Could White House officials be laying the groundwork for a Miers withdrawal? Please let it be so.

Derrick Jackson is optimistic about the elections recently held in Liberia. Let's hope he is right.

Robert Kuttner says the UAW's deal with GM is a desperation move. He also uses it as another justification for universal health care. His use of the examples of Japanese and German automakers is flawed, I think, because he doesn't point out the fact that our economy continues to grow at a much faster rate than theirs. In Massachusetts, the legislature may actually grapple with one of the keys to our health care dilemma, which is the fact that health care is tied to our employers, rather than to individuals. While the proposal to require individuals to carry health insurance (with subsidies for people at the bottom of the income ladder) is a good first step, it won't solve the problem until we completely re-establish the link between the consumer of medical services (the patient) and the provider of those services (doctors, nurses, etc.) on the basis of price.

Can Saddam get a fair trial in Iraq? Not if his lawyers keep getting bumped off.

Can the devastated regions of the Gulf Coast recover? Not if they can't rebuild the infrastructure.

America's image is improving in the quake-ravaged regions of Pakistan.

If Karl Rove is indicted, Fred Barnes says he is irreplaceable.