Featured Articles — November 24, 2008

November 24, 2008 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad:

Admit We Don’t Know By William Kristol
“In my view it has to be between five and seven hundred billion dollars,” proclaimed Senator Charles Schumer Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” The “it” is the economic stimulus package the new Congress intends to send to the new president, Barack Obama, in January.

Iraq’s New Dawn By Michael Yon
Victory Across the Board.

The New York Times’s Lonely War By Seth Mnookin
In 2003, even small daily papers rushed to send embeds to Iraq, the “starter war” that could make a rookie reporter’s reputation. Today, The New York Times is one of the few U.S. news organizations that haven’t significantly cut back their presence, spending more than $3 million a year to maintain a heavily fortified Baghdad bureau. Talking to John F. Burns, Dexter Filkins, Alissa J. Rubin, and other Times correspondents, the author explores the day-to-day toll—the infighting, isolation, and near-death experiences—of covering the most important story no one wants to read.

Change Our Public Schools Need By Terry Moe
Obama and the Democrats should put kids before unions.

Rubinomics Recalculated By Jackie Calmes
It is testament to former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin’s star power among many Democrats that as President-elect Barack Obama fills out his economic team, a virtual Rubin constellation is taking shape.

Obama’s Perfect Foil By Reihan Salam
Mitch Daniels says ”Yes you can.”

Building a Better Bailout by Lawrence B. Lindsey
It’s time to reward virtue.

What a Single Nuclear Warhead Could Do By Brian T. Kennedy

Why the U.S. needs a space-based missile defense against an EMP attack.

Corporate responsibility helps keep China’s harmonious By Rowan Callick
LAST week, China’s Labour Ministry announced that scheduled increases in the minimum wage would be suspended.

An Israeli-Palestinian agreement: Forget about it By Aaron David Miller
I’ve been a Palestinian firster for most of my professional life. I believe that the Palestinian issue is the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the key to regional peace, and the sine qua non for preserving Israel as a Jewish democratic state.

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