Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: Voters Signal a Hunger for Change — Gerald Seib Change is the most powerful word in politics, and it’s beginning to appear American voters want to send change roaring through the system like a gale-force wind in 2008. A Buyer’s Christmas — James Surowiecki ’Tis the season to buy. [...]
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Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: The Algerian terror lesson — Boston Globe Editorial THE SUICIDE BOMBINGS at United Nations headquarters and the Supreme Court building in Algiers last week were crimes against humanity. They also offered clues about the aims of Al Qaeda and true scope of the threat from fanaticized jihadists. General Petraeus, [...]
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Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: Justice Clinton? – Douglas Kmiec President Taft went on to the Supreme Court. Maybe Mrs. Clinton will park her husband there. McCain’s Last Stand — Fred Barnes He still has a chance. Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani are struggling to stay front-runners — Michael Goodwin A year ago, it [...]
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Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: Of Pork and Patriotism — Brian M. Carney John McCain doesn’t mince words when it comes to Iraq, the State Department and spending. Barack Obama seizes his chance — Toby Harnden Clumsy slurs from Hillary Clinton’s campaign have seen Barack Obama pull past her in the race for the [...]
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Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: An Overdose of Public Piety — Charles Krauthammer Mitt Romney declares, “Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.” Barack Obama opens his speech at his South Carolina Oprah rally with “Giving all praise and honor to God. Look at the day that the Lord has made.” Mike Huckabee [...]
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Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: Intelligence Oversight in Free Fall — David Ignatius Whatever else one might say about America’s accident-prone intelligence agencies, it seems clear that the system of congressional oversight that was established in the mid-1970s to supervise them isn’t working. Misreading the Iran Report — Henry Kissinger The extraordinary spectacle of [...]
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Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: The Roots of the Mortgage Crisis — Alan Greenspan Bubbles cannot be safely defused by monetary policy before the speculative fever breaks on its own. America must resist protectionism — Michael Bloomberg The US economy has turned downward. People are feeling insecure. There are grave concerns about jobs moving [...]
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Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: The Postwar Election — David Brooks The 2008 presidential election has fundamentally shifted, but it hasn’t been because of events in Iowa and New Hampshire. It’s because of events everywhere else. How to Defuse Iran — FLYNT LEVERETT and HILLARY MANN LEVERETT IN the wake of the new National [...]
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Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: After the Battle of Al-Fajr — Michael Totten Fallujah is known as the City of Mosques. It is also a city of walls, and of war. Paulson Behind the Curve — Sebastian Mallaby Hank Paulson ranks among the Bush administration’s many disappointments. When he left the top job at [...]
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Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: Iowa: Mojo versus manpower — Jonathan Martin As the battle for Iowa enters the home stretch, the race appears to be breaking down along a simple fault line: Mike Huckabee’s momentum and passion versus Mitt Romney’s organization. Huckabee Surges, Obama Gains in Iowa — Michael Hirsh The new NEWSWEEK [...]
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