Featured Articles — July 20, 2008

July 20, 2008 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:

‘Stunningly Shameful’ by Stephen F. Hayes
The Bush administration flip-flops on Iran.

Congress’s Edifice Complex By John Fund
The scandal of living politicians building ‘monuments to me.’

Sofia Goes Flat By Wall Street Journal Editors
I recently interviewed the instigator of the world’s lowest flat tax, Svetla Kostidinova, director of the Institute for Market Economics located in Sofia, Bulgaria.

It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid By Frank Rich
Were voters forced to actually focus on John McCain’s response to our economic crisis, the prospect of his ascension to the Oval Office could set off panic.

Save Yankee Stadium By Andrew Wolf
It came as an relief to me that our Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated 30 mostly forgettable buildings along the west side of Manhattan as the “West Chelsea Historic District.” I can now sleep soundly secure in the knowledge that the R.C. Williams and Co. building, the Berlin and Jones Envelope Co. building, the Wolff Building and the Wolff Building Annex, and 26 others will be protected from the wrecking ball.

Geezers Doing Good By Nicholas D. Kristof
If we boomers decide to use our retirement to change the world, rather than our golf game, our dodderdom will have consequences for society as profound as our youth did.

Obama Abroad By Fareed Zakaria
He’s been called a naive idealist. But in terms of foreign policy, he’s the true realist in the race.

9/11 and 4/11 By Thomas Friedman
We are addicted to dirty fossil fuels, and this addiction is driving a whole set of toxic trends that are harming our nation and world in many different ways.

Conservatism: Not TBTF By George Will
In recent weeks, two formerly bright lines of political demarcation have become indistinct, to Barack Obama’s advantage.

Breaking the silence on Pakistan and terrorism By Con Coughlin
The biggest threat to the West is not al-Qa’eda, Afghanistan or Iran, but the country that, thanks to its laxity, has become the terrorists’ chief hideout and breeding ground.

Russia’s new (and old) plan By Boston Globe Editors
THE NEXT US president will have to deal with an energy-rich Russia that bears little resemblance to either the vanished Soviet Union or the economic basket case of the immediate post-Soviet years.

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