Featured Articles — August 22, 2008

August 22, 2008 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:

The Mystery of Obama’s Problems By Jonah Goldberg
The Democrats are having their flop-sweat moment. Barack Obama should be way out in front. The Republicans are in terrible shape. There hasn’t been a more battered brand name since Bart Simpson swallowed a jagged metal “O” from his box of Krusty-O’s cereal.

They’re Paying Attention Now By Peggy Noonan
Why is it a real race now, with John McCain rising in the polls and Barack Obama falling? There are many answers, but here I think is an essential one: The American people have begun paying attention.

Are We at War, Senator Obama? by Jonathan Rauch
A gentle remindeer to Democrats: This is not a peacetime election for Al Qaueda.

Swing State Review: Virginia By Jay Cost
Today we take our Swing State Review to Virginia. Historically, Virginia has not been much of a swing state, instead consistently favoring the Republican Party. The effect has been that the Democrats typically win Virginia when they have already secured 270 Electoral Votes.

What Barack Obama can learn from Bill Ritter by Ryan Lizza
One day in early August, Bill Ritter, Jr., the governor of Colorado, met with Steve Feld, a professional filmmaker, to work on the video that will welcome delegates to the Democratic National Convention—and present Colorado to the rest of the country.

NATO Meows By Charles Krauthammer
Read the first five paragraphs of the NATO statement on the Russian invasion of Georgia and you will find not a hint of who invaded whom. The statement is almost comically evenhanded.

The oligarchs could be Russia’s best bet By Chrystia Freeland
One of the great debates about Russia is now over. We no longer need to argue about whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s reassertion of state power is good for the economy and thus essentially benign.

The End of The Fairy Tale By Ralph Peters
A specter is haunting Europe-the specter of Putinism. Confronted by a masterful Russian leader without living peer in brilliance or ruthlessness, the continent sorely lacks leadership and a sense of common purpose.

‘No Victory Dances’ By Rod Nordland
Gen. David Petraeus is due to relinquish his role as the commanding general in Iraq in mid-September, moving up to head CENTCOM, the U.S. military’s Central Command, in overall charge of the conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

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