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USAGE: "Boomers want to pick what grandkids will call them: Meet Glamma and Papa Doc." --Wall Street Journal, Jan...
Abed Rabu says his daughter Suwad died in Gaza on Jan. 7, the day Israeli tanks churned across the strawberry fields and knocked their way into a little park about 20 yards (18 m) from the family home. Residents of Jebel al-Kashif recall being warned by the Israelis through loudspeakers to evacuate their homes. "There was no fighting, so we weren't too worried when the Israelis told us to leave," Abed Rabu recalls. "I told my girls, 'Don't be scared. We've done nothing to the Israelis, so they won't hurt...
...Jan. 27, Lawrence H. Summers has already been working for about nine hours, having checked the markets, read the newspapers, met with senior White House staff, finished his daily briefing to President Obama, visited both houses of Congress to discuss the stimulus plan and pulled aside a few Senators to lobby them personally. In days prior, he helped lead meetings on the banking crisis, the next federal budget, health-care reform, changes to Medicare and Social Security and a pending reregulation of the financial markets. The litany of crises would give an army of economists the shakes, but it doesn...
Barack Obama has been on your cover almost every issue of late [Jan. 26]. The dramatic picture of him gazing into the distance has him looking almost perfect and untouchable. It is not that I am against Obama; I support him. But you compare him and his "burden" to other Presidents when the comparison should not even be made yet. Everyone loved George W. Bush when he was elected President, but now look at the poor fellow. He is hated by more than two-thirds of America. Obama is a great man and all, but I think we should wait...
...Michael Grunwald's "One. Trillion. Dollars": Obama's economic plan is a huge gamble [Jan. 26]. But suppose each of us who is to receive the $500 tax refund vows to spend it only on products manufactured in the U.S. I have looked at the labels lately and acknowledge it could be a scavenger hunt. Yet this time, my husband and I have agreed to apply our refund toward ordering furniture we know will be made in Ohio. I think it would be an interesting experiment to see if there is any bump in American productivity if every...