Featured Articles — November 22, 2008

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

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:

A reassuring figure for Treasury By Economist Editors
Timothy Geithner is a seasoned crisis manager with a temperament to match that of Barack Obama.

Obama Tilts to Center, Inviting a Clash of Ideas By David Sanger
President-elect Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination with the enthusiastic support of the left wing of his party, fueled by his vehement opposition to the decision to invade Iraq and by one of the most liberal voting records in the Senate.

What’s past is prologue, so read up By Cal Thomas
While Congress spends like the proverbial drunken sailor to “bail out” various industries for practices that are largely their fault and the fault of those in Congress who were supposed to provide oversight, another deficit looms that is at least as troubling as the economic one.

Bush legacy remains to be written By Kevin Libin
As President George W. Bush strode toward the mound of Nationals Park earlier this year to throw the inaugural pitch at the newly built Washington, D.C. stadium, the crowd erupted into … something. Cheers, noisemakers, claps, boos and hoots, clashed with 39,383 other sounds in such a cacophony, it was impossible to discern any main sentiment. Through it all, the president smiled, half-jogged from the dugout, waving and shaking hands of players and coaches before throwing out one heck of a pitch.

Clinton, Obama and Israel By Tim Rutten
It’s time for the U.S. to reengage in the Mideast peace process.

Cuba policy could be a portent By Georgie Anne Geyer
With all the attention being paid to other supposedly “more important” parts of the world, few have noticed a specially revealing anniversary will come upon us in the same month as the Inauguration of the new American president. Talk about irony — an old problem that has bedeviled America for more than a century versus the new hopes.

China Will Be a Winner in the New Economy By Zachary Karabell
Its cash will help fuel our recovery.

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