Archive: August 5, 2007 - August 11, 2007
Cutting-Edge Tax Proposal
Peter Baker tells us this morning that President Bush is considering a plan to cut tax rates for U.S. corporations to make them more competitive. Our readers who comment are not supportive.
By Doug Feaver | August 9, 2007; 10:40 AM ET | Comments (7)
Minority Surge, Civility Drop
This is one of those articles that makes newspaper people of my generation question why anonymous reader comments are permitted, especially on subjects that touch raw nerves.
By Doug Feaver | August 9, 2007; 9:49 AM ET | Comments (35)
On the Can't-Do Nation
John McQuaid generated one of the better conversations our readers have had recently with his article in Outlook Sunday that suggested that the United States has lost its ability to do anything, or as he put it, "seems to have become the superpower that can't tie its own shoelaces." He cites falling bridges, the Katrina aftermath, the Middle East situation in general and Iraq in particular.
By Doug Feaver | August 6, 2007; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (8)
When Weapons Go Missing
Immense frustration is the only way to describe the reaction of our readers this morning to Glenn Kessler's article telling us that the Pentagon has lost track of about 190,000 AK-47 assault rifles and pistols given to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005 and that some of them could well be in the hands of insurgents fighting U.S. forces.
By Doug Feaver | August 6, 2007; 9:16 AM ET | Comments (28)
