Obama will do the predictable next week and sign on to plans for an expanded American commitment in Afghanistan. In truth, he could not do otherwise -- for three reasons.
This week I had an opportunity most Americans would relish, just as I did. I was able to unload on two top executives of Goldman Sachs who descended from on high to my office to 'educate' me on bonuses.
Losing the Virginia and New Jersey governorships hurt. Local factors played a part, but these are major states. So it matters why the Democrats lost them. Here are eight reasons -- and lessons for next time.
The Billionaire Bailout Society is not a shared society. We're not in it together. What's good for Wall Street is not good for the rest of us...they even get their swine flu shots before we do.
If any of the four largest financial institutions were to get into major trouble again, taxpayers would be on the hook for another massive bailout. We cannot let that happen.
It's unfair to say, categorically, that Nidal Hasan went berserk because we've made the wrong choices. But it's also unfair to continue policies that kill people on both sides of a now pointless conflict.
This is one of the most historic votes you will ever take. Would you have wanted to tell your grandchildren that you were one of the few Democrats that voted against Social Security or Medicare?
I intend to vote for the health care bill because that bill saves lives. And I also intend to speak out, as loudly as I can, on behalf of those Americans who cannot speak out, those who have died because they had no health insurance.
One of the big questions about the future of journalism is whether the Internet can foster a new alliance between professional reporters and interested citizens. We're seeing signs that the answer is yes.
Even if people are willing, as good citizens, to grant gays and lesbians "all the rights married people have," they can't stand the thought of seeing marriage, a "sacred" word, and concept, brutalized.
Those presidents who are both remembered by history and re-elected have been those who stuck their necks out to fight for the rights of the vulnerable. The gay community is still waiting for Obama.
It may not sound like much, but the best defense against the swine flu involves some very simple steps: Every sneeze should be covered and every hand should be washed.
The best empirical evidence for life after death comes from people who have had "near death experiences." These are people who have gone to the edge and come back with a report.
In recent years, a new and intriguing concept has emerged in the prevention and treatment of chronic illness: the health coach.
The time to bring this war to a conclusion is now and we must stand with a clear voice and demand it. It is simply impossible to impose a democracy on a nation that does not want it.
In the same way that iTunes liberated songs from the album format, books will no longer be solely linear.
Obama must return to Congress for more stimulus spending. Here's how he should sell it.
The finale of the Bernie Kerik story is an important reminder that in the annals of major American politicians who pick dreadful top aides, Rudy Giuliani is right up there with Warren Harding.
It's been exactly one year since Barack Obama was elected, and it's becoming increasingly clear that the president hasn't fixed the whole world yet. Then again, he never promised such a thing.
We need to build a society robust to charlatanism and expert-error, one in which Takatoshi Kato and his staff can be as incompetent as they want without endangering the general public.
I think as people continue to see so much of politics as usual in this town -- partisan bickering and big money buying votes -- they are increasingly likely to vote against whatever represents the old politics for them.
