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Headway with the homeless
Through a concept called 'housing first,' America is finally reducing homelessness.
08/28/2008 01:00 am -
More than your average Joe
Joe Biden's got working-class roots, but his main strength is his foreign-policy expertise.
08/27/2008 01:00 am -
What may keep Putin up at night
Russia's economic future looks bleaker after the invasion. Just ask its oligarchs.
08/26/2008 01:00 am -
The big secret in U.S. housing
What is the US Treasury's plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in case of federal takeover?
08/25/2008 01:00 am -
China gets its 'rise' – but not the world's respect
Beyond the gold medals and efficient hosting, China's leaders showed their true colors.
08/22/2008 01:00 am -
Battle of the binge
Colleges that want to lower the drinking age need to first try innovative prevention.
08/21/2008 01:00 am -
Congress flunks in higher education act
Colleges that take taxpayer money must be held accountable for how much students actually learn.
08/20/2008 01:00 am -
Afer Musharraf, a new U.S. role
Helping rebuild the fragile Pakistani democracy is the best antiterror plan for the US.
08/19/2008 01:00 am -
Phelps the phenom
His Olympic wins are a triumph of imagination that physical limits can be broken.
08/18/2008 01:00 am -
Europe's (dis)unity over Russia
It will take US leadership to bridge divisions over what to do about Russia and Georgia.
08/15/2008 01:00 am -
The digital TV cliffhanger
Weak signals may wreak havoc when the US switches to digital TV.
08/14/2008 01:00 am -
Refresh Georgia's 'Rose Revolution'
Bush drew a bright line around Georgia's democracy. Now he must act to bolster it.
08/13/2008 01:00 am -
Stop the rush to corn biofuel
An EPA ruling only helps Congress keep pumping a fuel that's escalating food prices.
08/12/2008 01:00 am -
Russia's cold-war mentality
By going to war with Georgia, Russia is drawing a new Iron Curtain.
08/11/2008 01:00 am -
Do apes have human rights?
Spain may soon give rights to great apes. That could better their treatment. But it will erode rights.
08/08/2008 01:00 am -
Build bridges in Turkey
Turkey's Islamist party has escaped being banned. It now must reach out to secularists.
08/07/2008 01:00 am -
America, take notice: a 'change' president – in France
Sarkozy is delivering on his promise to break with the past.
08/06/2008 01:00 am -
Solzhenitsyn and piercing pens
The literary dissident rightly observed the power of the pen to 'defeat lies.'
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Can America still lead?
The collapse of the Doha trade talks reveals a clash of giants over how to run the world.
08/04/2008 01:00 am -
America's $53 trillion jumbo loan
The next president and Congress must not let the national debt surprise the country the way the subprime crisis did.
08/01/2008 01:00 am
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