 | Editorial Board: Georgia's government takes a wrong turn Nov 28th 2012, 00:45 THE LANDMARK victory of an opposition coalition in Georgia's parliamentary elections Oct. 1, and the quick concession by the ruling party, was a rare triumph for democracy in post-Soviet Eurasia. It also raised a crucial question: Would this small nation on the Black Sea coast become a model of political pluralism in a region of strongmen, or would it follow the path of Ukraine, where the defeat of a liberal government led to the imprisonment of its leaders and a slide back toward Russian-style autocracy? Read full article >>   | | A life preserver for underwater homeowners Nov 27th 2012, 22:43 More than a year ago, some of the world's top economists advised President Obama to introduce a much bigger plan to forgive part of the mortgage debt owed by millions of underwater U.S. homeowners ["Why has the U.S. recovery sputtered?," front page, Nov. 23]. But The Post's editorial board asserted ["Housing relief," Nov. 24] that providing a greater number of such loan modifications could have been viewed as rewarding "borrowers who took on more debt than they could handle." What The Post did not note is that millions of borrowers were lured into getting high-risk, costly loans that were often predatory and loaded with hidden fees. Read full article >>   | | Dr. Paul Sugarbaker, lifesaver Nov 27th 2012, 22:43 I read with great interest and remembrance the Nov. 26 Style article "Their last hope, on his table" about the "controversial" surgeries performed by Dr. Paul Sugarbaker. For me there is no controversy. Twenty years ago, my wife was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei, an invariably fatal cancer. In contacting each of the main cancer centers in the United States, I was immediately referred to Dr. Sugarbaker, the leading expert on this disease. Read full article >>   | | Jennifer Rubin: My condolences, Sen. Kerry Nov 27th 2012, 20:17 Dear Sen. John Kerry: I feel your pain. You've toiled for years in the Senate, done thankless tasks for President Obama and taken quite a lot of abuse for trying to woo Bashar al-Assad. And what do you get for it? Nothing so far; maybe a trip to the Pentagon. Read full article >>   | | Jennifer Rubin: Santorum . . . seriously? Nov 27th 2012, 16:45 Remember Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock? Oh, yes, it seems like just a few weeks ago that the politically suicidal duo imploded, victims of their own lack of self-awareness and cluelessness about how the 21st-century electorate reacts to tone-deaf social conservatives. So along comes the man who personified these same tendencies (anger, cluelessness, lack of discretion, fixation with issues over which national pols have no influence) — Rick Santorum — to tell conservatives he's baaaack. Yes, it really would be a nightmare for Republicans to go in exactly the opposite direction from the electorate on everything from contraception to working women to gay marriage. (No, the electorate really doesn't want a president who talks about the devil as the source of American decline.) If social conservatives have learned anything, it is that they suffer when their "allies" make themselves punch lines. Read full article >>   | | Jamelle Bouie: Obama must push for another extension of unemployment insurance Nov 27th 2012, 16:27 Discussion over the fiscal cliff is focused on taxes and spending cuts, but there are other policy measures — unrelated to either — that are also due to expire at the beginning of next year. For example, the unemployment insurance extension — secured by President Obama in the 2010 lame duck session — is slated to end in January. If it does, more than 2 million Americans will lose their federal jobless benefits, a key lifeline in an economy that's still trudging towards recovery. Unfortunately, no one in the administration is talking about extending this policy — and the recovery itself is at stake. Read full article >>   | |
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