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Jenny and Silda's statements of strength
by Richard Cohen
9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
From time to time, I come across Silda and Eliot Spitzer. He is the former New York governor who had to leave office because of a sex scandal, and she is the wife who was roundly criticized at the time (2008) for publicly standing by her man after he was accused of seeing a prostitute in Washington. The Spitzers remain a couple.
Kidnapping of Haitian children was no act of charity
by Eugene Robinson
9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Anyone sitting in a dank, fetid Haitian jail for any reason probably deserves at least a measure of sympathy, so in that sense I feel sorry for the Baptist missionaries from Idaho charged with kidnapping 33 "orphans" and trying to take them out of the country. But what the do-gooders allegedly did was not just misguided. It could be criminal, and Haitian authorities are right to hold them accountable.
Toyota's plan to repair its public image
by Akio Toyoda
9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
More than 70 years ago, Toyota entered the auto business based on a simple, but powerful, principle: that Toyota would build the highest-quality, safest and most reliable automobiles in the world. The company has always put the needs of our customers first and made the constant improvement of our vehicles a top priority. That is why 80 percent of all Toyotas sold in the United States over the past 20 years are still on the road today.
Ukraine's democratic evolution, on hold for now
by Anne Applebaum
9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Every revolution sparks a counterrevolution. The French revolution in 1789 was followed by Napoleon and the restoration of the monarchy. After the Russian revolution, the czar's forces regrouped and fought a bloody civil war.
The World?s Watchmaker
by By ROGER COHEN
9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
China has America about where it wants it. You can make your own calculation of President Obama?s leverage over Beijing and it?s heading south.
The House of Tranquillity
by By DAVID BROOKS
9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Barack Obama and Joe Biden once had a Felix and Oscar air about them. But in recent months, Obama has found a way to use Biden?s skills, while Biden has found ways to be of use.
The Worst of the Pain
by By BOB HERBERT
9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Those in the lower-income groups are in a much, much deeper hole than the general commentary on the recession would lead people to believe.
PARTY ON! THE REVOLT OF THE OLD (Richard Reeves)
8 Feb 2010 at 7:59pm
Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- My favorite Tea Party guy is Merle Firestone from Rainbow, Miss., who left home at 4 a.m. last Saturday morning to drive to Nashville.
THE WEST NEEDS TO WATCH UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY IN IRAN (Georgie Anne Geyer)
8 Feb 2010 at 7:59pm
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- Recently, events in Iran have been unusually hushed-up. Our nation's capital is too concerned with problems of banks and Republicans. The Europeans are tired of the seemingly endless Persian problems -- even the Russians seem to be. Yet this week may well provide us with some major indicators on what is going to happen next in that promising, troublesome and sinister part of the Near East.
John Murtha: The Old Soldier Who Said "Bring the Troops Home" (The Nation)
8 Feb 2010 at 3:53pm
The Nation - The Nation -- Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha, the old soldier who looked like and in so many ways was a member of the Democratic establishment of another time, broke with the leadership of his own party and the opposition Republicans at a critical point in 2005 and said it was time to bring the troops home from Iraq.
Ukraine election result -- a balancing act (The Christian Science Monitor)
8 Feb 2010 at 3:11pm
The Christian Science Monitor - In Ukraine, presidential elections look to have brought the country full circle. Voters have apparently returned to support Viktor Yanukovich, the villain in the country’s democratic "Orange Revolution" of 2004.
Big banks are too big – and unproductive (The Christian Science Monitor)
8 Feb 2010 at 2:25pm
The Christian Science Monitor - The American financial industry has become too big for its britches.
Demand Question Time (The Nation)
8 Feb 2010 at 1:56pm
The Nation - The Nation -- My boss Katrina vanden Heuvel recently detailed the merits of a new campaign that could enhance civic engagement, make politicians more accountable and promote the notion that our elected reps should be able to talk lucidly about the issues of the day.
Twitter doesn’t start a revolution, people do (The Christian Science M...
