Only WWII was pricier than Obama's stimulus plans.
By Azadeh Moaveni
Ahmadinejad hopes to dispirit moderates by bullying Shirin Ebadi.
By Bert Ely
The last thing we need is Congress setting business models.
By Steven Calabresi and Michael Saks
Small juries are less likely to get the verdict right.
— Carl Castrogiovanni, responding to "How the SEC Can Prevent More Madoffs."“When you openly admit that signs of Madoff's folly were in plain sight, then it wasn't a failure of budgets or staff, but rather of will. Is feeding the self-perpetuating government agency really the answer?”
MAIN STREET
By William McGurn
Yes, attitudes do make a difference in behavior.
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By Hugo Restall
A carrier project would shift the balance of power.
From today's Wall Street Journal Asia
James Taranto returns Jan. 12.









REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Europe has failed to learn them.
From today's Wall Street Journal Europe
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By Richard B. Woodward
A retrospective at the Whitney Museum shows off the rare and willful passivity that has always been one of the secrets of photographer William Eggleston's greatness and strength.
By Ze'ev Maghen
From Commentary: The West should take Iran's threats to Israel seriously.
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BOOKSHELF
By Mary Anastasia O'Grady
The dangers of a demogogue who is too often depicted as a savior of the poor.
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By Dale Buss
Maybe Americans are not such easy marks after all.
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 Melik Kaylan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Beyond Babylon" explores art, trade and diplomacy in Mesopotamia during the second century B.C.
By Joanne Kaufman
When a Broadway show needs musicians, it turns to John Miller, who rarely fails to deliver.
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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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