December 10, 2012

This issue of The Weekly Standard featured Jonathan V. Last's cover story on the rise of single Americans as a significant political demographic, arguing it was the most important postelection trend overlooked by most analysts. The magazine also examined the Obama administration's handling of the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges through Jeffrey H. Anderson's "The Sebelius Coverup," and Stephen F. Hayes investigated inconsistencies in the official narrative surrounding the Benghazi attack. Additional coverage included analysis of Egypt's new leader Morsi, Obama's foreign policy approach in the Middle East, and cultural commentary on Chicago and American poetry.