Opinion

• The Vote for Endless War HuffingtonPost.com - Thu Dec 20, 11:13 PM ET

  On Tuesday, December 18, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate combined to give President Bush $70 billion to carry the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into next summer. Only 23 Democrats and one independent supported an amendment by Senator Feingold that would have required the safe redeployment of troops from Iraq. Here are the senators who voted to end the war:

• Is Obama a Shrewd Progressive or a Sellout? The Nation - Fri Dec 21, 1:06 PM ET

  The Nation -- Barack Obama's call for bipartisanship (or post-partisanship) has drawn skepticism from some establishment liberals like New York Times columnist Paul Krugman , who accuse the Illinois Senator of being a "naive" and "anti-change candidate."

• McCain, Edwards Move Up Fast in New Hampshire The Nation - Fri Dec 21, 10:40 AM ET

  The Nation -- The "headline" story from New Hampshire is that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama still lead on the Democratic side among likely first-primary state voters, while Mitt Romney still leads among Republicans.

• A Middle East Transformed? Hardly RealClearPolitics.com - Thu Dec 20, 9:25 AM ET

  While the clock has not yet run out on the Bush presidency, one can already discern the tragic irony that will plague his foreign policy legacy. The administration so deeply committed to reversing the political dynamic of the Middle East will leave office having significantly strengthened it.

• Why Did Clinton Overlook Obama? RealClearPolitics.com - Thu Dec 20, 9:30 AM ET

  Most neutral observers would agree that Hillary Clinton's response to Barack Obama's rise has been bungled. Over the past few weeks, we have seen her campaign attempt again and again to attack him, only to make itself look foolish. I think the worst moment came last weekend when President Clinton was dispatched to the Charlie Rose Show to trash the junior senator from Illinois.

• Hill-A-Copter Down The Weekly Standard - 33 minutes ago

  Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 16 - 12/31/2007 - Ottumwa, Iowa"You know, there's a lot of talk about change in this election," Hillary Clinton told a Des Moines gathering of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. "And there should be.

• Thompson's Waterloo (Iowa) The Weekly Standard - 33 minutes ago

  Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 16 - 12/31/2007 - Waterloo, IowaForty-five minutes before Fred Thompson spoke here last Tuesday night, young volunteers greeted reporters and potential Iowa voters just inside the front door of the Waterloo Center for the Arts. A thermometer down the street reported the temperature as 22 degrees, and the wind made it colder. Even inside, the frigid air gave those manning the registration table an icy blast every time anyone opened the door.

• Vox Huckabee The Weekly Standard - 33 minutes ago

  Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 16 - 12/31/2007 - Aboard the HuckabusI'm riding across Iowa in a tour bus carry-ing members of the press assigned to cover Mike Huckabee, after whom the bus is named.

• Gen. David Petraeus, Man of the Year The Weekly Standard - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 16 - 12/31/2007 - I remember the excitement. It was the week before Christmas a year ago, and I had lazily picked up my copy of Time magazine. And there it was: Time's Person of the Year for 2006 is "You."

• DEMOCRATS: THE OTHER WHITE MEAT Ted Rall - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

  NEW YORK--There is too a difference between the two major parties. Republicans want us to spend, die and lose in Iraq. Democrats want us to spend, die and lose in Afghanistan.

• EXPERIENCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENCY David Shribman - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

  Not since Dwight D. Eisenhower asked for a week to think about the contributions Vice President Richard M. Nixon made to his administration has a former American president so prominently entered a campaign for the White House. But Bill Clinton neatly framed much of last week's campaign debate when he suggested that supporters of Sen. Barack Obama were willing to "roll the dice" on the presidency.

• The Man Who Started It All The Weekly Standard - Thu Dec 20, 9:58 AM ET

  Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 15 - 12/24/2007 - Okay, if he won't mention it, I will: The year just ending marks the 25th anniversary of The McLaughlin Group, the landmark public affairs TV show founded by John McLaughlin. It's odd that McLaughlin himself hasn't made a bigger deal of it. A shameless showman, he's celebrated his earlier anniversaries with full-tilt hoopla--retrospective programs and public commendations and lavish parties held in the gilded ballrooms of downtown hotels.

