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...wanted transparency, not obscurity. We wanted inspiration, not despotism. We wanted the great conversation in Congress with the constitutional guarantees. But the White House closed the curtains and eliminated the bright lights of camera crews and adversaries, thereby leaving every single voter in the dark. The voters were left behind. Congress was left behind. When the curtains were closed, America was left behind. A leader without any followers is just a guy taking a walk. Obama is walking down a path leading to unprecedented deficits, unbelievable spending, and unreliable consequences...

Author: By Kimberly N. Meyer | Title: The Audacity of the Voters | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

With a number of games left to be played before the season ends, the seventh-ranked Harvard team still has time—as Bellamy said—to pick up the pieces...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rookie Bellamy Eager To Fill Big Shoes | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

...Create more Obama Republicans. Candidate Obama had broad appeal for Republicans and conservative-leaning independents. Now his image and agenda have left him without any calling card to widen his support (essential for winning policy fights and elections). The Gipper wooed so-called Reagan Democrats by finding common cause with them on key issues such as national security and lower taxes while still keeping his political base solidly on board. Education, spending cuts and maybe even health care are all ripe areas where Obama can make another effort to reach out to voters, if not intransigent Republicans in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Obama Can Learn from Reagan | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

...then used higher approval ratings to advance his agenda. Obama is governing in a more partisan era, but he can break the bonds of a divided Washington to turn his domestic agenda into a patriotic one - by pushing for energy independence, for example - rather than one side of a left-right slugfest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Obama Can Learn from Reagan | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

...Other eye-opening details of the new book include the fact that in 1981 John Paul forgave his would-be assassin as he was rushed to the hospital after being shot in St. Peter's Square. At first, he believed the gunman had been a member of the left-wing Italian terrorist organization the Red Brigades. (He was in fact a Turkish nationalist named Mehmet Ali Agca, who last week was released from prison.) Also, beyond the self-flagellation, John Paul sought to move closer to God by sleeping on the hard floor of his papal bedroom. The physical suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book: John Paul II Whipped Himself, Weighed Retiring | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

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