The stimulus bill remains in the Senate, as the President delays announcing his financial bailout plan to put more pressure on Congress to get the stimulus bill passed.

Republicans feel energized as they come together to oppose the out-of-control spending that the Democrats have crammed into the bill. George W. Bush was an albatross around the party's neck. Now that he is gone they can get back to basics.

Dick Morris and Eileen McGann write about how our response to the financial crisis will do more harm than good.

Robert J. Samuelson points out that the credit markets are still locked up, and we will not get the economy moving again until they loosen up.

Did Plato predict our current mess, and how it will turn out in the end?

Arthur Herman writes about a terror injustice.

The New York Times has this piece on Avigdor Lieberman, whose hard-line message is resonating with some Israelis.

Jackson Diehl, also writing about the Israeli elections, has this piece on why Israelis might elect a man who promises war, not peace.