Featured Articles — October 21, 2009

October 21, 2009 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting takes from home and abroad:

What Is Nancy Pelosi Doing? By Jonathan Crohn, The New Republic
Armed with favorable cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office and emboldened, perhaps, by the self-destructive behavior of the health insurance lobby, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to propose that her caucus unite behind a reform bill with a strong public insurance option.

The New Untouchables By Thomas Friedman, The New York Times
Last summer I attended a talk by Michelle Rhee, the dynamic chancellor of public schools in Washington.

America’s banana republic economy By James Pethokoukis, Reuters
Is the decline in the dollar merely a “return to normalcy” story, as many bulls contend, and not a harbinger of a coming currency crisis?

Nobody wins in the Afghan runoff election By Rajan Menon, The New Republic
No matter how the Nov. 7 vote turns out, it likely will impede the goal of creating an effective, independent government in Kabul.

Evening the Score in Afghanistan By Thane Rosenbaum, The Wall Street Journal
Revenge is a just motive for finishing a war they started.

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