Commentary
Haunted by Elizabeth
Elizabeth Edwards is regarded as her husband's moral anchor. Knowing what she knew, how could she have supported his continued race for president?
Truth & Consequences for CIA on Torture
The CIA's role in President George W. Bush's torture policy is bad news for a troubled agency with important work to do.
Batman's 'Dark Knight' Reflects Cheney Policy
REEL LIFE
The Plunge Protection Team
An elite group of financial sector protectors just celebrated its 20th birthday.
Gender Betrayal
Suffering a divided conscience, Clinton's generational sisters grapple with loyalty versus the appeal of the new kid on the block.
The Continuous Housing Free Fall
When the mortgage crisis first hit, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were anointed to lead a major bank bailout.
When War Seems Unwinnable: Why Tet Matters
By the close of 1967, a half-million U.S. troops were in Vietnam, and Americans at home, viewing the war on television in their living rooms, had become inured to familiar images. Sweating in the fierce tropical heat and humidity, platoons of “grunts” were disgorged from hovering helicopters and cut through thick jungles or crossed flooded rice fields to faraway villages, occasionally stumbling onto mines or booby traps, or drawing fire from concealed snipers.
Ayn Rand 101
THE JAUNDICED EYE
Two dozen colleges have accepted millions to start programs devoted to Ayn Rand's philosophy. What could a survey course look like?
Webb's Vision for Defense
BOOK REPORT
An often cited choice for the Democratic VP slot, Sen. Jim Webb's views on national security are not widely known. His book offers a few hints.
McCain Foreign Policy: Bush Doctrine Plus
Why does McCain's foreign policy ideas sound so much like Bush's -- because they were his first.
When Advocate Turns Advisor
Samantha Power's "monster" comment may have undermined her future as a political advisor, but was the result of her success as a journalist.
U.S. Economy Looks Like Weimar on the Brink
Twentieth-century economic history generated two great bogeymen: the Great Inflation and the Great Depression. The memory of both continues to haunt policy-makers.
Credit Crisis Only Begins With Mortgages
The hard reality is that the economy is facing a one-two knockout blow from a collapse in consumer spending, plus a shock-and-awe wave of asset write-downs that is wreaking havoc in the financial sector.
Wall St. Still Hasn't Learned
The credit crisis was the result of banks using excessive leveraging. Lehman's decision shows Wall Street still doesn't get it.
Race and the Housing Crisis
Now that blame for the mortgage fallout is extending to lenders, it's time to take a sober look at which borrowers were targeted for high-cost loans.
A Different Kind of Insurgent
With much of the party leadership against him, Obama seeks to accomplish what few Democrats have managed in the last half-century: transform an insurgent’s campaign.
Obama as the Next Roosevelt
The parallels between the times and the two candidates are unmistakable.
The Other Subprime Loans
A quarter of car owners are "underwater" thanks to a surge in subprime car loans.
Imploding Credit Bubble to Hit $1 Trillion
From 2002 through 2005, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan kept banks’ own borrowing rates lower than the rate of inflation – in effect, for bankers, money was free.
What's Wrong With Perseverance?
Seldom do we see a woman so fiercely serve her own ambition, but there's a flip-side. Clinton is flirting with seriously damaging her party's likely nominee.