• She's Still in This Race Joe Conason - Thu Dec 20, 3:00 AM ET

  Creators Syndicate - Not so long ago, the conventional wisdom of Washington proclaimed that Hillary Rodham Clinton could not be stopped from winning the Democratic presidential nomination. Today, the same wise men and women hint that she has forfeited the prize.

• How To Make an Un-Level Playing Field More Un-Level Larry Elder - Thu Dec 20, 3:00 AM ET

  Creators Syndicate - Move over, Martin Luther King Jr., and your desire for a colorblind society. The University of California system prefers a color-coordinated one.

• SUN-DEPRIVED ICELAND SHINES WHERE IT COUNTS Georgie Anne Geyer - Wed Dec 19, 7:56 PM ET

  WASHINGTON -- As we approach the end of 2007, let's just say that the country named this year as the "most desirable" place to live in the United Nations Human Development Index would not immediately strike one by its "vitals" as a natural for the title.

• WHOSE RIGHTS? William F. Buckley - Wed Dec 19, 7:34 PM ET

  It asks for miraculous powers of revision to not see a show on television at night and satisfy ourselves that by abiding by the protocols of collective bargaining we are fighting for the survival of essential American rights. The law is an ass, a humbug, if it is defined by the number of people whose rights are being affirmed by neglecting them entirely.

• UNMARRIED BIRTHS: DOES ANYBODY CARE? Maggie Gallagher - Wed Dec 19, 7:32 PM ET

  If a bomb explodes on your head, and nobody notices, did it really fall?

• STUDENTS, LANDLORDS AND LAW James Kilpatrick - Wed Dec 19, 7:32 PM ET

  The world is filled with legendary antagonists. Cats and dogs come to mind. Yankees and Red Sox, Greeks and Trojans, farmers and ranchers -- the list runs on. Now pending in the Supreme Court is a case involving foes as familiar as the players in the first act of "La Boheme," i.e., property owners and college students. Shall we take sides?

• NATION IS LOSING CLEAR FOCUS ON IRAQ Georgie Anne Geyer - Wed Dec 19, 7:31 PM ET

  WASHINGTON -- It would be curious if it were a fairy tale, but what is happening here is not make-believe. What is it? Now there's a question for you.

• At Fox News Special Report, Dishonesty is Editorial Policy: The Rancid Political Grapevine HuffingtonPost.com - Fri Dec 21, 10:03 AM ET

  On the Political Grapevine segment of Special Report for December 12, 2007, Brit Hume put words in the mouth of Pope Benedict. "The pope, it seems, is a global warming skeptic," he reported, referencing the pontiff's annual World Peace Day message. "Benedict XVI is warning that solutions to climate change must be based on solid science, not politics and that the welfare of humans must take precedence over animals and plants."

Most Popular Opinion

• THERE'S A HUCKABEE BORN EVERY MINUTE Ann Coulter - Wed Dec 19, 7:29 PM ET

  Despite the overwhelming popular demand for another column on Ron Radosh's review of Stan Evans' book, this week's column will address the urgent matter of evangelical Christians getting blamed for Mike Huckabee.

• Why my family stopped boycotting Chinese goods The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Dec 21, 3:00 AM ET

  Baton Rouge, La. - The other day, my son made a declaration that would have stopped me cold two years ago.

• SUN-DEPRIVED ICELAND SHINES WHERE IT COUNTS Georgie Anne Geyer - Wed Dec 19, 7:56 PM ET

  WASHINGTON -- As we approach the end of 2007, let's just say that the country named this year as the "most desirable" place to live in the United Nations Human Development Index would not immediately strike one by its "vitals" as a natural for the title.

• NATION IS LOSING CLEAR FOCUS ON IRAQ Georgie Anne Geyer - Wed Dec 19, 7:31 PM ET

  WASHINGTON -- It would be curious if it were a fairy tale, but what is happening here is not make-believe. What is it? Now there's a question for you.

• For Democrats in Congress, a lesson in power's limits USATODAY.com - Fri Dec 21, 12:22 AM ET

  In its first year, the new Democratic majority in Congress succeeded in some areas but was thwarted in others: