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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences The Collateral Damage to Muslims
The suspected Fort Hood shooter left more than a trail of carnage in his wake. He has sown fear in the hearts of millions of Muslim Americans—and inflamed hatred of Islam.
Todd Bissonette / AP Photo The Purged Moderate Speaks
How is Dede Scozzafava holding up after a conservative insurgent drove her from the New York House race? Michael Smerconish asks the former Republican candidate about the future of her party.
Overture Films The Week in Culture
This week, Obama mingles with Hollywood’s A-list, Precious finally hits theaters, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin team up, and more in art, music, theater, and film.
How to Help the Shell-Shocked
The Fort Hood tragedy put the military's PTSD problem in the spotlight. The platoon sergeant they called 'Bad Voodoo' on why the mental-health stigma won't go away.
Next Stop, the Senate
As the House narrowly passed the health-care bill Saturday night, Sen. Harry Reid, the man now charged with pushing the bill through the Senate, is closing in on 60 votes. How? Sen. Lieberman’s post-election loyalty to the Senate Majority Leader—and the political implosion of Reid's Nevada rival.
The Fall of the Wall: The Rise of Freedom
The first U.S. ambassador to a newly unified Germany recounts his memories of the fall of the wall, and looks ahead to a Europe that's just as whole.
Stopping the Next McVeigh
As neo-Nazis take to the streets this weekend, officials say their new boldness echoes the homegrown terrorism of the 1990s. James Verini talks to the extremists leading the charge.
Major Hasan's Hidden Militancy
The alleged Fort Hood gunman had revealed a hard-line Islamist streak to acquaintances in the Muslim Community Center that he made his mosque. The Daily Beast's Asra Q. Nomani reports.
Going Postal
The office shooting in Orlando—on the same day unemployment crested 10 percent—is a deadly omen. Mark Ames on why spikes in joblessness always breed more workplace violence.
America's Mass Murder Addiction
No other prosperous country not torn by civil conflict has anything like our volume of mass killings. Lee Siegel on America’s shameful epidemic.
The Week in Cartoons
Why was Election Day like a McDonald's giveaway? What’s written on the GOP's welcome mat? And what do the Yankees share with Obama? VIEW OUR GALLERY of the week's best political cartoons.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 Crucial Moments
Just ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of The Berlin Wall, the Daily Beast looks at 20 events that led to the opening of modern history’s most infamous barrier. View our gallery.
The Democrats' Midterm Nightmare
As House leaders push to pass health-care reform, a major political headache looms: The bill’s impact won’t be felt until long after already anxious voters go to the polls in 2010.
The Week in Viral Videos
From Sesame Street's Fox News slam to a Philippines prison's Queen jam, watch the buzziest viral videos of the week.
Week in Red Carpet
Kate Bosworth wears winter white in Moscow, Leighton Meester stuns in floral, and Katy Perry goes jeweled and feathered. VIEW OUR GALLERY of the best looks of the week.
'Wide Open to Attack'
As Fort Hood mourns the death of 13 soldiers at an Army psychiatrist’s hand, the ex-chief of the CIA’s WMD unit says security at U.S. military bases nationwide is grossly inadequate.
A Serial Killer's Free Rein
No one cared about Cleveland’s missing black women until it turned out to be the work of a serial killer. Now the cops and the media are all over us—about four years too late.
Bringing Down Bachmann
The far right’s star House member just hit the headlines with a rowdy health-care rally on Capitol Hill. Benjamin Sarlin reports on the Democrats lining up in Minnesota to send Michele Bachmann into early retirement.
Fort Hood Shooting: The Aftermath
Authorities are still piecing together a troubling portrait of the man thought to be the killer of at least 13 people in Thursday’s mass shooting at Fort Hood. Follow the breaking details about the victims, suspected shooter, and government response.





























































