Peta Credlin is back in print today — Liberal plot or media scoop? Our cops are getting fat on Big Macs, with big discounts. Rundle on the Republicans’ latest plan to fix US debt. Why Lord Monckton is heading back to Australia. And the media axe swings in overseas bureaux.
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Obama weighs up letting the budget go over the cliff
The “fiscal cliff” is dominating political news in the United States, where come January 1, tax rises and spending cuts will kick in under the current deal, unless Obama and the House can negotiate a better one.
READ MOREConstitutional gun argument holds no water
Crikey readers weigh in.
READ MORELabor MP letter to US politicians: enact our gun laws
As the number of guns in Australia reduced, so too did gun violence. Labor MP Kelvin Thomson implores the US Congress and Senate to look to our experience.
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Sandy Hook massacre pivot point in wretched gun debate
The massacre of young children in Newtown was so nihilistic and meaningless that it has exposed the empty rhetoric and false illusions of the US gun lobby. From Connecticut, our writer-at-large braces for a long fight.
READ MOREWho has the guts to save the little children?
Crikey readers weigh in.
READ MOREGun control might work, but US needs to temper paranoia and rage
The school shootings in Connecticut have revived a stalled debate on gun control. But history is against any meaningful action to limit gun ownership.
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In Connecticut, it’s too calm and too practised
The meditative reflection on display after the Newtown massacre seems too polished and well-practised. It’s a particular condition of a more general process — fatalism encroaching on daily life.
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