Where are those Countrywide papers?
Charlie Crist takes a school-reform powder.
By Benjamin Netanyahu
Hamas rockets have the same terror goal as Hitler's blitz.
By Hal Varian
Excessive spending is what got us into this mess in the first place.
By Tom Price
Obama's HMO deserves principled opposition.
THE TILTING YARD
By Thomas Frank
Thomas Geoghegan never bought the 'new economy' hype.
By John Fund
He can always resume his baseball career.
James Taranto returns Jan. 12.









By Nidra Poller
Why would the French president want to save Hamas?
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By David Littlejohn
A San Marino, Calif., exhibit features the furniture and other fixtures found in homes designed by America's best-known participants in the Arts and Crafts movement.
By Ze'ev Maghen
From Commentary: The West should take Iran's threats to Israel seriously.
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BUSINESS BOOKSHELF
By James R. Hagerty
The housing market was overheated, but Countrywide executives thought they would benefit as other lenders collapsed.
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By Dale Buss
Maybe Americans are not such easy marks after all.
By Nat Hentoff
An unprecedented jazz program made possible by the Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Fund helps musicians unable to pay for health care.
By Francis X. Rocca
Two Renaissance works of art are back on display in Florence after restoration.
By Mark Yost
Goodie bags at college bowls are starting to look like their Oscar counterparts. And that's only part of the handout picture.
— Dan Hogan, responding to "Global View: An Endgame for Israel."“Countries that pay for the rockets hitting Israel should be the recipients of Israel's response.”
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By Mark Finkelstein
From Newsbusters.org: Diane Sawyer & Co. are too giddy about Obama to talk about "this."
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