Featured Articles — November 21, 2008

November 21, 2008 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:

Keep Gates By Peggy Noonan
But Mrs. Clinton at Foggy Bottom? Can they be serious?

Obama’s Senate Play By Kimberley Strassel
If the president wants 60 Senate votes, he’ll have to fight for them one by one.

Why Obama Wants Hillary for His ‘Team of Rivals’ By Karen Tumulty and Massimo Calabresi
To succeed at modern diplomacy, it helps to take the long view. As word trickled out that President-elect Barack Obama was considering Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, Clinton was on the phone with the President of Pakistan. Asif Ali Zardari was calling with a long-overdue thank-you.

The end of the affair By Economist Editors
America’s return to thrift presages a long and deep recession.

Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive? By Michael Lind
Come out of the closet, liberals. Stop using the fashionable euphemism “progressive” and relaunch the old, tarnished L-word.

Al Qaeda Detainees and Congress’s Duty By Michael Mukasey
Habeas corpus hearings could set terrorists free inside the U.S.

Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Hamilton By John Feehery
Thomas Jefferson, a gentleman farmer, disliked the hustle and bustle of the big cities, distrusted the moneyed interests and New York financiers, and favored the revolutionary spirit of France. Alexander Hamilton, a New Yorker through and through, saw debt as necessary to financial expansion, and in his heart of hearts, appreciated the monarchism of England. Jefferson and Hamilton hated each other, and their antipathy has carried through the ages.

Venezuela’s fork in the road: socialism or capitalism? By David D. Sussman
This election acts as a referendum on Chávez.

Pullout Treaty a Win for Iraq and US By Amir Taheri
IRAQ’S parliament has been in high gear this week as it prepares to debate the new security agreement negotiated between the Bush administration and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government. The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) provides for the final departure of US forces from Iraq in 2011. Opposition to it began crumbling earlier this week when Grand Ayatollah Al-Muhammad Sistani, the nation’s most prestigious Shiite cleric, gave his blessing to the Cabinet-approved draft.

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