| H1 Washington Post Obama Up by 10 Points as McCain Favorability Ratings Fall IHT A power that may not stay so super By DAVID LEONHARDT While Britain lumbered under the weight of imperial overreach, as the historian Niall Ferguson has written, the United States will be shackled primarily by its financial overreach. Debt is whittling away U.S. economic power By DAVID LEONHARDT It does not seem so ridiculous to ask whether 2008 will come to be seen as the first year of a distinctly non-American century, at the heart of the problem is debt. Washington Monthly - The Grand Bargain Five presidents have treated Iran as a threat. The next needs to think of it as an opportunity. By Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett McClatchy Daring to utter the 'L' word: Obama on track to a landslide Barring a dramatic change in the political landscape over the next three weeks, Democrats appear headed toward a decisive victory on Election Day that would give them broad power over the federal government Asia Times US standing in Caspian drips away The standing of the United States in Central Asia is plunging as new geopolitical realities play out following the Georgia-Russia conflict. US efforts to court countries in the key oil pipeline region have been bluntly snubbed as resurgent Russia is seen instead as the key energy ally. Moscow's financial bailout of distant Iceland also sends a message to the steppes. - M K Bhadrakumar Next World War May Be Financial - P. Boone & S. Johnson, Washington Post
A Silver Lining in the Crisis - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek The crisis has forced the United States to confront bad habits developed over the past few decades. If we can kick those habits, today's pain will translate into gains
Are New Nuclear Bargains Attainable? Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Full Report (PDF; 236 KB) If the United States and other countries with nuclear weapons take action toward further disarmament, they hope that countries without them will support additional efforts to prevent the further spread and use of nuclear weapons. But non–nuclear-weapon states take a different view. Citing the unfulfilled promises of nuclear-weapon states, they declare such a bargain to be unfair and a misreading of the political landscape. Salon How John McCain could still win The odds are long for McCain, but this is no time for Democrats to embrace irrational exuberance. Here are four ways McCain might be able to turn it around. Guardian EU bank bail-out plan agreed Germany, France, Italy and a further 12 European countries unveiled plan to salvage banking systems from potential ruin · Afghanistan's best hope is for controlled warlordism Max Hastings: The Taliban are losing the battles but winning the war. The prognosis is wretched, yet we must sustain military aid Water: a source of Middle East peace? Václav Havel et al: Nations in the region are using more water than arrives on a renewable basis. Cooperating to secure it is the only way forward U.S., Iraq Are Close to Security Pact The U.S. and Iraq are close to agreeing on a final draft of a security agreement that includes a compromise on legal jurisdiction over American soldiers, people familiar with the talks said The World Will Miss Our Heyday By Elizabeth Wurtzel
American power has been a force for good Sunday Telegraph China's debates economic future China's leaders are locked in an ideological battle over the future direction of the country's economy in the wake of the world financial crisis McClatchy China's sitting on piles of money. Why won't it help? Der Spiegel Interview with Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus: 'Capitalism Has Degenerated into a Casino' Chomsky: US Has a 'One-Party System' - Gabor Steingart, Der Spiegel Recent Roubini Talks and Interviews on the Global Financial Crisis The Realist Resurgence - C.Dickey, J. Barry & O. Matthews, Newsweek Russia is weaker than it looks, which is why NATO's soft-power strategy can still prevail. Ha’aretz – Conspiracy theory on Jews' role in Lehman Brothers collapse gains popularity The Limits of American Power and Civil-Military Relations - American Enterprise Institute A Response to Martin Wolf - American Enterprise Institute
Financial Times Scramble to avoid collapse World leaders are scrambling to finalise rescue plans for their banking systems before stock markets open on Monday, amid fears the financial system is on the brink of collapse. In the eurozone, governments have agreed to offer guarantees on bank debt. Britain was preparing to pump billions into four of its largest banks. In the US, officials were finishing up a plan to recapitalise banks A system overwhelmed by innovation Obama’s ambitions to extend health insurance to all Americans, to refurbish failing infrastructure, to make college affordable and to cut taxes will run up against the amazing demands that the rescue will place on present and future taxpayers, writes Clive Crook The US and its allies are discussing a “coalition of the willing” that would impose sanctions on Iran’s energy and financial sectors without UN backing as concerns increase about Tehran’s accelerating nuclear programme and a possible Israeli military response World weighs McCain and Obama’s global views While Obama calls for greater use of diplomacy, McCain highlights his tough stance on Russia and autocracies around the world Players change in global poker game but cards remain same Kissinger: US Must Deal with Iran - Robert Satloff, Washington Institute The Times Go home, Iraqi leader tells Britain Nouri al-Maliki believes British combat forces are no longer needed to maintain security and should leave the country Thankyou, and Goodbye Nouri al-Maliki's call in today's Times for British combat troops to leave Iraq deserves a swift and honest response from London Americans prepared to cover British pullout Far from leaving the south to Iraqi forces, the Americans are planning to fill any gap created by a British pullout MESH Financial crisis: OPEC to blame? House Cleaning in Damascus? Why Spy? Espionage in an Era of Uncertainty
