Selections from the February 15, 2013 issue

COVER/Joan Walsh
Obama II: Older, wiser, stronger

EDITORIAL
Gun-shy Dems; Missed opportunity for reform

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Bring back hope

DISPATCHES
Bipartisan deal jumpstarts immigration reform;
Gun attrition day shootings;
Feinstein debuts gun bill;
Harkin to retire;
Federal appeals court invalidates recess appointments;
Nevada Republican guilty in vote fraud case;
States buck union decline;
GOP reps in 22 states stiff Sandy victims;
NJ gov rejects minimum wage bill;
Fox News hits 12-year 'demo' lows while MSNBC gains;
Second Amendment preserved slavery ...

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Obama 2.0

BOB BURNETT
Top ten taxes

WENONAH HAUTER
Frankenfish: Don’t put a fork in it

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Opioid entrepreneurs battle government

SAM URETSKY
Flimsy evidence for flu meds

DON ROLLINS
Obama administration takes on payday lenders

WAYNE O’LEARY
Taxmaggedon reform

JOHN BUELL
Whose funerals matter?

N. GUNASEKARAN
A daughter’s death leads to society awakening 

ART CULLEN
From Iowa coal mines to pinnacle of Senate 

POPULIST PICKS 

ROB PATTERSON
Dipping my toe in the digital flow

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