The overseas press | High seas crisis seen as a test of Obama
COMMENTARY
The overseas press: As a standoff between the American Navy and four pirates on lifeboat continued, no good answers were seen to the increased activity of Somali pirates.

The 'decade of democracy' | A reporter describes how drug violence has taken a heavy toll on journalism in Mexico COMMENTARY Writes Alfredo Corchado: "Media members self-censor themselves to survive. Many reporters, especially along the U.S.-Mexico border, are now limited to reporting on body counts. Investigations are rare. Even reporters in Mexico City now withhold bylines on ‘sensitive stories' for fear of reprisal from members of organized crime."

‘Fly before buy’ | Cuts may be coming in the U.S. missile defense program
COMMENTARY| March 90, 2009
President Obama is expected to ask for curtailed spending on the program, writes George C. Wilson, and there’s a good chance that Congress will approve. A new GAO report on U.S. missile defense efforts to date is devastating.

The overseas press | Obama's plan for Afghanistan, as seen from abroad
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There is some skepticism but overall a sense that he is taking appropriate steps to engage the international community.

An appeal for perspective | What next, after outrage?
COMMENTARY
Top U.S. executives at the largest companies typically earn about 400 times as much as their average workers—and despite the economic meltdown, many of them still feel entitled. That’s outrageous, Martin Lobel writes, but few have questioned it until now, and it’s the press’s job to report how we got here and what needs to be done to prevent further meltdowns.

A full-court diplomatic press | Iran and the nuclear bomb
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You can’t just drop a bomb and make it look like there was an accident in the nuclear lab facilities below. Or can you? Nah, we thought about that once, over China, and gave up on the idea.

6 trends emerge | The State of the News Media: Bleak
COMMENTARY
The sixth annual report by the Project for Excellence in Journalism sees 2008 as the bleakest year yet. “It’s not an audience problem or a credibility problem…it’s a revenue problem,” the report says.

From Congress Daily | Lobbyist William Lynn, at the Defense Department
COMMENTARY| March 69, 2009
So much for Obama’s vow to break up the old boy network and not bring lobbyists into his administration.

The overseas press | Truth commission? Prosecution? Neither one?
COMMENTARY
The international press is divided on the question of a truth commission or other probes of the Bush administration. Some say serious political divisions would result, others favor prosecution. And in Calgary, there's a suggestion that Canada bar Bush from entering the country.

Stopping privatization | These orthopedists are a step ahead of Obama
COMMENTARY
A Des Moines orthopedic practice has cut off Medicare Advantage insurers. Gil Cranberg thinks they’ve got the right idea—and wants reporters and editorial writers to start paying attention as Obama tries to end subsidies that have been draining the traditional Medicare program.

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