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Cartoons of the Week
May 19–25, 2012
Facebook face-plants, plus other editorial cartoons from the week. -
Historic TIME Letters
Newt goes to the moon, while Mitt Romney toes the border between conservative and moderate
Pornography? Gas prices? Nuclear bombs? Why Republicans are being driven to such rhetorical extremes
There’s been a lot of light-saber rattling recently, but our aspirations in the galaxy have always been and will remain peaceful
The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012
Why don’t the GOP candidates want us to go to college or read newspapers?
It’s true that Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter
You couldn’t get further out in space than Gingrich’s new plans for a lunar colony
What Adele, Woody Allen and Newt Gingrich have in common and why we can’t stop romanticizing the past
As the Republican primary battle gets more acrimonious, Romney and Gingrich reveal their hatred of reality
Forget Ronald Reagan. Newt Gingrich’s real political analogue is another angry striver: Richard Nixon
The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012
Calling all pundits: Take our quiz and find out how your forecast for the coming year compares with what TIME’s editors predict will happen
Newt Gingrich’s recent remarks show that hatred towards gays still remains strangely acceptable
The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012