“What to talk to Iran About,” by Baer Sunday Times Paul Kennedy The death of America? Still unrivalled, but US can't run an economy that doesn’t add up for ever Warning signs of Israeli strike on Iran Bush’s legacy would be best served by taking dramatic diplomatic action to prevent a war David Owen Kenneth Rogoff The end of the world as we know it ... or global hiccup? Given the immensity of the crisis, a Congress-approved bailout may be just a short-term fix New York Times Do Polls Lie About Race? Sure Barack Obama is ahead, but that’s before the “Bradley effect” has spoken. THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The Post-Binge World The market is re-evaluating and re-pricing every asset in the world, without mercy. It is going to do whatever it’s going to do — whichever way greed and fear tug it. Al Qaeda and Its Affiliates: A Global Tribe Waging Segmental Warfare Source: Information Strategy and Warfare: A Guide to Theory and Practice (via RAND Corporation) Full Document (PDF; 128 KB) Al Qaeda and its affiliates are operating much like a global tribe waging segmental warfare. This paper describes the dynamics of classic tribes: what drives them, how they organize, how they fight Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Lingering Questions and the Triumph of Nationalism Daily Star The limits of American military power By Rami G. Khouri The US election and the Middle East By Ghassan Rubeiz The Financial Crisis: Why Were Warnings Ignored?--Posner Tom Barnett The end of the boomer presidency KnoxNews. we have reached the end of that political generation's dysfunctional hyper-partisanship and lack of fiscal discipline. OPEC War against America’s Economic Independence? by Walid Phares
State Department Report on Iraq: "Consolidating the Gains, Completing the Transition" | H2 Zap’ta PKK hedeflerine hava operasyonu Scowcroft: Başkanlık seçimi Türkiye’yi etkilemez Fatih Çekirge Onlarla da bağ kurulmuş Bizim dağlardan gelip vurmuşlar ÖMER TAŞPINAR
Kürt meselesi ve dış mihraklar
Neçirvan Barzani Ankara'ya geliyor Ankara’da Barzani bilmecesi OHAL ve tampon bölge yok, terör koordinatörlüğü gündemde Ve Barzani, masaya oturmak için geliyor Başbakan, ABD Büyükelçisi Ross Wilson'la Dolmabahçe'de görüştü Turkish jets bomb Kurds in Iraq Turkey's military says its planes bombed Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, in the seventh cross-border raid in recent days. Ankara in secret talks with Iraqi Kurds on terror Prof. Dr. Deniz Ülke Arıboğan: PKK içinde taşeron gruplar var The indications that PKK missed Guardian Ankara's exercise in futility Ranj Alaaldin [MONDAY TALK]Jenkins: Turkish ultranationalists a major gift to the PKK Political Instability grows in Iraqi Kurdistan [Michael Rubin] A grand strategy to use Abdullah Öcalan against Massoud Barzani? by EMRE USLU & ÖNDER AYTAÇ* LA Times Iraq: Turkey's fight with Kurdish separatists | Babylon & Beyond ... EDM ARMENIA IN NEED OF AN ALTERNATIVE EXPORT-IMPORT ROUTE
- TURKEY PRESSING AHEAD WITH SECOND NUCLEAR TENDER
NYT A U.N. Charm Offensive Topped Off by Dessert Iceland is locked in a tight race with Austria and Turkey for two rotating seats on the Security Council that are reserved for the mostly European bloc, and the luncheon spread last week was part of its charm offensive. Türkiye füze savunma sistemi alıyor Sabahattin Önkibar Genelkurmay'la hükümet arasında PKK gerginliği US: No words on security council votes including Turkey Şükrü Küçükşahin Gül’ün AB için MHP planı Obama ile Türk-Amerikan ilişkileri gelişir İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit ASAM Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national Ömer Taşpınar The anatomy of Kurdish nationalism Gülay Göktürk Güneydoğu illerini kimin kazanması iyidir? Ergenekon tutuklusu emekli albay, Şam'da Öcalan'la komşuymuş ERDAL ŞAFAK Kuzey Irak politikaları Bağdat-Erbil Nasuhi Güngör Kuzey Irak hamlesi yeni mi? Rıza Türmen Terörizm ve uluslararası işbirliği Mehmet Yılmaz Öcalan'la pazarlık! İsmail Küçükkaya
Güneydoğu’da son durum Mehmet Altan ‘Kürt sorununu insanileştirmek’ Ardan Zentürk Barzani ile görüşmek Diyarbakır’dan Manzara-i Umumiye...
ORAL ÇALIŞLAR Teröristlerde kişilik bölünmesi var Kürt gazetesinden PKK'ya ağır eleştiri: Kime hizmet ediyor? Barzani bu hafta içinde Türkiye'yi ziyaret edecek Kürtçe TV'ye spiker engeli Ferai Tınç Barzani’ye gel birlikte mücadele edelim çağrısı Kadri Gürsel Aktütün’den Brüksel’e uzanan bir sorun: CHP! İçki sofralarının vazgeçilmez mezesi : Kürtler ve Kürt sorunu…
Kürtler için de İmralı’ya itaatsizlik vakti...
Peshmurga (PKK) formation, near Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan Terörü durdurmanın yolu yatırım Yaralı asker Aktütün baskınını anlattı Fikret Ertan Drones and insurgencies [DTP'Lİ VEKİLDEN ÇARPICI TESPİTLER] Akan kandan rant sağlayanlar var Mustafa Akyol Evet, PKK ‘ilerici’dir Kirkuk Administration Can Be Shared, Says Iraqi Barzani Yavuz Baydar Erdoğan must talk with Zapatero over PKK and ETA Bülent Korucu Let’s close DTP down! İhsan Dağı The PKK as a burden on Iraqi Kurds Ethnic provocations intensify Turkey’s tense atmosphere They fight and die for the nation, but what does the nation do for them? Dışişleri'nden bir heyet Erbil'de Arap Birliği, Türkiye'de temsilcilik açacak Presidencies of Kurdistan Parliament and KRG hold meeting
