Robert Kuttner compares our current economic crisis, which he calls "The Great Collapse", to the Great Depression, and advocates radical solutions to address the problem. In the end, his characterization of the crisis may be the correct one, but President Obama does not seem ready yet to undertake the radical solutions Kuttner and others are proposing.

Ralph Peters, increasingly disheartened by the way in which Islamist terrorism is being improperly characterized by our Washington elites, asks us to just listen to what the terrorists say about themselves.

China tests the new administration, according to Peter Brookes, and the administration fails the test.

George Will sees the President and his people in Washington as talking a good game, but not showing the competence to win the game, at least not yet.

If demography is destiny, then America is destined to become more politically "progressive", at least according to Ruy Texeira.

France rejoins NATO as a full, military member, more than 40 years after Charles DeGaulle pulled them out. Now, if only we could figure out NATO's purpose in the post-Cold War world.

It's only a matter of time before we see a major American city without a newspaper. Then we will see how the need for news is met, in a way that can do the job and make money, which to say is whether or not we can do it in the American way.