Friedman: The U.S. is in a good position to negotiate with Iran; a President Obama makes our position stronger. Will: Tuesday's probable repudiation of the Republican Party will punish characteristics displayed in the campaign's closing days. "Main Street Meltdown" ice sculpture unveiled in
Smaller islands are big political losers--how will the world compensate the loss of their countries? New York elections board member compares voting lines to the wait at Shake Shack, though not nearly as long. In Pennsylvania, Republican email says Obama will bring a Holocaust; in Florida, GOP mailers claim
Profile on the power and nationalism of Yuri M. Luzhkov, Moscow's mayor. Instapaper for the commute: Fish on the power of "passive" campaigning. To complement Errol Morris's "People in the Middle", the filmmaker's favorite "real-people" commercials from
McCain calls on Alaska's Stevens to resign. McCain's problems are not technical... They are institutional, to do with his colleagues, his advisers, and his supporters. The Anchorage Daily News: "It is Sen. Obama who truly promises fundamental change in Washington." Those who despise science.
When we awake Nov. 5, no failure of administration should have tarnished our outsize pride in our democracy. Election workers must rely on backup strategies, not litigation. As Election Day approacheth, the press prepares boilerplate responses, trying to avoid Messiah, winds of change cliches. In Indiana, call center workers protest
Iran confirms it's arming "liberation armies" in the Middle East. "Mr. Patience has run out of patience." The Dalai Lama gives up on China. What will change if Obama is president concerning Bush's "man-hunting machines" (not much). Ten of
U.S. troops conduct cross-border raid into Syria; Syria reports eight civilians killed. Oil prices tumble, financial crisis hits the Persian Gulf--cue the bank bailouts. Citing expanded gun laws under an Obama presidency, economic uncertainty, gun sales are on the rise. Civil War reenactment community shocked by shooting-
"Yes, I've found a flaw. I don't know how significant or permanent it is. But I've been very distressed by that fact." Congress lashes Greenspan. The volatility of global markets over the past weeks has undone years of gains by emerging economies.
There's a new bubble popping, and it ain't the housing slump or credit panic. Beane, Kerry, and Gingrich: "How to take American health care from worst to first." Krautheimer on voting for McCain: "I'd rather lose an election than lose my
Imprisoned GOP strategist explains how he tried to rig an election. Surowiecki: The American state that's the closest to a socialist paradise is, of course, Palin's own Alaska. On commitment contracts and social pressure, the psychology of encouraging friends to vote. With U.S. home foreclosures
