What They Are Saying: 07.02.09
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Bringing Syria in from the cold: The Obama administration’s smart strategy to reconfigure the Middle East chessboard. [Boston Globe]
The New Energy Politics: Though young and vulnerable, two freshman House members push cap-and-trade. [Washington Post]
The U.S. in Iraq: An economics lesson: Going forward, the debacle hopefully has taught us to set aside money for our veterans, crack down on fraud and be honest about the costs of war. [LA Times]
Dishonoring our troops: Backlog of vets’ claims shameful Houston leads nation in shameful backlog of veterans’ benefit claims. [Houston Chronicle]
A Win for Bank Customers: Congress should support the Obama administration’s proposal to create a new agency to regulate consumer finance. [New York Times]
Going slowly on gay rights: President Obama extended an olive branch to gay-rights activists this week who are upset that he hasn’t moved fast enough on issues important to them. [Philadelphia
The Race Issue: Are we in the ‘post racial age’ or is the Supreme Court jumping the gun? [Washington Post]
A bare minimum of student privacy [Chicago Tribune]
China is the key to North Korea: If Beijing threatened to cut off trade, it could persuade Pyongyang to give up on nuclear weapons. There are ways President Obama can help make that happen. [LA Times]
The Overhead Rack: A new bill that limits the size of luggage on airplanes is a simple but smart idea to enforce carry-on rules at the security checkpoint, not on the plane. [New York Times]
The recession is making us sick: “Recession obesity” is the term du
Forget subprime; loan given to a loved one can haunt longest [Atlanta |
