The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu hopes for debate in a different tone in the coming year: “In our frustration and powerlessness over things we can’t control, we retreat into … [Keep reading >>]

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune sees little political or legal justification for the hanging: “Many of those who have served in Iraq, and their families, talk proudly of having rescued the Iraqi … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in Denver’s Rocky Mountain News, republican Mark Hillman attempts to explain how democrats were able to turn Colorado into a ‘blue state’: Even without their wealthy benefactors, Colorado Democrats … [Keep reading >>]

The St. Petersburg Times’ Robyn Blumner had more trouble than usual finding heros to commend from the year now passing: “As to the year’s singular civil liberties hero, the Freeby … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ashley Zeigler and Rep. Dan Frankel want the federal government to get out of the way and let the states take the lead on global … [Keep reading >>]

Haaretz provided Israeli readers with this account of the execution: “As a security precaution, police blocked the entrances to Tikrit and said nobody was allowed to leave or enter the … [Keep reading >>]

As reported by Mark Zaborney of the Toledo Blade, Iraqis in northwest Ohio have expressed a wide range of reactions to the death of Saddam: “I’m not judging what … [Keep reading >>]

Reuters has provided this sample of international reaction to the execution: “Brazil does not believe carrying out this sentence will contribute to bringing peace to Iraq.”

Mixed Message … [Keep reading >>]

Al Jazeera’s initial take on the execution: “In Sadr City, a Shia area of Baghdad, people danced in the streets while others fired guns in the air to celebrate the … [Keep reading >>]

The Charleston (WVA) Gazette reflects on the opinions that Ford never felt obligated to share while he was alive: “What a tragedy. And it was unnecessary. Already, historians are debating … [Keep reading >>]

The BBC’s Nick Hawton has been searching for evidence of rendition flights in Poland: “After a week of meetings in smoky Warsaw restaurants and coffee bars with Polish intelligence sources, … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in the Guardian, Joseph Stiglitz explains why the year to come might prove a reckoning of sorts for our economic policy choices: “his economic strategy was clearly untenable. Household … [Keep reading >>]