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The 2008 agenda | Can Guantanamo be closed? COMMENTARY How should the next president go about closing the prison in Guantanamo? Torture expert Karen Greenberg explores the conundrums that would be unleashed in any genuine attempt to undo what the Bush administration has done, and proposes some solutions. 
"A national resource" | What's at stake in the Times's 2-tier stock battle COMMENTARY Bezanson and Cranberg say newspapers miscalculated in going public but that relinquishing family voting control, as big investors want, would be bad for readers and for the fabric of democracy.
Word choice | Shouldn't we drop the name 'War on Terror?' COMMENTARY Bush's favorite phrase has created a culture of fear -- but beyond that has no useful function. And while we're at it, what's the right way to describe what the U.S. is doing in Iraq?
The overseas press | Massacre at Virginia Tech caused barely a flinch worldwide COMMENTARY The overseas press: Mass shootings are seen as the same old story by now, with only the place name and the number of the dead changing. No stronger gun laws are expected.
Kickbacks and conflicts of interest | Stop killing kids softly with loan rip-offs COMMENTARY Danny Schechter sees student loans as a noose around the neck – a collision between desire for a college education and an $85 billion-a-year industry with substantial corruption.
The overseas press | Pelosi’s trip is seen as a step toward diplomacy COMMENTARY House Speaker wins points widely; Israeli online publication says she produced results in Syria
Many rights violations | One editor slain, others dealt with harshly in Gambia COMMENTARY Alagi Jallow, now a Nieman fellow, recounts how President Yahya Jammeh took power in a 1994 coup and has stifled the press ever since. Jammeh, who claims he can cure HIV/AIDS, says he can ban any newspaper whenever he wants ‘with good reason.’
Introduction to 'skunkworks' | Verizon, AT&T and the manipulation of public opinion COMMENTARY Needed: Blacks, Hispanics, disabled, deaf, low-income and the elderly to support the telecoms’ positions on anti-consumer FCC rulings and legislation.
Advice for the long term | Memo to Sam Zell: Keep in mind that your main product is news COMMENTARY Gilbert Cranberg and Randall Bezanson offer a reminder to the billionaire who has just bought into the Tribune Corp. that newspapers are unlike other businesses.
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