Guantanamo, check; but what about Bagram in Afghanistan, which has double the number of detainees--who've had even fewer rights? More journalists at Russia's Novaya Gazeta die when the newspaper exposes more corruption, human rights violations. Don't be lazy, don't be a
Monday job cuts see 45,000 laid off from big companies. Financial crisis topples Iceland's coalition government. As states close prisons, small towns worry how they'll replace cheap convict labor. Op: Obama's team should save its China criticism for issues that really deserve it.
Hertzberg: Rather than choosing a hard or soft power narrative, Clinton will renew liberal internationalist "smart power." Hamas offers yearlong ceasefire should siege of Gaza end, borders open. Today's long read: In Egypt, Facebook is helping foster the rehearsal for revolution where freedom of speech, assembly
Krauthammer: Clinton craves your adulation; Obama will take it, but he can leave it, too. When seeking cranks on Anderson's innaugural poem, one can do worse than The New Criterion. Against The Lancet, The Economist argues that Russia's massive economic reform did not kill millions. Michael
Treasury pick Geithner says in plain English: China is manipulating its currency. Priest: Obama has declared an end to the "war on terror" as defined by Dub-Dub. Guantanamo detainee released to Saudi rehab program now deputy leader of al Qaeda's Yemeni branch. Clinton goes big:
Obama orders closure of Guantanamo, new ethics rules, revisions to CIA's torture playbook. The Bush team's record with Pyongyang these past eight years is a nearly unbroken string of defeats and retreats. Comparing Obama and Bill Clinton as though it's a Harvard-Yale football
Obama takes the oath again--just to be sure. It's now possible to get a fairly exact head count--without a magnifying glass. How to measure the size of a huge crowd. In Iran, only those with satellite TV watched the inauguration; the streets were filled with students
That Obama is considering George Mitchell fills us with excitement, same for Lederman. Op: Palestinians and Hamas could learn a lot from King's example. Notes on how China probably watched Obama's address. Jenna and Barbara's open letter to Sasha and Malia. He feels a
Obama calls immediate halt to Guantanamo Bay trials. Several constitutional lawyers recommend Obama take the oath again, just to be sure. We've gradually become so in sync with this transfiguration of America that we'd collectively, silently, fill in any poetry he might have missed. Reviews of
Barack Hussein Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States of America. Text of President Obama's inaugural speech. Two million visitors fill the National Mall; how much longer before Warren shows his tattoo? The new (virtual) White House has a blog. Adam Levine's aunt texts
