Michele Bachmann quits, the root of the IRS's evil, and more

POLITICS Why Democrats are sad about Michele Bachmann's retirement By Harold Maass The Tea Party firebrand was a favorite foil for liberals POLITICS The root of all (IRS) evil By Edward Morrissey It's an absolute travesty that the tax collection agency was ever the arbiter of political speech TECH Why Apple isn't making a big iPhone By CHRIS GAYOMALI "For us, winning has never been about making the most." LIFESTYLE Pet owners confess: How much I really spend on my dog, cat, or rabbit By LINDA LOMBARDI Rabbit care should cost roughly $730 per year. One Michigan woman pays $3,525. U.S. The rise of the breadwinning mother: By the numbers By PETER WEBER A fascinating new Pew study finds that women out-earn men in 40 percent of households Entertainment WATCH: Jennifer Lopez's controversial Britain's Got Talent performance By SCOTT MESLOW The singer has earned the ire of British parents for her sexy "Live It Up" routine. From our partners at Political Wire How to kill Obamacare: Make it fail By Taegan Goddard If Republicans can't strike it down, they may as well root for its demise FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE Coming soon: Drowning-detection technology By JASON BITTEL It could make a lifeguard's job much easier SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE Tesla is worse than Solyndra POLITICAL WIRE The abortion issue returns Wall St. Cheat Sheet 4 ways Congress could screw up the economic recovery SALON IRS also targeted marijuana establishments NEW YORK MAGAZINE Citibike likes and dislikes       Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy Copyright © 2013 The Week, All rights reserved.