The indications that PKK missed President Talabani Discusses Political Developments in Iraq with Ambassador Crocker Ankara’da Barzani bilmecesi Crossing Khanaqeen
Kurdish Aspect The Kurds may have Jalal Talabani, Barham Salih, Hoshyar Zibari, and Mahmoud Othman to currently defend their interests; however, they face an uncertain ... Turkey, Arab League launch institutional phase in ties Cevdet Aşkın Sınır karakolları için silahlı robot koruma Eser Karakaş Güvenlik-özgürlük dengesi ahmaklığı Counterterrorism perspective in transformation by MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE Başbakanlık, Ermeni meselesi ve PKK'yı 9 dilde dünyaya anlatıyor Diyarbakır'daki hain saldırıyı PKK'nın silahlı kanadı yapmış KÜRŞAT BUMİN 'Öcalan'la görüşme' meselesi KÜRŞAT BUMİN
NYT They That Were Lost Kurdish Jewry in Iraq Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık Türkiye'nin yanındayız; ancak hak ve özgürlükler ihlal edilmesin Semih İdiz Alternatifsizlik AB'yi AKP'ye itiyor Selçuk Gültaşlı [BRÜKSEL] Başbakan'ı beklerken Ferai Tınç İlerleme raporunun pazarlama stratejisi belli oldu Rehn:AB'ye Batı Balkanlar ve Türkiye'nin entegrasyonu önemli (ingilizce) Ali Aslan [WASHINGTON] Amerikan seçimlerinde tehlikeli saplantılar Azerbaijan and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia: Foreign Policy Strategies, Caspian Energy Security, and Great Power Politics [CAFE CAPITAL]Turkey attacks reluctance to deal with terrorism Babacan New York'ta temaslarına başlıyor Finkel How others see us Talat ve Hristofyas 4. kez görüşecek World Orthodox leaders pledge unity and dialogue in İstanbul AB'den küresel mali kriz ile ilgili önlemler (orjinal tam metin) Azerbaycan AB ile işbirliğine açık Le Soir: "Türkiye Karşısında, Acaba Avrupa Birliği Yeterince Laik mi? Babacan’dan BMGK üyeliği için son kulis girişimleri Yiğit Bulut Ermeniler neden yer değiştirdi? EU FMs see Turkey as second most important strategic partner: Swedish FM Atatürk İlkeleri Avrupa Birliği’nin neresine batıyor Cem Özdemir’e delege darbesi EU says anti-terror efforts should not undermine rights Dinlerarası diyalog mesajı verildi Armenian clergy worldwide embark on a quest to collect holy oil In an age-old tradition, priests visit the Cathedral of Etchmiadzin in Armenia to pick up jars of muron, derived from the original mixture blended at the time of the church's foundin Former US President Optimistic on Resolution of Divisions in Cyprus Sınır karakolları için silahlı robot koruma Procurement: Turkey Embraces Smart Sensors And Bombs İki aşiretin meydan muharebesi ‘İyi bir Alevi iyi bir Sünnidir’ PROFILE: Turkey's Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk is controversial at home 'Tayyip Bey ürkek bir kedi gibiydi ' | H3 Gazetelerde bugün Hava Kuvvetleri Komutanı golf oynarken diğer komutanlar ne yapıyorlardı? 28 Şubat ve Ergenekon'un kirli para trafiği Polis, bombacı kadının attığı her adımı izlemiş İbadet şartlı diziler TRT ekranında! CHP İstanbul’a sürpriz isimler [NEWS ANALYSIS] Financial crisis may diminish AK Party government’s popularity Ergenekon'un suikast planını bana dinlettiler
Aktütün saldırısı sonrası TSK'da bir ilk yaşandı Canlı bombanın hedefi İstanbul Emniyeti'ydi Askerden diplomalı gazeteciler geliyor Aydınlık'tan savcıya karanlık tertip
'Türküm demeyen başbakanımız var'
İşkenceden ölen Ceber toprağa verildi Ergenekon turizmi Ankara için her partiden olurum
CHP’den sürpriz adaylar Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman GH Türkiye Video NTV CNNTürk Milliyet Cengiz Çandar Kürt kimliğini kabul; “dil”e saygı Ahmet Taşgetiren Yerel seçimlere doğru AK Parti Ruşen - Çakır PKK çevrelerinden gelen itirazlar ve cevaplarım Çözümü tartışmak/4 PKK�nın silah bırakması �kimsenin yenemediği� anlamına gelir Taha Akyol Dil ve psikoloji Fikret Bila Hasan Cemal Murat Yetkin İsmet Berkan Fehmi Koru Ordu neden eleştiriliyor? Taha Kıvanç Kim, kiminle, nerede görüştü? Şamil Tayyar 28 Şubat’ın ‘ağır silah’ faturası Oray Eğin
Gazeteciliği kime ve neye hizmet ediyor? Ali Bayramoğlu Yasemin Çongar Ertuğrul Özkök Hasan Ünal Tezkere işi çözmez Hamdullah Öztürk 'Golfçü Paşa' olayında sorulmayan sorular Ahmet Hakan Gökçek’e kötü haber: Karayalçın akıllanmış M Ali Birand SOLİ ÖZEL Uzun ince yol Cüneyt Ülsever Osman Pamukoğlu’nun düşündürdükleri Enis Berberoğlu Krizin adı stagflasyon Ekrem Dumanlı Asker-medya ilişkisi; bir daha Oktay Ekşi Özdemir İnce Mehmet Y Yılmaz Hemen ilgileniliyormuş! MUHARREM SARIKAYA ENGİN ARDIÇKıyamet kopmasın ERGUN BABAHAN EMRE AKÖZ Umur Talu HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN'20. yüzyılın ağrısı' olmak NAZLI ILICAKMükemmel bir gün MEHMET BARLAS MAHMUT ÖVÜR YAVUZ DONATGözlemcinin günlüğü Biz yeter demezsek...
YILDIRIM TÜRKER Gözaltında ölenler ülkesinin bakanları
TARHAN ERDEM Bülent keneş Visible axis of evil behind the scenes Hakan Aygün Yeter artık vurmayın askere! Can Dündar İnsan hakları noktasında... Ahmet Turan Alkan Mavi kuvvetler ne kadar "Mavi"? SALİH TUNA HAKAN ALBAYRAK Ekonomi Osman Ulagay Çıldıran piyasalar ve ABD’de resesyon tahmini [NEWS ANALYSIS] Financial crisis may diminish AK Party government’s popularity Radikal krizin derin analizini yapıyor Küresel kriz karşısında ne yapmalı? ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Ercan Kumcu IMF ile anlaşma 7 yıl önce kriz çıkmasını engellemedi Erdal Sağlam IMF treni kaçmış olabilir Deniz Gökçe
BRIC de daralıyor ! Erdoğan: Dünyadaki yangına körük tutmayın OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU
Ankara'nın kriz planı Güngör Uras Borsa bu... Hem iner, hem çıkar! TÜSİAD'dan hep aynı nakarat: IMF ile anlaş! Krizde ‘darı ambarı’ rüyaları
UĞUR GÜRSES Kriz ciddi, özel sektörle diyalog mekanizması şart Çözüm yaklaşıyor mu?
