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Iraq: As violence ebbs, is reconciliation possible?
feature "Baghdad has undergone a remarkable transformation,
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Iran: Does the U.S. need a new policy?
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Race: Has America entered a new era?
feature Will the election of an African-American to the presidency bring about a "transformational shift" in the relations between blacks and whites?
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Obama’s trip: Is Europe’s approval meaningful?
feature The Obamas "wowed" the Europeans and their leaders, but how this approval will translate into setting policy remains to be seen.
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Geithner: Is he up to the job?
feature Timothy Geithner was hailed as the right man for the position of treasury secretary, but after just several months he is fighting for his political life.
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Obama: Is his inexperience showing?
feature The country's charismatic and normally unflappable president is stumbling, just weeks into his administration.
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Republicans: Is there a path back to power?
feature With about only 23 percent of Americans now identifying themselves as Republicans, the GOP has begun a painful internal debate over how to return to popularity and power.
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Closing Guantánamo: Easier said than done
feature President Obama ordered the U.S. detention center in Cuba closed within a year, but disposing of the 241 remaining detainees poses major legal and logistical problems.
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Piracy: How should the civilized world respond?
feature This year alone, Somali pirates have mounted more than 60 attacks on vessels, and they hold more than a dozen ships and 200 crew members hostage.
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Guantánamo: Is Obama just a more eloquent Bush?
feature While President Obama is sticking to his plan to close Guantánamo, he tacitly acknowledges the enormous legal and practical problems that it presents.
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Obama’s pep talk: The tempest in a classroom
feature In spite of the initial uproar, when President Obama finally gave his highly anticipated pep talk to the nation’s schoolchildren, there was barely a peep of protest.
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The health-care debate: Sound, fury—signifying … what?
feature Democrats knew that it would be tough to sell President Obama’s proposals to reform the health-care system to their constituents, but the frenzied town hall–style meetings are something else altogether.
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Investigating torture: Should CIA agents take the blame?
feature Attorney General Eric Holder announced an investigation into whether 10 CIA agents went beyond Bush administration guidelines for “harsh interrogation;” White House officials will not be scrutinized.
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The economy: Is the recovery for real?
feature The Great Recession is officially over. Where's the champagne?
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