Irony alert: Mitt Romney's final vote tally nears 47 percent

2012 PRESIDENTIAL RACE Irony alert: Mitt Romney's final vote tally nears 47 percent The defeated GOP candidate famously disparaged Obama as the candidate of the 47 percent. Now, liberals gleefully view Mitt's final tally as poetic justice BUDGET BATTLES 5 reasons to let the U.S. ride over the fiscal cliff Cheering for steep spending cuts and tax hikes to kick in Jan. 1 is now a bipartisan sport U.S. MILITARY Can Ecstasy help veterans fight off post-traumatic stress disorder? A new follow-up study shows long-lasting improvement for soldiers given MDMA during psychotherapy ISRAEL VS. THE PALESTINIANS How Hamas' rockets and Israel's missile-defense system work The fate of the escalating conflict in the Middle East rests primarily on how effective machinery on both sides turns out to be, says columnist D.B. Grady SPORTS WATCH: Video of the college basketball player who scored a mind-boggling 138 points in a single game Eat your heart out, Kobe. Grinnell College's Jack Taylor jacked up 108 shots on Tuesday night ISRAEL VS. THE PALESTINIANS The Israel-Gaza conflict: Proof that President Obama is a true friend to Israel? Mitt Romney spent months accusing Obama of throwing Israel "under the bus." Obama's stance on Gaza might finally put such accusations to rest FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE Why Macy's should cancel its Thanksgiving Day Parade With helium in short supply, do we really want to waste the increasingly precious gas to let Snoopy float through Times Square? SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE Why is our first instinct to defend Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash? NEWSER OB/GYN group backs over-the-counter birth control NEW YORK MAGAZINE Mitt Romney goes to Disneyland DISCOVERY NEWS Utensil type can make food taste different SALON Gaza: How did it come to this?         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.