - NYTimes.com

New faces on Capitol Hill: List of freshmen lawmakers

New faces on Capitol Hill: List of freshmen lawmakers – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

Shell’s Alaska mishap has a big PR cost — and a big cost to taxpayers

Shell’s Alaska mishap has a big PR cost — and a big cost to taxpayers | Grist

Feds say Exxon delay worsened Yellowstone River oil spill

Feds say delay worsened Yellowstone River oil spill in | cleveland.com

Major EPA Fracking Study Will Tap Into Pennsylvania Data

Major EPA Fracking Study Will Tap Into Pennsylvania Data | StateImpact Pennsylvania

Views of Obama, Congress, the Parties | Pew Research Center

Section 1: Views of Obama, Congress, the Parties | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

The cutest, most incredibly depressing animated film you’ll see today

The cutest, most incredibly depressing animated film you’ll see today | Grist

America’s White Male Republican Evangelical Magical “Thinking” Racist Problem Is ALL of Our Problem

America’s White Male Republican Evangelical Magical “Thinking” Racist Problem Is ALL of Our Problem

Cliff After Cliff

Cliff After Cliff - NYTimes.com

Warren Buffett MidAmerican Solar Project

Warren Buffett MidAmerican Solar Project - Business Insider

Analysis: Republicans start new Congress bruised and divided

Analysis: Republicans start new Congress bruised and divided | Reuters

New faces in Congress

New faces in Congress - The Washington Post

Shell oil rig runs aground in Alaska

Shell oil rig runs aground in Alaska - The Washington Post

The Most Inspiring Art of 2012

The Most Inspiring Art of 2012 : TreeHugger

Corbett Jams Kane

Corbett Jams Kane, Takes PSU Drivers Seat | PoliticsPA

Al Jazeera Seeks a U.S. Voice

Al Jazeera Seeks a U.S. Voice Where Gore Failed - NYTimes.com