FATİH ÖZATAY Turks don’t trust current tax system 'Bir bilen' Vural Akışık krizi anlatıyor 'ABD ayağını yorganına göre uzatmalı' Moral veren öngörü Turkish energy sector chasing windmills and profits Yaman Törüner Krize çare bizim 94 modeli mi? Asım Erdilek From crisis to panic Kriz Türkiye'nin devlerinden 100 milyar dolar götürdü Hasan Ersel Finansman sorunu ulusal fonlara yarıyabilir |
| A Power That May Not Stay So Super By DAVID LEONHARDT Britain overreached imperially. The U.S. has been doing it financially. THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The Post-Binge World The market is re-evaluating and re-pricing every asset in the world, without mercy. It is going to do whatever it’s going to do — whichever way greed and fear tug it. FRANK RICH The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obama The McCain campaign has crossed the line between tough negative campaigning and inciting vigilantism, and each day the mob howls louder. MAUREEN DOWD Are We Rome? Tu Betchus! The decline and fall of the American Empire echoes the experience of the Romans, who also tumbled into the trap of becoming overleveraged empire hussies. By HAROLD BLOOM How financial panic influenced the philosophies of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Bold Pledges From Leaders, but Investors Await Details Europe’s decision to guarantee lending between banks has thrown the spotlight back to the United States, where officials are said to be studying the feasibility of doing likewise. Editorial Up and Down the Learning Curve America’s energy problems are complex, and solving them will require leaders with restless curiosity and an open mind. White House Overhauling Rescue Plan A new approach that would inject capital into banks raises questions on whether officials squandered time with an earlier $700 billion plan to buy securities. Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain Republican leaders said they were worried that John McCain was heading for defeat without a clear message. White House Overhauling Rescue Plan A new approach that would inject capital into banks raises questions on whether officials squandered time with an earlier $700 billion plan to buy securities. Obama Battles Block by Block to Get Voters to Polls Political Memo: A Candidate Who Embraces Opposites PAUL KRUGMAN Gordon Does Good With stunning speed, the British government defined the character of the worldwide rescue effort. Now other wealthy nations have to catch-up. The Rule of Law in Guantánamo The government is fighting a ruling to free detainees from Guantánamo Bay to avoid having the case become a window into the outlaw world of the camps. U.S. Officials Said to Offer Protection to Japan Investors The investment in Morgan Stanley by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group could be a crucial step in the strategy for revitalizing the American financial system. North Korea Is Off Terror List After a Deal With the U.S. Saying North Korea had agreed to adhere to nuclear concessions, the U.S. removed the country from a list of terrorism sponsors. The Caucus: History Suggests McCain Faces an Uphill Battle Race Remains Campaign Issue, but Not a Clear One WILLIAM KRISTOL Fire the Campaign It’s time for John McCain to fire his campaign. He needs to reposition himself as a serious but cheerful candidate for times that need a serious but upbeat leader. ROGER COHEN History and the Really Very Weird This is no ordinary moment. And it’s not a time, in history’s great sweep, for Dan Quayle’s “very weird people” to run the world Those With Sense of History May Find It’s Time to Invest Some investors say that the sell-off has gone too far and that stocks could rally if a downturn is not severe., Insider’s Projects Drained Missile-Defense Millions Thanks to allies in Congress, a midlevel worker extracted nearly $350 million for items the Pentagon did not want. Italy’s Attacks on Migrants Fuel Debate on Racism Stock Slump Imperils Putin’s Effort to Pump Up Russian Wealth, and His Legacy North Korea to Resume Disabling Nuclear Plant China Announces Land Policy Aimed at Promoting Income Growth in Countryside General Says He’s Hopeful About Taliban War Bombs Hit Mosul, as Christians Are Offered Protection Tax Delay Fails to Quell Iranian Protest Israeli City Divided by Sectarian Violence U.S. Airstrike Said to Kill 5 in Pakistan Afghan President, Pressured, Reshuffles Cabinet 'The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs' Why has Goldman Sachs survived as its peers crumble around it? In this corporate history, Charles D. Ellis credits its culture. A Specter’s Shadow Returns to Haunt Moscow Fifteen years after Communists failed to reverse history, can a credit crunch succeed? Farmer in Chief What the next president can and should do to remake the way we grow and eat our food. The Rise of the Machines How the philosophies of a physicist, a wizard and a serial killer warned us of this financial crisis. Hindu Threat to Christians: Convert or Flee The forced conversions come amid widening attacks on Christians, who say they are being forced to abandon their faith in exchange for their safety. By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK The story line of Senator John McCain’s 1999 memoir, “Faith of My Fathers,” reshaped his political identity. The Man Behind the Whispers About Obama A Fox News Channel program last week thrust Andy Martin, widely credited with starting a cyber-whisper campaign about Barack Obama, into the foreground By PETER H. SCHWEITZER Politicians try to woo Jews by demonstrating their support of Israel and appealing to long-held social values. The less obvious way is through, well, political buttons. | H5 Washington Post Obama Up by 10 Points as McCain Favorability Ratings Fall The Next World War? It Could Be Financial. By Peter Boone and Simon Johnso The Case for Keeping Gates By Nancy Soderberg and Brian Katulis There's no need to look for a new secretary of defense Iran Interfering in U.S.-Iraq Security Pact, General Says Editorial Put Country First What the presidential candidates ought to be talking about Bush's Crucial Handoffs By David Ignatius The best thing about presidential elections is that they mark a break with the past. But that can also create a dangerous chasm -- a period of uncertainty while the new administration hires its people and frames its policies. Meanwhile, the world's problems fester. Issue of Race Creeps Into Campaign Pollsters Debate 'Bradley Effect' Election Seen as Test of Theory That Black Candidates' Leads in Polls Aren't Real Not So Wonderful Now Looking for someone to blame in the worsening crisis? Let's go back to Bedford Falls. By Ross Douthat Overseeing Finance's New Era By Henry Kaufman, The focus of new supervision and regulation should be on the largest financial institutions. Not Quite Ready To Dump America By Jim Hoagland The Engine of Mayhem There Are Dangers in Deleveraging Too Fast By Robert J. Samuelson, How deleveraging proceeds will largely determine the fate, for good or ill, of the crisis. What McCain Hasn't Tried By Fred Hiatt, Imagine if the McCain campaign was based it on respect for his opponent and for the process. What Honeymoon? The Proposals That Could Bind Obama By David S. Broder, The good news for Barack Obama is that the calamities in the financial world may have created an insuperable barrier to John McCain's White House ambitions Security Boosted Around Mosul Spate of Violence Against Iraqi Christians Spreads Panic Obama Camp Relying Heavily on Ground Effort Europe Unified On Proposal to Protect Banks World Governments Respond to Crisis Those Negative Ads Are a Positive Thing By John G. Geer, Page B01 Let those attack ads fly. DEAR MR. (FUTURE) PRESIDENT An Energy Fix Written in the Stars Gadflies address the next occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. By Ben Bova, A solar power satellite program could be the answer to our energy woes. The World Vote Barack Obama