Featured Articles — November 20, 2008

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

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:

Failure is Not an Option By Victor Davis Hanson
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.”

Two Wrongs, No Right by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
In Congo’s war, there are no angels.

Obama’s First Drama: Hillary Clinton By David Corn
If Barack Obama, the president-elect, wanted to pull a Team of Rivals play, that had seemed fine to me. And placing Clinton in Foggy Bottom would remove her from the dicey business of passing health care reform. Would it unite the party?

Let’s Have a Real Middle-Class Tax Cut By Newt Gingrich and Peter Ferrara
Obama’s tax credits won’t stimulate the economy.

‘A Matter of the People’ By John R. Thomson
Careening toward chaos in Caracas.

Dinner With The Green Glitterati By Claudia Rosett
At a Park Avenue eco-benefit, donors pat themselves on the back.

Obama Should Look Into Putin’s Record, Not His Eyes By Gary Kasparov
The U.S. has the chance for a fresh start on Russia relations.

The Iranian Navy Can Help Us Fight Pirates By Bahukutumbi Raman
Wanted: A new architecture for maritime security.

Getting Past Mythmaking In Georgia By Anne Applebaum
The New York Times has done it; so, recently, have European cease-fire monitors, the BBC and NPR. They, along with a host of other investigators, have looked once again into the events surrounding the Georgian incursion into South Ossetia on Aug. 7, the incident that led to the massive Russian invasion of Georgia on Aug. 8.

Saakashvili Takes Paris by Anne-Elisabeth Moutet
As an exercise in diplomatic deployment, Mikhail Saakashvili had his French trip planned to near perfection. The French like you more if you’ve published a book. Check. Even better if the book is originally in French. Check two. And most of all if you’ve written the book with a card-carrying member of a dynasty of Nouveaux Philosophes. Check three.

Mad Max and the Meltdown By Daniel Henninger
How we went from Christmas to crisis.

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