8 Feb 2010 at 9:50am
The Christian Science Monitor - For anyone who ever doubted the saintliness of new technology, here is grisly proof:
Boy Scouts: a century of promoting virtue (The Christian Science Monitor)
8 Feb 2010 at 9:04am
The Christian Science Monitor - As the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) turns 100 today, its millions of alumni will nostalgically recall canoe trips, campfires, and hikes along country roads, and wonder what to expect from the future for this iconic American institution.
Obama Coddles Wall Street (RealClearPolitics.com)
8 Feb 2010 at 1:00am
RealClearPolitics.com - In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said: "We face a deficit of trust -- deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years. To close that credibility gap, we have to take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue -- to end the outsized influence of lobbyists; to do our work openly; to give the people the government they deserve."
On health care: 'Finish the kitchen'
by E.J. Dionne Jr.
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
If President Obama gets to sign a health-reform bill, as I believe he will, one reason may be Rep. Jay Inslee's difficult experience renovating his kitchen.
U.S.-China growing pains
by Fareed Zakaria
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Despite the recent squall in U.S.-Chinese relations, both countries have powerful reasons to cooperate with one another. These have grown over the past two decades, a progression that both countries seem to recognize.
Obama's retreat from the global stage
by Jackson Diehl
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Is a wounded Barack Obama withdrawing from the world?
America's candor gap on the budget
by Robert J. Samuelson
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
In all the recent reports, speeches and news conferences concerning the federal budget outlook -- including the administration's proposed budget for 2011 -- hardly anyone has posed these crucial questions: What should the federal government do and why; and who should pay? We ought to go back to first principles of defining a desirable role for government and abandon the expedient of assuming that anyone receiving a federal benefit is morally entitled to it simply because it's been received before.
America Is Not Yet Lost
by By PAUL KRUGMAN
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
The way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government, and senators should change the rules to end obstructionism.
The Dream of Zero
by By ROSS DOUTHAT
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Linking the antiproliferation agenda to the dream of universal nuclear abolition, as President Obama seems intent on doing, is a naïve approach to a very difficult problem.
Obama Will Meet With Republicans Next Week On Health Care (HuffingtonPos...
7 Feb 2010 at 5:39pm
HuffingtonPost.com - President Obama said on Sunday that he will hold a meeting with Republican lawmakers next week, to be followed by a meeting with members of both parties, in an effort to get health care reform legislation back on track.
Tim Geithner Calls Out Scott Brown For Stimulus Criticism (HuffingtonPos...
7 Feb 2010 at 10:56am
HuffingtonPost.com - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner rejected on Sunday claims made by newly-minted Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) that the Obama stimulus package had not created a single job.
Populist Constitutionalism & the Tea Parties (RealClearPolitics.com)
7 Feb 2010 at 1:00am
RealClearPolitics.com - The tea parties are a unique populist movement and moment in American history. There is no charismatic leader of the movement. The tea parties have more grass roots movers, shakers, and members, than any populist movement ever seen in our country. So what makes it so different from previous populist political factions?
Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet
by By FRANK RICH
7 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
After Adm. Mike Mullen called for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military, a curious silence befell the right.
A Scrubbed Toe in the Race
by By MAUREEN DOWD
7 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Harold Ford Jr., the transplant with the Tennessee driver?s license who was raised in Washington, D.C., professes that he loves, loves, loves, loves New York.
Postcard From Yemen
by By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
7 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Sana is not Kabul, and Yemen is not Afghanistan not yet. Yemenis have the resources to save themselves, but they need to be mobilized by better governance.
The World Capital of Killing
by By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
7 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Congo has become the world capital of rape, torture and mutilation in ways that sear the survivors of a war that appears to have claimed more lives than the Holocaust.
MILITARY'S 'DON'T ASK' POLICY HAS CIVIL RIGHTS-ERA ECHOES (Cynthia Tucker)
6 Feb 2010 at 7:58pm
Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- Last month, Lt. Col. Lee Archer, the only confirmed "ace" among the Tuskegee Airmen, died at the age of 90.
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