is almost universally favored over John McCain outside the United States. Should that matter to Americans? Dispensable Arrogance By George F. Will Unimpressed by Charles de Gaulle's droll observation that the graveyards are full of indispensable men, Michael Bloomberg, New York City's 108th mayor, has decided that he is indispensable. So the law limiting mayors to two terms must be revised to allow three terms. U.S. Drops North Korea From Terrorism List Darfur Killings Soften Bush's Opposition to International Court Sentencing Panel Mulls Alternatives to Prison As the nation's inmate population climbs toward 2.5 million, the U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering alternatives to prison for some offenders, including treatment programs for nonviolent drug users and employment training for minor parole violators McCain and Palin Are Playing With Fire By Khaled Hosseini Delisting North Korea By Victor Cha, Was it smart to remove North Korea from the terrorism blacklist? Security Boosted Around Mosul Spate of Violence Against Iraqi Christians Spreads Panic MOMENTS OF TRUTH | McCain Moves Into Politics Seeing White House From a Cell in Hanoi Clintons Join Biden to Campaign for Obama in Scranton Democratic All-Stars Take Nominee's Case to Blue-Collar Area That Spawned His Running Mate but Voted for His Primary Foe Does Your Subconscious Think Obama Is Foreign? Financial Anxiety Rising, Poll Finds As Stocks Plunge, 88% of Americans Are Worried About Economy's Direction Tension May Feed Decline of U.S. Power in Space Differences between the Pentagon and intelligence agencies over capabilities to be built into future U.S. satellites have led to delayed starts in new programs and may result in a decline in U.S. space dominance, according to a new report by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. | H6 Guardian EU bank bail-out plan agreed Germany, France, Italy and a further 12 European countries unveiled plan to salvage banking systems from potential ruin · Afghanistan's best hope is for controlled warlordism Max Hastings: The Taliban are losing the battles but winning the war. The prognosis is wretched, yet we must sustain military aid Water: a source of Middle East peace? Václav Havel et al: Nations in the region are using more water than arrives on a renewable basis. Cooperating to secure it is the only way forward · Biggest US car firms may seek bail-out from government General Motors in merger talks with local rival Chrysler in order to stave off bankruptcy · Serious politics is back, and Brown can stand tall againJackie Ashley: The global financial meltdown has given the prime minister a new confidence and, at last, a sense of direction · Has everything changed? Editorial: In the face of freefalling markets Brown's political position has been transformed Fingers crossed for ObamaEditorial: Strong summer for McCain gives way to likely Obama victory in November · No one wants this terror billLord Goldsmith: Detention for 42 days unnecessary, unworkable and potential propaganda coup for extremists · In praise of ... the Spycatcher victory Editorial: Twenty years ago today the government's attempts at censorship were put to a stop · An absence of leadership Richard Adams: The G7 communique agreed this weekend was far too vague. Maybe Europe can do better The Observer · Without real leadership, we face disaster Will Hutton: A lethal new threat is emerging at the dark heart of the financial system. We must have a unified global response or an already perilous position will become a calamity · The election is not in the bag. Race could still undo ObamaStryker McGuire: It's clear from a growing number of studies that some voters will vote against Obama because of his race G7 finance ministers hold meeting and devise plan to restore calm to markets with taxpayers' money · A new order must be imposed on the City Editorial: British banks guessed that they are so vital to the economy that politicians would never let them fail · Why the crisis puts a spring in the Prime Minister's stepAndrew Rawnsley: A re-energised Gordon Brown has been given a second chance to persuade the voters to respect him and listen to him Has the Nobel Prize lost its glitter? The Observer Panel: Last week's announcements of the Nobel Prize winners generated little excitement and some scorn |
| H7 Daily Star The limits of American military power By Rami G. Khouri The US election and the Middle East By Ghassan Rubeiz Disarming the Middle East - Shlomo Ben-Ami, RealClearWorld Remain Steady in Afghanistan - Greg Sheridan, The Australian The Return of Mohammad Khatami - Meir Javedanfar, Middle East Analyst | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Serious Ethnic Challenges Appear in Iraq Iraqi PM Discusses US Pact With Muqtada al-Sadr Iran leader faces poll challenge
A senior Iranian opposition figure announces he will challenge Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in next summer's presidential election Iraq PM vows to shield Christians Iraq's prime minister vows to protect Christians in Mosul as nearly 1,000 police are sent to the northern city after sectarian attacks Credit crunch glee Iran celebrates the global meltdown, but for how long? Baghdad blues When will it be safe for Iraqis to go back home? Thousands of Christians flee killings in Mosul Cleric: Replace capitalism with Islamic financial system... | H9 Ha’aretz – Conspiracy theory on Jews' role in Lehman Brothers collapse gains popularity ANALYSIS / A political partnership based on mutual lack of trust Citing need for stability, Livni urged Likud to join gov't. But stability means lack of diplomatic progress We are all 'mixed'No money in the world will turn an Arab / Palestinian public into an organic part of a country that defines itself as a Jewish stat Iranian presidential candidate: Ahmadinejad`s Holocaust comments are `irrelevant` Gideon Levy: Acre Jews warn 'Arabs will kill you with knives' Angry and confused, Acre residents wonder how everyday life will go on The 21st century's major challenges, according to Ephraim Halevy. 'The Secret War with Iran' reveals hitherto hushed details about the decades-long, behind-the-scenes confrontation with the terrormasters in Teheran Yedioth Ahronoth 'Arabs discriminated against'
Prime Minister Olmert rejects Arab demands to reconsider decision not to indict Israeli officials involved in October 2000 riots; however, against backdrop of Akko Riots, PM says discrimination against Arabs must end 'Deal a huge achievement' Barak associates says Labor gained plenty in agreement with Livni; Kadima officials disagree Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine Forward Retired American Generals Enter Israeli Politics Against Livni A little-known hawkish group is offering assistance to embattled Kadima minister Shaul Mofaz in his fight to reverse results of the party’s primary election that put Tzipi Livni in line to create a new government coalition Obama Is the Friend Israel Needs
Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon McCain Would Restore America’s Standing Meyrav Wurmser Security tight in riot-torn Acre
Hundreds of Israeli policemen are deployed in the northern city of Acre after four days of violence between Arabs and Jews. Warning Signs of an Israeli Strike on Iran - David Owen, Times of London Daily Star Arabs and Israelis have to make real progress toward real peace Al Hayat Israel Between War and Peace Patrick Seale - The violently contradictory signals coming out of Israel these days point to the troublesome -- and so far unresolved -- debate among the country's leaders about how Israel should live in the Middle East. Israel professes to want peace, yet it works tirelessly to prepare for war. · Palestinian Rivals Call for Reconciliation Palestinian President Abbas said the rift between Fatah and archrival Hamas must end. The Hamas leader seemed to echo his views, saying the time is right for reconciliation. Break Arab-Israeli deadlocks with water accords By Karen Mneimne Oslo taught that a two-state solution remains the best By Yossi Alpher Israel: Wedded to War
