The biggest object in the universe, the GOP's political suicide, and more

MYSTERIES OF SPACE Behold: The biggest object in the known universe The Huge-LQG stretches 4 billion light years across at its longest point BUDGET BATTLES Paul Krugman vs. Jon Stewart: The grudge match over a $1 trillion coin For liberals, it's the ideological equivalent of watching your parents fight LIFESTYLE 14 wonderful words with no English equivalent Koi No Yokan: The sense upon first meeting a person that the two of you are going to fall in love BUDGET BATTLES Why is the GOP trying to commit political suicide? Congressional Republicans seem intent on behaving like children and, in doing so, making the president look positively reasonable by comparison CYBERSECURITY Will Aaron Swartz's suicide spark copyright reform? The 26-year-old wunderkind's death is bringing laws written a half century ago back into the spotlight U.S. BUSINESS Walmart's groundbreaking plan to hire 100,000 veterans ‪"There is a seriousness and sense of purpose that the military instills, and we need it today more than ever" FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE What does bear meat taste like? Hint: Not chicken SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE The pro-nuclear environmental movement NEWSER Dan Brown has new novel coming in May NEW YORK MAGAZINE The Atlantic pulls sponsored Scientology story POLITICAL WIRE Lawmaker's wife thought top aide was a stripper SALON 11 dream Cabinet picks the GOP would still oppose         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.