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Congratulations, tolerance mau-mauers: Your shakedown of a Christian-
RUTTEN: U.S. needs to do more for veterans
There seems to be little energy these days for anything but anxiety and finger-pointing about the economy. Still, it's sobering -- even shocking -- that Monday's final report by the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses failed to find a place on the front page of a single major newspaper.
RUBIN: Iraqi agreement gives Obama a huge break
Iraq's prime minister just did President-elect Barack Obama a huge favor.
We cannot have success without failing
We all remember the advice about failure we received from our parents and teachers: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again"; "Learn from your mistakes"; "Failure breeds success." The common theme was that some sort of failure in life is inevitable. Our character is built not just from success, but during setbacks, too.
Look at the right Clinton relationship
So President-elect Obama is considering Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. How should we feel about that?
A recession would clear air of outdated economic models
Virtually all of America's financial and political artillery has been dragooned into the great task of heading off a recession. This is exactly the wrong way to go. As painful as it will be in the short run, a recession is just what we need.
LEONARD PITTS: Let's hope GOP will give us something to vote
LEONARD PITTS: Let's hope GOP will give us something to vote
ANOTHER VIEW: Bankruptcy might be best option for Big Three
It looks less likely now that the Detroit Three will get that extra helping of pork that they want to go with their turkey of a bailout plan, but congressional Democrats still want to serve it up.
Editorial Roundup
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
Welcome to 'formerly middle class'
At the beginning of every recession, there are people who see the downturn as an occasion for moral revival: Americans will learn to live without extravagances. They'll simplify their lives and relearn what really matters: home, friends, family.
National Voices
- Don't put State in Clinton's hands
- Choosing drug plan wisely results in savings
- ANDRES OPPENHEIMER: Central American crime is a growing U.S. problem
- Should we save the 'Big Three'?
- Should we save the 'Big Three'?
- Not all CEOs are greedy; many do good
- NAVARRETTE: Presidential candidates avoided affirmative action
- In Congo, 'rape is cheaper than bullets'
- DAVID BRODER: Digging into significance of election results
- GEORGE WILL: Let's get honest about socialism
- LEONARD PITTS: D.C. public-school experiment is a test for all
- Obama's agenda for first 83 days
- MARY SANCHEZ: GOP should get serious about women candidates
- Women made certain kinds of gains in this election
- We need bigger International Monetary Fund
- The other big switch coming soon
- ANDRES OPPENHEIMER: What Latin America wants from Obama
- CAL THOMAS: Obamas practice school choice
- TRUDY RUBIN: Promising prospects for better relations with Pakistan
- GOP will get even more conservative
- Innovate this, greedy automakers!
- DAVID BRODER: In transition, Obama shows administrative skills
- RUBEN NAVARRETTE: Immigration reform not high priority
- A word of advice for Obama: Jobs
- Editorial Roundup
- Obama can help restore U.S. image
- Has Obama already failed test of courage?
- LEONARD PITTS: Blacks embrace discrimination in California
- Don't bail out Detroit or its unions
- Shedding old labels and bigotries
- Windfall profits tax would help beleaguered motorists
- Penalizing profitable firms won't help
- GEORGE WILL: Ironies and paradoxes in this election
- DAVID BRODER: GOP governors hold hope for party
- MARY SANCHEZ: The world celebrates a victory
- CARL LEUBSDORF: Now the hard part begins for Obama
- Power evangelicals seek isn't in government
- Time for GOP to return to roots
- ANDRES OPPENHEIMER: No Chavez chat for Obama
- TRUDY RUBIN: U.S. voter turnout offers example to world
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