What would happen if Texas actually seceded?

NEWS+OPINION What would happen if Texas actually seceded? Secession fever has struck much of red America after President Obama's re-election. And that's got a lot of people asking "what if...?" THE NEW EGYPT Is Egypt's Mohamed Morsi turning into Hosni Mubarak? Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood president just gave himself potentially dictatorial powers, prompting fears that history might be repeating itself NASA Why the U.S. wanted to nuke the moon during the Cold War In the 1950s, with a young Carl Sagan lending a hand, America considered a novel way to outshine the Soviets NEWS+OPINION The curious case of the uncrackable World War II code found on a dead pigeon Britain's top code breakers, stumped by an encrypted message found on the leg bone of a bird, are looking to the public for answers FOX NEWS 4 hilariously sarcastic reactions to Fox's 'War on Men' column Fox's Suzanne Venker blames falling marriage rates on the rise of women, and the internet scoffs in disbelief ARTS+LIFE 6 scathing reviews of Lindsay Lohan's Liz & Dick Lifetime's Elizabeth Taylor biopic is inspiring some of the most effusive critical takedowns of 2012 FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE Time to kill the 401(k)? The accounts cost the government billions — and they might not even be helping us save, says Ray Fisman at Slate SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE The worst baby advice ever NEWSER Berlusconi threatens to run again NEW YORK MAGAZINE Fox News boots guest for rudely calling them Republicans DISCOVERY NEWS Astronaut to spend year in space SALON Viral Facebook copyright notice is false         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.