by Ben White In a recent interview with the Israeli daily Yedioth Aronoth, Israel's departing prime minister, Ehud Olmert, broached some impolitic truths about Israel's need to reach a two-state peace agreement with the Palestinians. (Boston Globe) |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor How to shake the bear market funk In the past, actions by the Fed have restored investor confidence. But this time those remedies - and more - have been tried. What else is there? ASIA Sunday Telegraph China's debates economic future China's leaders are locked in an ideological battle over the future direction of the country's economy in the wake of the world financial crisis McClatchy China's sitting on piles of money. Why won't it help? Plans to cut export reliance and spur rural spending will allow peasants choice over land use Markets mixed after crisis talks Shares on Asia's markets are volatile following weekend efforts by world leaders to end the financial turmoil. Afghan talks widen US-UK rift
Political talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are likely to deepen the rift between the United States, with its preference for building up troop numbers in Afghanistan, and Britain, which sees talk offering a quicker exit opportunity than reliance on guns and bombs. - Gareth Porter The savagery of a surge that failed
Death, fear and mayhem, spread by a failed coalition "surge" in Afghanistan in 2007, has brutalized the population and filled the ranks of the Taliban with enraged Afghans who've seen relatives eviscerated by coalition bombs. Amid countrywide starvation and poverty, listless and lawless Kabul lies in tatters. Hope is fading fast here, and once the Afghans lose all hope, the Americans will have lost this war. - Anand Gopal A long, hot winter for Pakistan
A bomb disguised as a gift basket of sweets has demolished the headquarters of Pakistan's Anti-Terrorist Force in Islamabad and set the tone for the Taliban's strategy to strike government and Western forces before they're dug in for all-out war. US-led troops, meanwhile, are in a frenzy of preparation inside Pakistan, perhaps with an eye to November's US presidential election. - Syed Saleem Shahzad Newsweek The Downside to the US-India Nuclear Deal Heritage Forging a New Era in the U.S.—Japan Alliance Japan objects to US N Korea move
Japan criticises as "regrettable" Washington's decision to remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism | H11 IHT A power that may not stay so super By DAVID LEONHARDT While Britain lumbered under the weight of imperial overreach, as the historian Niall Ferguson has written, the United States will be shackled primarily by its financial overreach. Debt is whittling away U.S. economic power By DAVID LEONHARDT It does not seem so ridiculous to ask whether 2008 will come to be seen as the first year of a distinctly non-American century, at the heart of the problem is debt. A real peacemaker It would be hard to name another mediator who has had more success resolving intractable conflicts around the world than the former Finnish president, Martti Ahtisaari History and the really weird By ROGER COHEN In bellwether Missouri, the economy's collapse pushes voters Gail Collins: The dear old golden dog days I miss the good old days. I miss August. August was neat. The Dow was over 10,000 and nobody had ever heard of Sarah Palin Bold pledges from world leaders, but details missing Europe's decision to guarantee lending between banks has thrown the spotlight back to the United States, where officials are said to be studying the feasibility of doing likewise. EUROPE European press review European banks rescue plan agreed European leaders meeting at a crisis summit in Paris announce a plan to save their beleaguered banking industry. LA Times Even in Europe's welfare states, financial crisis raises anxiety Bankers, workers and small-business owners in places such as Rome and Paris worry about the future, especially for the younger generation Asia Times CHAN AKYA
Europe's death by guarantee
A humiliating deal for Iceland is just the starting marker of the terminal decline of Europe. Domestic economic problems combined with unwieldy banking and regulatory supervision will put paid to the continent's hopes of surviving the current market carnage MUCH OF THE resentment President Bush brought upon America can be traced to his contempt for international institutions and the legitimacy they may confer. International institutions have reason to feel the same way about Bush's decisions Germany's Car Industry Crashes - William Boston, Time EU chiefs confront markets crisis European leaders meet in Paris to try to establish a common approach to the global financial crisis. 'The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World' The Inquisition, the Salem trials, the Red Scare: a survey of witch hunts over the past two millenniums. Adar Primor: Will Haider's death pave the way to a unified far-right in Austria? | H12 RFE/RL Russia in fresh missile launches
Russia test-fires three intercontinental ballistic missiles, after claiming a distance record for one fired from a submarine The Realist Resurgence - C.Dickey, J. Barry & O. Matthews, Newsweek Russia is weaker than it looks, which is why NATO's soft-power strategy can still prevail. EDM THE FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY CURTAIL KREMLIN PLANS FOR MODERNIZING ARMED FORCES Google News Azerbaijan Russia in fresh missile launches
Russia test-fires three intercontinental ballistic missiles, after claiming a distance record for one fired from a submarine LA Times In Russia, grim financial news doesn't keep the rich from spending Tomorrow will take care of itself, shoppers say. As long as there's cash in hand, the rubles will keep flowing at luxury shops IHT A specter's shadow returns to haunt Moscow By ELLEN BARRY Fifteen years after Communists failed to reverse history, can a credit crunch succeed? REPRESSION IN UZBEKISTAN The EU ticks a box By GALIMA BUKHARBAEVA The EU-led seminar on media freedom in Uzbekistan simply serves propaganda machines in Brussels and Tashkent Russia test-fires ballistic missiles The firing Sunday of a long-range ballistic missile came as President Dmitri Medvedev pledged to build up the country's armed capabilities During her recent trip to the oil-rich Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice displayed some diplomatic finesse. (Boston Globe) Commonwealth of Independent States: Leaders Meet, Minus a Few |
| H13 The Times Go home, Iraqi leader tells Britain Nouri al-Maliki believes British combat forces are no longer needed to maintain security and should leave the country Transcript: interview between Nouri al-Maliki and The Times Thankyou, and GoodbyeNouri al-Maliki's call in today's Times for British combat troops to leave Iraq deserves a swift and honest response from London Americans prepared to cover British pullout Far from leaving the south to Iraqi forces, the Americans are planning to fill any gap created by a British pullout Afghanistan - mission impossible A chilling frontline analysis of why we cannot beat the Taliban Reliance on the US will never be the same The ability of European governments to launch their own financial rescue represents a shift in global economic relations Americans may get more food stamps Nancy Pelosi wants to galvanise backing for a new $150bn financial stimulus package to increase the US food-stamp programme Afghanistan - mission impossible A chilling frontline analysis of why we cannot beat the Taliban Bush troop surge to stem rise of Taliban The president hopes the gamble that stabilised Iraq will work in Afghanistan – and save his legacy Is this the end of the American era? Will George Bush’s legs of stone lie in the desert outside Crawford, Texas, like Ozymandias’s crumpled statue at