A dark cloud hung over this Thanksgiving week. The protracted horrors of Mumbai dominated the headlines. Getting less attention was the growing pain here at home, as food banks and charitable organizations across the country reported having to turn away thousands in need of a meal. A ray of hope amidst the gloom could be found watching CNN's Heroes, honoring everyday people accomplishing extraordinary things in their communities and beyond (watch it again tonight at 8 pm ET). How great to salute them in the same way we do Oscar winners (and reward them with much-needed cash). We'll need millions of heroes like those spotlighted on the show to deal with the lean years ahead. There isn't a stimulus package big enough to address the crisis without Americans making service an essential part of our lives.
What the hawks don't get is what John Maynard Keynes understood: when the economy has as much underutilized capacity as we have now, government spending that pushes the economy to fuller capacity will of itself shrink future deficits.
Could journalism die? Yes, but I have faith and optimism that it will survive, evolve, and grow. I believe there will be a growing market demand for journalism; I know there is a growing need.
A new CFI study disputes the "myth" that Obama rode a wave of small donations to victory. But buried in the report, are all the figures and arguments for showing that the CFI's "myth" is actually a myth.
We need a bailout of the auto industry to give the new contracts and the new automotive products a chance. And then we need to address the larger question about the auto industry, and about American industry in general.
India may be at the beginning of a dangerous path towards the de-secularization of a country whose stance on religious tolerance has been one of its most praiseworthy and noble traits.
It's Judgment Day. Rubin needs to get a pink slip and stand on the unemployment line with the vast sea of people he helped put there.
Didn't know this one. Native Americans make up barely one percent of the population, but 1.6% of our military forces. Why even bother with this bit of trivia? Two reasons.
As a Muslim, as a Kashmiri-American, as a human being, I am outraged at the actions of the terrorists who have killed more than a 150 innocent people and injured hundreds.
Twice Schwarzenegger vetoed state bills recognizing gay couples' freedom to marry after state lawmakers duly passed the legislation. Prop 8 is now beyond both his reach and that of the legislature.
The attacks in Mumbai have produced scores of deaths, though what is scarier is the possibility that this incident may spell danger for India-Pakistan relations at a time when a much-needed thaw seems to be emerging.
For Obama, the Mumbai attacks mean that we are on the verge of another major geopolitical crisis, with enormous implications for our already deeply troubled programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
My mother at home in Mumbai calls me shaken and afraid with sights of victims, hostages and blood on the road between my home and the Oberoi.
It's imperative that Obama run a tight ship, and if need be, make an example out of someone early.
We must fight for all Americans to be treated equally on every single level of their lives -- and this must include health care. We must fight every single day for this change.
With all due respect to the learned opinions of our incoming leader, his suggestion about college football would reduce the sport to a three-week event for attention-deficit sports fans in America.
Yes, we've come a long way when we are fighting for the right to marry as opposed to defending the right of gay schoolteachers to work. But we could have beaten Prop 8 had we studied our own history.
As I read about Ann Coulter having her jaw wired shut, my thoughts turned to the election reporting and commentary. I realized that never in our history has so little been said with so many words.
During his six-year governorship and eight-year presidency, Bush has pardoned one death row inmate, denied clemency over 50 times, and signed death warrants for 155 people.
