Featured Articles — November 11, 2008

November 11, 2008 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:

‘Tolerance’ Is Not the Lesson of Kristallnacht By Bret Stephens
Sunday was the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. With some notable exceptions, Europe has opted to mark the occasion by missing its point.

Take Some Political Risks By Paul Ryan
After two straight electoral defeats, it is time for a substantial party shake-up. We don’t need a feather duster; we need a fire hose.

Obama is committed to a bold agenda By Jesse Jackson
The Beltway poison began almost before the dancing stopped early Wednesday morning. Obama has to be “cautious.” This is still a “center-right nation,” Bill Kristol wrote. “The country remains very evenly divided,” says Clinton adviser Harold Ickes. Obama had better lower his sights, ignore the “liberal” Congress and liberal lobbies and govern from the center.

Was Palin’s candidacy a step forward for women? By Cathy Young
Election 2008, which shattered the ultimate barrier by bringing an African-American to the White House, also turned out to be the Year of the Woman Who Failed.

The Final Repudiation By George Will
Americans should ponder the profound implications of the long evolution, through six stages, of the presidential-selection process.

Unions’ Creepy Push Against Secret Ballot By Froma Harrop
The first campaign promise Barack Obama should break is to push through the Employee Free Choice Act. That harmless sounding piece of legislation would let union organizers do an end run around secret-ballot elections: Companies would have to recognize a union if most workers signed cards in support of it.

Darkness at Dusk By David Brooks
It’s only been a week since the defeat, but the battle lines have already been drawn in the fight over the future of conservatism.

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