Luxor? Brown sells British bank bailout plan to Eurozone France and Germany follow advice and lead European currency zone in a British-style plan to head off financial crisis Taleban stage audacious attack on British HQ city British and Afghan forces repel an audacious and co-ordinated attack by 100 Taleban against the capital of Helmand McCain campaign to change course again Republican candidate signals another change in tactics for final stretch of campaign after attacks on Obama's character Basra became a dirty word for the British Despite aims of regime change, liberation and the neutralisation of WMDs, Basra has left a stain on Britain's reputation The man with toughest job in Middle East Nouri al-Maliki talks to The Times about how he will shape his country and move towards a truly independent state Déjà vu: six steps that make up a great panic For 2008, read 1907. This time, however, China and India have emerged well, unlike America, Britain and Europe William Rees-Mogg , The Climate Has Changed Tougher economic times cannot be a pretext for abandoning climate change targets It's time to take on gangsters of the sea We run down British naval power at our peril. Without it we would have little food, fuel - or safety Libby Purves Sunday Times Paul Kennedy The death of America? Still unrivalled, but US can't run an economy that doesn’t add up for ever Warning signs of Israeli strike on Iran Bush’s legacy would be best served by taking dramatic diplomatic action to prevent a war David Owen Middle East talks head to Oxford Israel offered a comprehensive peace treaty with 22 Arab countries in return for withdrawal from the territories it occupied after the 1967 war Taliban chief killed by SAS was Pakistan officer Afghan officials claim British forces ignored involvement of Pakistani military for fear of damaging relations in Islamabad Kenneth Rogoff The end of the world as we know it ... or global hiccup? Given the immensity of the crisis, a Congress-approved bailout may be just a short-term fix This really is the time to work together Apart from a few musty old Marxists and crusty young anticapitalists, nobody can be relaxed about this financial meltdown Taleban stage audacious attack on British HQ city British and Afghan forces repel an audacious and co-ordinated attack by 100 Taleban against the capital of Helmand Bush to Launch Post-Election Afghanistan Troop Surge There are rewards for all in this crunch As the New York mayor said after the 9/11 attacks, take the kids to the park, buy a pizza, see a show Simon Jenkins McCain tussles with Palin over mob mentality The Republican fears his campaign is out of control as his running mate stirs up animosity towards his rival Brown sells British bank bailout plan to Eurozone Prime Minister will address summit in Paris that is expected to adopt UK-style recapitalisation plan for Eurozone banks U.S., Iraq Are Close to Security Pact The U.S. and Iraq are close to agreeing on a final draft of a security agreement that includes a compromise on legal jurisdiction over American soldiers, people familiar with the talks said The World Will Miss Our Heyday By Elizabeth Wurtzel
American power has been a force for good · United Western Front The West's political leaders show a common purpose. World's Financial Leaders Vow to Unite Bush and the world's financial leaders staged repeated displays of unity to combat an unfolding credit crisis, hoping to calm investors whose panic has spread despite bold and accelerating government action. A Crash Heard Around the World Investors have raced from corners of the globe they used to favor, trying to flee -- and yet feeding -- a dramatic slowdown in world-wide economic growth Nobel Finn GM Approached Ford About Merger Subscriber Content Read Preview General Motors approached Ford in recent months about a possible merger but Ford called off the talks. The 1% Panic INFORMATION AGE
By L. Gordon Crovitz
Our financial models were only meant to work 99% of the time. Gas price marks biggest drop ever... McClatchy Is buying stakes in private banks the way to end the crisis? British and European leaders took unprecedented steps Sunday to try to halt a galloping financial crisis, announcing plans to take big stakes in banks and guarantee lending between banks. The action follows the failure of a U.S. plan to buy up troubled assets to persuade investors that it will curre the problem. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that the U.S. might take similar bamking steps, but it was unclear Sunday if it would US banking rules 'outdated'
US banking regulators need a "dramatic overhaul", according to Harvey Pitt who used to run one of them. | H14 Financial Times Scramble to avoid collapse World leaders are scrambling to finalise rescue plans for their banking systems before stock markets open on Monday, amid fears the financial system is on the brink of collapse. In the eurozone, governments have agreed to offer guarantees on bank debt. Britain was preparing to pump billions into four of its largest banks. In the US, officials were finishing up a plan to recapitalise banks A system overwhelmed by innovation Obama’s ambitions to extend health insurance to all Americans, to refurbish failing infrastructure, to make college affordable and to cut taxes will run up against the amazing demands that the rescue will place on present and future taxpayers, writes Clive Crook Go-it-alone plan on Iran sanctions The US and its allies are discussing a “coalition of the willing” that would impose sanctions on Iran’s energy and financial sectors without UN backing as concerns increase about Tehran’s accelerating nuclear programme and a possible Israeli military response World weighs McCain and Obama’s global views While Obama calls for greater use of diplomacy, McCain highlights his tough stance on Russia and autocracies around the world Players change in global poker game but cards remain same The Sunday war Middle East jubilant over Wall St woes The Wall Street crash has provoked undisguised gloating among the US’s enemies in the Middle East who claim the global financial crisis is a further sign that the US has lost its superpower status Brown offers Europe a lesson in leadership The good news is that governments are at last abandoning an ad hoc approach in favour of a systematic response, writes Wolfgang Münchau A minute before midnight for banks Detailed plans of action are required from G7 policymakers. Otherwise, the world risks a lethal banking collapse Peer pressure A defeat in the House of Lords for the government’s 42-day detention plan should be the last we hear of this contentious, damaging measure Oct-12 A stake in the land The transition towards eventual privatisation of China’s farmland must be carefully handled if it is not to provoke new injustices and social upheaval Economists’ ForumThe many faces of inflation: Prices will decline helping to stabilise the global economy, argues John Muellbauer. But chronic property deflation is the more sinister threat and it will not be easy to cure says Graham Turner Fixing Global Finance In a thought-provoking book, Martin Wolf tackles the problem of the US current account deficit – and concludes that it is unsustainable How to capitalise the banks and save finance George Soros on the grounds for optimism The shocking errors of Iceland’s meltdown Richard Portes on the central bank’s missteps McCain faces dilemma on campaign attacks The Republican candidate is caught between responding to grassroots calls for harsher attacks on Barack Obama and the risks of alienating independent voters. US faces four consequences of lost pensions A pause for repentance, or the end of big bonuses? Bankers might have a shock coming, writes John Gappe The Lehman legacy: catalyst of the crisis Paulson’s refusal to rescue the 158-year-old Wall Street bank took the upheavals into their latest and most severe phase Gideon Rachman’s blog Clive Crook applies the headlock: I called up my colleague’s blog in response to my column on conservatism with a feeling of dread, but it’s not as bad as I had feared German plea for pause in costly EU laws Representatives of German business have called for a moratorium on any European Union legislation that would impose higher costs on companies at a time when they are grappling with the fall-out from the financial crisis McCain faces dilemma on campaign attacks The Republican candidate is caught between responding to grassroots calls for harsher attacks on Barack Obama and the risks of alienating independent voters. US faces four consequences of lost pensions | H15 Los Angeles Times Europe leaders agree on bank rescue plan They vow to inject liquidity into the banking sector to ease the credit crunch. • Calling all capitalists: Time to rethink? • Paulson warns against isolationism, protectionism The next president must act to help America reclaim its principle Calling all capitalists:
