The Week - Two new dramas debuting this weekend borrow heavily from classic fairy tales. Will either live happily ever after?

The Week - A bipartisan Senate bill would give foreigners who buy U.S. homes worth at least $500,000 a residence visa. Could this gambit kickstart the housing market?

The Week - The media made a grisly video of the Libyan leader's last moments widely available. Was it necessary to tell the story?

The Week - For Libyans, Moammar Gadhafi's bloody death marks the end of a 42-year era of repression. Will the future be better?

The Week - The number of countries that execute criminals is dropping. Is capital punishment on the way out?

The Week - Romney released a web ad painting Perry as an inarticulate buffoon who's unable to debate — or lead the U.S. Then he pulled the ad

The Week - The host of a radio show aired by NPR affiliates loses her job. But should rules for news reporters apply to someone who talks mostly about opera?

The Week - Cain may have taken his anti-government stance too far — suggesting the federal government shouldn't tell anyone what to do about abortion

The Week - President Obama hailed the death of Libya's longtime dictator, and the NATO mission that hastened his end. Do you get credit for "leading from behind"?

The Week - Much of the world hails Moammar Gadhafi's death as a triumph for the West. But the war that toppled him remains misguided and illegal

The Nation - The Nation -- In a stunning and largely unexpected victory for the American peace movement and Iraqi opponents of the US occupation, virtually all US troops will withdraw from Iraq as scheduled by this December 31.

The Week - Not only did an astounding 28 million viewers tune in for Ashton Kutcher's debut on the CBS sitcom, but Comedy Central's roast of Sheen was its highest-rated ever

The Week - A suicide bomber, apparently sent by the Taliban, kills the head of Afghanistan's peace council. Is there any hope for reconciliation now?

The Week - A witty, energetic, and focused kick-off to season three encourages critics who'd lamented that the hit Fox series had lost its mojo

The Week - Not necessarily, according to an AP "fact check" that's being embraced by the Right

The Week - Davis will receive a lethal injection Wednesday night for the 1989 murder of a Georgia cop — even after most witnesses recanted their testimony

The Week - It's a given that much of the GOP will oppose the president's plan to raise taxes — but it's possible that some centrist Democrats might balk, too

The Week - The iPhone and iPad maker hasn't announced any new products, but its shares are climbing higher and higher as broader markets struggle

The Nation - The Nation -- If the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has its way, Troy Anthony Davis will be killed by lethal injection at 7pm on September 21. His body will be carried out of the maximum-security prison in Jackson, the word “homicide” printed on his death certificate—the thirty-fourth US prisoner put to death this year.

The Nation - The Nation -- For the past week, Rep. Michele Bachmann has tried to revive her flagging presidential campaign by turning a HPV vaccine into a Tea Party litmus test. During a debate on Monday, Bachmann tore into front-runner Gov. Rick Perry for his 2007 executive order that would have required all sixth grade girls in Texas to get the Gardasil vaccine, unless their parents opted out of their program.