Selections from the February 1, 2013 issue

COVER/Hal Crowther
Twilight of the pale patriarchs

EDITORIAL
Collateral damage

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Nation needs to invest in mental health again

DISPATCHES
Republicans grab disaster relief at home but oppose Sandy relief;
GOP croc on payroll tax hike;
Funny what fascinates D.C. media;
Thanks, GOP, for Sen. Warrent;
Pope slams capitalism, inequality in New Year message;
FreedomWorks paid Beck and Limbaugh;
Killings increase in ‘Stand Your Ground’ states;
Current, we hardly knew ye;
Hannity loses half his TV audience after election debacle;
Wendy's franchise cuts worker hours to avoid Obamacare;
Health insurers hike rates;
Yes, there is still a World Almanac!;
Presidential vote updated;
Gerrymandering keeps GOP up in House;
AIG mulls suing government for bailing it out:
Fish flee Northeast waters;
'Right-to-work' doesn't bring jobs ...

BOB BURNETT
Can America curb gun violence?

DON ROLLINS
Oregon legislators chase Nike and ‘win’

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
New nukes, same as the old nukes

WENONAH HAUTER
University research, sold out
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Facts of reproductive life

SAM URETSKY
Empty bottles won’t pay for quality health care

WAYNE O’LEARY
The fellow behind the tree

JOHN BUELL
The fiscal cliff and other imaginary monsters

JOSEPH B. ATKINS
Attention Walmart shoppers
POPULIST PICKS

ROB PATTERSON
Surrender to the digital revolution

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