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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/the-people-s-panel+lifeandstyle/sex">Sex</a> 2hr 13min ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/sex-in-america-peoples-panel" class="link-text">Write for us about … sex in America</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">9 Mar 2012: </span> </span> <p><strong>The people's panel: </strong>Do you think America in the midst of a sexual counter-revolution? Is there a war on women? Tell us your thoughts</p> </div> </li> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica+world/republicans">Republicans</a> 3hr 39min ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/obama-apologise-us-mistakes-not-unamerican" class="link-text">For Obama to apologise for US mistakes is not un-American</a> </h3> <img class="byline-pic" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/gary_younge_140x140.jpg" width="40" height="40" alt="Gary Younge"/> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">9 Mar 2012: </span> </span> <p><strong>Gary Younge:</strong> But until Republicans confront the legacy of George W Bush's foreign policy follies, they are condemned to repeat past errors</p> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/obama-apologise-us-mistakes-not-unamerican#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-open" short-url="-p-364b2" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica+world/occupy-wall-street">Occupy Wall Street</a> 5hr 11min ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/qanda-naomi-wolf-occupy-wall-street" class="link-text">Q&A with Naomi Wolf: Occupy Wall Street – protest and prosecution</a> </h3> <img class="byline-pic" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/1/21/1232529816221/wolf.jpg" width="40" height="40" alt="wolf"/> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">9 Mar 2012: </span> </span> <p><strong>Naomi Wolf:</strong> Join our webchat with Naomi Wolf and attorney Gideon Oliver to discuss how the Occupy Wall Street protests have been policed</p> </div> </li> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/framing-the-debate+world/mittromney">Mitt Romney</a> 6hr 27min ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/mitt-romney-reagan-winning-smile" class="link-text">Mitt Romney just doesn't have Reagan's winning smile</a> </h3> <img class="byline-pic" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/jonathan_jones_140x140.jpg" width="40" height="40" alt="Jonathan Jones"/> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">9 Mar 2012: </span> </span> <p><strong>Jonathan Jones: Framing the debate: </strong>Lincoln's face had a mighty cragginess, FDR's eyes could ooze empathy. Presidents need to look right and Romney does not</p> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/mitt-romney-reagan-winning-smile#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-open" short-url="-p-364x4" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica+world/evangelical-christianity">Evangelical Christianity</a> 6hr 45min ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/new-legal-theory-evangelising-schools" class="link-text">The new legal theory that enables homophobic evangelising in US schools</a> </h3> <img class="byline-pic" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Global/content/icons/2012/2/10/1328906912354/katherinestewart_140x140.jpg" width="40" height="40" alt="Katherine Stewart"/> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">9 Mar 2012: </span> </span> <p><strong>Katherine Stewart:</strong> A campaign funded by the religious right has effectively rewritten the constitutional separation of church and state in education</p> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/new-legal-theory-evangelising-schools#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-363mv" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica+world/international-womens-day">International Women's Day</a> 22hr 44min ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/open-letter-men-boys-iwd" class="link-text">An open letter to men and boys on International Women's Day</a> </h3> <img class="byline-pic" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Global/content/icons/2012/1/24/1327444068829/kevinpowell_140x140.jpg" width="40" height="40" alt="Kevin Powell"/> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">8 Mar 2012: </span> </span> <p><strong>Kevin Powell:</strong> Sadly, we have to confront the fact that Rush Limbaugh is no aberration. It's up to us men to challenge men's abuse of women</p> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/open-letter-men-boys-iwd#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-363y6" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica+world/mittromney">Mitt Romney</a> 23hr 19min ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/massachusetts-moderate-work-for-mitt-romney" class="link-text">How 'Massachusetts moderate' could work for Mitt Romney</a> </h3> <img class="byline-pic" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Global/content/icons/2012/1/23/1327346059693/harryjenten_140x140.jpg" width="40" height="40" alt="Harry J Enten"/> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">8 Mar 2012: </span> </span> <p><strong>Harry J Enten:</strong> Romney's low appeal for conservatives is slowing his progress towards nomination. But it'll help him against Obama in the fall</p> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/massachusetts-moderate-work-for-mitt-romney#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-open" short-url="-p-363y5" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li class="strapped"> <div class="strap"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica+world/abortion">Abortion</a> 1 day ago </div> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/anti-choice-campaigners-abortion-science" class="link-text">Why anti-choice campaigners won't let science get in their way</a> </h3> <img class="byline-pic" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/11/1249978838153/marcotte.jpg" width="40" height="40" alt="marcotte"/> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">8 Mar 2012: </span> </span> <p><strong>Amanda Marcotte:</strong> Research claiming a link between abortion and mental illness in women always gets debunked, but do these ideologues care?</p> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/anti-choice-campaigners-abortion-science#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-363kg" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> </ul> <ul class="pagination b3"> <li class="last"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/america?page=2" rel="nofollow">Next</a></li> <li>1</li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/america?page=2" rel="nofollow">2</a></li> <li><a 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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2012/mar/09/the-lone-ranger-johnny-depp" class="link-text">The Lone Ranger: first picture of Johnny Depp as Tonto</a> </p> </div> <div class="trail-text"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2012/mar/09/the-lone-ranger-johnny-depp" class="link-text"><strong>Guardian:</strong> Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has tweeted the first official picture of Disney's The Lone Ranger. Has Captain Jack Sparrow got a crow perched on his head? You decide</a> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2012/mar/09/the-lone-ranger-johnny-depp" data-link-name="anchor image" class="link-image "> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/red/blue_pics/2012/03/09/depp-tonto_380.jpg" width="380" height="267" alt="Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as The Lone Ranger" class=""/> </a> </li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </span> <span class="trackable-component component-wrapper five-col" data-component="comp: Pickable single tag with optional floating head : Pickable - single tag"> <div id="tomasky" class="pickabletag component tag-tag single-tag single-pickable-tag-badge five-col"> <div class="hd badged"> <h2 style="height: 42px" class="hasbadge"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/on-politics-and-whatever"> Ana Marie Cox on politics </a> </h2> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/9/30/1317380620085/Ana_marie_cox(2).png" class="tag-badge" alt="" height="75" width="92"/> </div> <div class="bd"> <ul> <li> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/07/super-tuesday-webchat-anamariecox-jimgeraghty" class="link-text">Super Tuesday and beyond: Live Q&A with Ana Marie Cox and Jim Geraghty</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <span class="kicker"> <span class="date">7 Mar 2012, 10:45 EST: </span> </span> <p><strong>Ana Marie Cox with Jim Geraghty:</strong> Join our US political columnist and National Review Campaign Spot blogger for a webchat wrap on the state of the GOP race</p> </div> </li> <li> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/06/ohio-republican-primary-super-tuesday" class="link-text">Ohio's Republican primary: what does a Super Tuesday win mean? | Ana Marie Cox</a> </h4> <span class="date">6 Mar 2012, 12:31 EST</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/06/ohio-republican-primary-super-tuesday#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-36xjx" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> <li> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/02/win-georgia-ultimate-defeat-newt-gingrich" class="link-text">A win in Georgia heralds ultimate defeat for Newt Gingrich | Ana Marie Cox</a> </h4> <span class="date">2 Mar 2012, 16:26 EST</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/02/win-georgia-ultimate-defeat-newt-gingrich#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-open" short-url="-p-35qpp" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </span> <span class="trackable-component component-wrapper five-col" data-component="comp: Blog front editors picks (editable) : eds' picks"> <div id="edspicks" class=" blog-front-editors-picks component comment"> <div class="hd"> <h2><a href="">Editor's picks</a></h2> </div> <div class="bd"> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/new-legal-theory-evangelising-schools"> The new legal theory that enables homophobic evangelising in US schools </a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/new-legal-theory-evangelising-schools"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Global/content/icons/2012/2/10/1328906912354/katherinestewart_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Katherine Stewart:</strong> A campaign funded by the religious right has effectively rewritten the constitutional separation of church and state in education <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/09/new-legal-theory-evangelising-schools#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-363mv" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/08/us-backlash-against-sexism-international-womens-day"> This year let's celebrate … the US backlash against sexism </a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/08/us-backlash-against-sexism-international-womens-day"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/3/7/1331143983209/jessicavalenti.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Jessica Valenti:</strong> <strong>International Women's Day:</strong> The Republican primaries have thrown up shocking misogyny, but the response is heartening </div> <ul class="sublinks"> <li class="bullet last"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/open-letter-men-boys-iwd" class="link-text"> <strong>Kevin Powell</strong>: An open letter to men and boys</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/big-nuclear-cosy-relationship-obama-administration"> Big Nuclear's cosy relationship with the Obama administration </a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/big-nuclear-cosy-relationship-obama-administration"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Global/content/icons/2011/3/1/1299017987753/amygoodman_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Amy Goodman:</strong> One year on from Fukushima, the US is rewarding the nuclear energy lobby by underwriting new investment – regardless of risk <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/big-nuclear-cosy-relationship-obama-administration#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-open" short-url="-p-363d7" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/anti-choice-campaigners-abortion-science"> Why anti-choice campaigners won't let science get in their way </a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/anti-choice-campaigners-abortion-science"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/11/1249978838153/marcotte.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Amanda Marcotte:</strong> Research claiming a link between abortion and mental illness in women always gets debunked, but do these ideologues care? <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/anti-choice-campaigners-abortion-science#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-363kg" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/07/grim-truth-gay-in-prison"> The grim truth of being gay in prison </a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/07/grim-truth-gay-in-prison"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120309204558im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Global/content/icons/2012/2/9/1328820954315/sadhbhwalshe_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Sadhbh Walshe:</strong> The myth is that prison is a gay man's paradise. 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