* Everyone's talking about federal taxes, but how are state taxes going?
* Good read: what is a conservative?
* Ugh. Republicans push a rough conservative agenda in Virginia.
* Profiling eight women poised to help remake the Middle East.
* 'The complete guide to the Susan G. Komen debacle.'
* How states rank up in teaching science.
* Woo! A call to pardon Turing.
* Is fiction's future in translation?