The NRA speaks, Boehner's 'Plan B' fails, and more

THE GUN DEBATE The NRA's instantly inflammatory post-Connecticut press event "The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," claims the NRA's Wayne LaPierre BUDGET BATTLES John Boehner's fiscal cliff 'Plan B' failure: What now? House Republicans refuse to go along with Speaker Boehner's proposal to let tax rates rise for people making more than $1 million U.S. BUSINESS Instagram's privacy policy retreat: Too late? The photo sharing app reverses a change in its terms that had terrified users by suggesting the company would sell their pictures to advertisers VISUALIZE THIS Infographic: Our booming cities By 2030, 5 billion people will be living in cities. Here, an infographic guide MYSTERIES OF SPACE How we'd really deal with an Armageddon-sized asteroid Hint: We probably wouldn't nuke it FROM OUR PARTNERS AT POLITICAL WIRE Obama picks Kerry as Secretary of State ‪The selection "all but guarantees a swift, smooth path to confirmation.‬" FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE Why the world isn't ending today Welcome to the Maya Notpocalypse™ SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE Columbine shows why NRA's "school shield" likely wouldn't work NEWSER Why milk could hit $8 a gallon NEW YORK MAGAZINE Four dead in Pennsylvania shooting POLITICAL WIRE Hagel apologizes for gay slur SALON What Kerry should tell Obama as secretary of state         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.