Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- It was the worst of years. It was the best of years. For Americans, both beaten down and hopeful at the same time, this should be, has to be, a time for renewal. New problems, new challenges, a new president, a new generation.
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- Since the Blagojevich scandal in Illinois has taken rather too much time and space during these last weeks of 2008, and since even loyal homegrown Chicagoans such as I have found time to have some fun over our good state's bad political reputation, perhaps it is appropriate before the New Year to do a little somersault.
The Christian Science Monitor - The last time the federal government tried to play a large role in stimulating the development of renewable-energy projects, it failed miserably.
The Christian Science Monitor - President Bush spoke last week at the Army War College about the reshaping of our national security strategy to prevent new attacks and keep our country safe. Indeed, the threats we face today are different from the conventional enemies of the cold-war era. Many of them are not neatly confined within borders, but rather are transitional and asymmetric and therefore not necessarily susceptible to traditional means of deterrence.