Health Care Now

Op-Ed Columnist
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: January 30, 2009
Why has the Obama administration been silent about one of the key promises during the campaign — the promise of guaranteed health care for all Americans?

An Open Letter to A citizen Of Gaza

Thursday, January 29, 2009
An Open Letter to A citizen Of Gaza:
I Am the Soldier Who Slept In Your Home
By: Yishai G (reserve soldier)
ygoldflam@gmail.com
[Originally published in Hebrew in Maariv]

The War with Israel Is Over

By Youssef M. Ibrahim - July 12, 2006
To my Arab brothers: The War with Israel Is Over — and they won. Now let's finally move forward

Wall Street’s Socialist Jet-Setters

Op-Ed Columnist
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: January 28, 2009
The former masters of the universe don’t seem to fully comprehend that their universe has crumbled and, thanks to them, so has ours.

Abdullah II: The 5-State Solution

Op-Ed Columnist
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: January 28, 2009
What might King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia propose if asked to update his plan for peace in the Middle East?

Budget 2009

by STEVEN CHASE AND KEVIN CARMICHAEL
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
January 28, 2009 at 12:00 AM EST
Liberals unlikely to vote for current plan
Ignatieff to call for changes to budget

U.S. housing at bargain levels

by Allan Robinson
January 27, 2009
The plunge in U.S. home prices began three years ago and houses are now at the most affordable level they have been in almost three decades.

Why The Peaceful Majority Is Irrelevant

By Paul E. Marek
Paul E. Marek is a second-generation Canadian, whose grandparents fled Czechoslovakia just prior to the Nazi takeover. He wrote the following article in February of 2006.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
Edmund Burke

New Day on Climate Change

Opinion
Published: January 27, 2009
President Obama’s decision on emissions in California shows his commitment to the cause of reversing the rise in greenhouse gases.

Money for Nothing

Op-Ed Contributor
By DAVE KRASNE
Published: January 27, 2009
What’s been lost in the uproar over Wall Street bonuses is how completely the culture of executive compensation has permeated the financial industry.

The return of Depression economics

14:23 EST Friday, Jan 16, 2009
Bob Tattersall
TORONTO (GlobeinvestorGOLD)--Central banks around the world have slashed interest rates close to zero, while their government colleagues have announced huge fiscal stimulus programs, so it is only a matter of time before the global economy regains momentum.

Rick Warren Delivers Invocation

La primera frase: Nada mas y nada menos que el Shema
Conversation with Diane Feinstein
O: So you mean, by promoting a guy who represents none of my goals, ideals or hopes that the majority of the country voted for, and by devastating my own supporters on what was supposed to be a day of celebration and national rebirth, I'm actually promoting "change" by publicly undermining it?
DIFI: Exactly!

Exit the Boy King

Op-Ed Columnist
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: January 21, 2009
Not since Klaatu landed in a flying saucer on the Ellipse has Washington been so mesmerized by an object whirring through the sky.

The confusing world of student loans

What You Need To Know About Finance
Video: How to talk to your kids about financing their education and money matters while they're at school. Katherine Giroux-Bougard, national chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students:
Money Finder: Take the quiz and see what is available to you
Can I afford this? From what you can expect to pay to what your options are

Time for (Self) Shock Therapy

Op-Ed Columnist
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: January 18, 2009
For his first meeting as president, Barack Obama and his economic team should convene the 300 leading bank presidents and deliver a come-to-Jesus message.

Le Chagrin et la Pitié : le remake

Les Français, en gros, lors de l’occupation allemande, se répartissaient comme suit : 10% de résistants, 10% de collabos, 80% de «pacifistes». Ces «pacifistes-là» n’étaient pas des militants de la Paix. Il faut comprendre ce «pacifisme» dans le sens du «foutez-nous la paix». Ce qui importait à ces Français était de survivre, de faire le dos rond en attendant des jours meilleurs, même s’il fallait pour cela se forcer à être indifférents au sort de compatriotes juifs, des voisins souvent, des amis parfois, que l’on envoyait à la mort.

Zimbabwe Is Dying

By BOB HERBERT
Published: January 17, 2009
The world is ignoring the brutality of Robert Mugabe’s reign of Zimbabwe, which was once a prosperous and medically advanced nation.

Forgive and Forget?

Op-Ed Columnist
Forgive and Forget?
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: January 16, 2009
If we don’t have an inquest into what happened during the Bush years, this means that those who hold power are above the law and can abuse their power.

Quelle Honte! Shame! Verguenza!!!

The Grand Hotel Intercontinental cancels the Israeli Tourism Fair
Confronted with the indignation expressed by so many people in France and abroad who had heard about the scheduled Israeli Tourism Fair in this great Parisian hotel, the management of this establishment has made the decision to cancel this event, which was supposed to open on January 15.

La voix intérieure - Poésie

Par Rachel Franco - Jeudi 15 janvier 2009
Dans des déserts hostiles, j ai habité;
Les scorpions et les serpents se cachaient dans le sable,
L'air brûlant du jour m' asséchait les lèvres,
Et pourtant je n' ai pas cessé d´espérer.

Canada a voice of integrity at UN

January 14, 2009
Rosie DiManno Columnist The Toronto Star

It is an increasing rarity for a country to do the right thing, boldly.
That is especially true from within the diplomatic bell jar of the United Nations, where tact and expedience so often trounce ethics.

Extremism and Moderation

"Extremism In The Defense Of Liberty Is No Vice,
and Moderation In The Pursuit Of Justice Is No Virtue"

US Senator, Barry Goldwater

A clear choice for Hamas for the world to see: Are you about destroying Israel or building Gaza?

I hope to read a credible answer to a simple question.

Questions for Mrs. Clinton

Published: January 13, 2009
Ten experts pose the questions they would like to hear Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton answer during her hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Israelis United on Gaza War as Censure Rises Abroad

By ETHAN BRONNER
Published: January 13, 2009
Israel’s critics abroad call the Gaza war a disproportionate response. In Israel, very few people see it that way.

The Virtual Jewish Library

Excellent Reference Source

China Losing Taste for Debt From U.S.

By KEITH BRADSHER
Published: January 8, 2009
As the global downturn has intensified, Beijing is starting to keep more of its money at home, which could have painful effects for U.S. borrowers.

The Mideast’s Ground Zero

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: January 7, 2009
Barack Obama’s goal has to be a settlement in Gaza that eliminates the threat of Hamas rockets and opens Gaza economically to the world, under credible international supervision.

Black September

Follow a Wikipedia link and summary

A President Forgotten but Not Gone

Op-Ed Columnist
By FRANK RICH
Published: January 4, 2009
You start to pity George W. Bush until you remember the vast wreckage that stretches from the Middle East to Wall Street to Main Street.

Egypt Pressed on Gaza From Without and Within

By STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: January 3, 2009
A sustained Israeli operation in Gaza would sharply raise public pressure to do more to help the Palestinians there.