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Obama: The second coming of Jimmy Carter?
feature President Obama’s poll numbers are down, his agenda is stalled, and there is backbiting and finger-pointing between his acolytes and the more pragmatic members of his administration.
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Immigration: The crackdown in Arizona
feature Arizona's new immigration bill has caused outrage across the country and may force the federal government to press ahead with comprehensive immigration reform.
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Terrorism: The lessons of Times Square
feature After the bomb failed to explode, Faisal Shahzad managed to elude FBI agents and board a plane to Dubai, even though he’d been placed on the no-fly list.
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The politics of health care: Will Democrats pay a price?
feature The instant President Obama signed health-care reform into law, the November midterm elections were transformed into a referendum on the biggest expansion of federal power in decades.
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Israel: Must it stand alone?
feature Much of the world is now aligned against Israel and calling for an end to the blockade around Gaza’s 1.5 million residents.
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The oil spill: Does it mean the end of new drilling?
feature A few weeks ago, Obama announced that he was lifting a decades-old drilling ban, but the administration now says there will be no new drilling until authorities figure out what caused the BP oil blowout.
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Jobs: Why aren’t companies hiring?
feature Nearly 15 million Americans are out of work, half of them for more than six months, and the figures aren't dropping even though employers are ringing up good profits.
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Steven Slater: A hero for our times?
feature The former JetBlue flight attendant's dramatic leave-taking—down the chute with beer in hand—resonated with thousands of Americans.
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The Great Recession: Will we ever get out?
feature Unemployment remains stuck at 9.6 percent and the pace of economic growth is moribund at 1.6 percent.
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Israel vs. Iran: Is an attack imminent?
feature According to an article in The Atlantic, there is a “better than 50 percent chance” that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon order an airstrike on Iranian nuclear-enrichment facilities.
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Juan Williams: Why NPR fired him—and Fox embraced him
feature NPR CEO Vivian Schiller said Williams crossed the line with a comment he made on Bill O’Reilly’s show, but the public radio network was never thrilled with the journalist's frequent appearances on Fox News.
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The Tea Party: Why Democrats are facing a thumpin’
feature The movement's influence stems from its sincere anger over ballooning deficits, government bailouts, and Washington’s intrusion into every sphere of life.
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Afghanistan: Is the war doomed to failure?
feature The signs in Afghanistan are troubling both on and off the battlefield.
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The BP ‘shakedown’: Will Barton’s gaffe help Democrats?
feature After Obama exacted a $20 billion escrow fund from BP CEO Tony Hayward, Joe Barton, a senior Republican on the House Energy Committee, apologized to Hayward for the “shakedown.”
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