Time to rethink? As the credit crunch prompts government intervention worldwide, many free-marketeers scrap their principles. Bank rescue plan to test capitalism The government's plan to take stakes in financial institutions could backfire, some analysts say. Proponents say it's an efficient solutio Gitmo prosecutor who quit had
'grave misgivings' Lt. Col. Darrel J. Vandeveld said he went from being a "true believer to someone who felt truly deceived." Faltering economy boosts Obama The financial crisis is issue No. 1, and even longtime GOP voters are saying McCain is unsteady. Smaller IMF countries pledge support for economic efforts Leaders give a 'strong endorsement' of the rescue approach outlined a day earlier by the G-7, despite worries that their own nations may suffer • Todd Palin was a fixture in governor's office • Average U.S. stock fund fell 10% in 3rd quarter Even in Europe's welfare states, financial crisis raises anxiety Bankers, workers and small-business owners in places such as Rome and Paris worry about the future, especially for the younger generation |
| H16 American Politics Obama Gains in States Such as Iowa, Florida Give National Boost McClatchy Daring to utter the 'L' word: Obama on track to a landslide Barring a dramatic change in the political landscape over the next three weeks, Democrats appear headed toward a decisive victory on Election Day that would give them broad power over the federal government Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Obama 49%, McCain 43% Exclusive: McCain to unveil new economic plans For Karl Rove, a Busy New Career and a 'Rovian' Legacy McCain Struggles to Hold the South McCain and Palin are scheduled to roll into Virginia on Monday in a bid to thwart what once was unthinkable: fractures in the "Solid South." Salon How John McCain could still win The odds are long for McCain, but this is no time for Democrats to embrace irrational exuberance. Here are four ways McCain might be able to turn it around. realclearpolitics memeorandum Politico ABC’s The Note – PoliticsHome fivethirtyeight US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Polls aside, Pa. remains a battleground — PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania hasn't voted Republican for president since 1988. Democrats have increased their registration numbers here by more than a half-million over the past year and Barack Obama has a double-digit lead in the polls. McCain's closing argument: A push for divided government?
McCain makes risky play for Pennsylvania The Engine of Mayhem - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
How Obama Got Joe Six-Pack - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Obama's 95% Illusion - Wall Street Journal
,Jumping Ship... - Victor Davis Hanson, Pajamas Media
Obama Gains as New South Trumps Old Race Card - Al Hunt, Bloomberg
The Bradley Effect - Selective Memory - Lance Tarrance, RealClearPolitics What the Troopergate Report Really Says - Nathan Thornburgh, Time
ACORN Probe Gives GOP New Weapon - Alexander Burns, The Politico
The Engine of Mayhem - Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
How Obama Got Joe Six-Pack - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Obama's 95% Illusion - Wall Street Journal
Jumping Ship... - Victor Davis Hanson, Pajamas Media
Obama Gains as New South Trumps Old Race Card - Al Hunt, Bloomberg
The Bradley Effect - Selective Memory - Lance Tarrance, RealClearPolitics Issue of Race Creeps Into Campaign - Anne Kornblut, Washington Post
The Race Card Is Back - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
McCain Campaign Has Crossed the Line - Frank Rich, New York Times
Obama Still Won't Answer Basic Questions - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG
McCain/Palin Promote Fear During Crisis - Trudy Rubin, Philly Inquirer
Obama: Filling in the Blank - Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
Will Gay Marriage Help McCain? - Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones
Term Limits and Dispensable Arrogance - George Will, Houston Chronicle
The Realist Resurgence - C. Dickey, J. Barry & O. Matthews, Newsweek
Has U.S Overreached Like Britain 100 Years Ago? - David Leonhard, NYT
'Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency' Barton Gellman’s biography paints Dick Cheney as the master manipulator of the Bush administration.
Who's to Blame? Go Back to Bedford Falls - Ross Douthat, Washington Post
We Should Be Voting on Election Day - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
McCain in 'hatred' war of words Republican presidential candidate John McCain clashes with a civil rights icon who accuses him of "sowing hatred" Character test Privately charming, is John McCain too 'erratic' in public? That puzzling group of voters who say they still haven't made up their minds probably have, but who cares anyway? With Obama ahead in must-win Florida, GOP casts blame | H17 Daily Telegraph Sunday Telegraph Bank nationalisation must be temporary There must be very few economists who still believe the traditional orthodoxy that individuals operating in a market always act in a rational fashion. The behaviour of market traders last week was too conspicuous a refutation of that doctrine IMF warns of world financial system 'meltdown' Hamid Karzai offers positions in government in bid to end fighting | Two of Britain's biggest high street banks will in effect be nationalised today in a dramatic move that follows a day of international negotiations over the global financial crisis. Brown has a 'good' crisis as world follows his lead Leaders of eurozone adopt 'radical' British rescue planEU leaders last night agreed a sweeping rescue plan for the European financial system, based on the moves to guarantee, refloat and partially nationalise banks adopted by Britain last week. Leaders of the 15 euroland countries – accompanied by Gordon Brown – cast aside the divisions of recent days and came up with what President Nicolas Sarkozy called a "co-ordinated and ambitious" response to the worst financial crisis for 80 years Senior members of the Republican party are in open mutiny against John McCain's presidential campaign A feisty debate between Robert Fisk and the author Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman ended The Independent Woodstock Literary Festival last nigh Leading article: A bad Bill heading for oblivion One of the world's oldest Christian communities is being forced to flee the Iraqi city in their thousand Stephen King: Lessons from the Great Depression of the 1930s have not been learnt Independent on Sunday Leading article: The green lining to this chaos There are two responses to the financial crisis that are wrong. One is to say that we can forget all that goody-goody guff about the environment now that people are worrying about how to pay next week's bills. The other is to say that our culture of consumption has been exposed as unsustainable and that we must abandon capitalism for a life that is closer to nature. Today we outline a middle way. |
