Featured Articles — September 12, 2008

September 12, 2008 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:

Obama’s Altitude Sickness By Charles Krauthammer
The Democrats are in a panic. In a presidential race that is impossible to lose, they are behind. Obama devotees are frantically giving advice. Tom Friedman tells him to “start slamming down some phones.” Camille Paglia suggests, “be boring!”

Indictments Are Not the Best Revenge By Alan M. Dershowitz
Elections and impeachment are the proper ways to hold the executive branch accountable.

Bill Clinton’s advice to Barack Obama By John F. Harris
There they were in Harlem on Thursday, the 42nd president and the Democrat who hopes to be the 44th, for a two-hour lunch hour chat at Bill Clinton’s office.

Tiptoeing Through the Mud By E. J. Dionne
It has been hard to remember lately that the country is in the midst of one of the most consequential presidential elections of our lifetimes.

We friends of liberal international order face a new global disorder By Timothy Garton Ash
On the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, China, Russia and climate change all vie with al-Qaida for our attention.

Against The Grain by Dick Meyer
Sept. 11 And The Non-Crisis Of Values.

Obama’s “Talking” Cure By Joshua Muravchik
In the never-ending torrent of attacks on the Bush administration’s conduct of American foreign policy, the President’s supposed neglect of the peaceful instruments of diplomacy has come in for especially pointed criticism.

The Wars of John McCain by Jeffrey Goldberg
John McCain believes the Vietnam War was winnable. Now he argues that an Obama administration would accept defeat in Iraq, with grave costs to American honor and national security. Is McCain’s quest for victory a reflection of an antiquated pre-Vietnam mind-set? Or of a commitment to principles we abandon at our peril? Is there any war McCain thinks can’t be won?

Miles to Go By Peggy Noonan
McCain gains big on Obama, but the race isn’t nearly over.

The Social Animal By David Brooks
We’re living in an age of fast-changing economic, information and social networks, but Republicans are still impeded by Barry Goldwater’s mental guard-rails.

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