Today's Columns: Behind Haleh Esfandiari's Imprisonment

LAT: Shaul Bakhash, the husband of Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari, sheds light on experiences Haleh has had as a prisoner of Iran and explains how easy it is "to feel powerless in the face of a state's overweening power -- especially a state that arrests, incarcerates and accuses its citizens at will."

Plus ... David Stewart explains why now is the time for Americans to ditch the electoral college.

NYT: Paul Krugman worries that the proposed immigration reform bill, "despite good intentions, could well make things worse." The "bill creates a path to citizenship so torturous that most immigrants probably won't even try to legalize themselves," he explains. "Meanwhile, the bill creates a guest worker program, which is exactly what we don't want to do."

Plus ... David Brooks on the "enormous social mobility among quasi-religious Catholics."

WaPo: Hanna Rosin explains how the rise of Monica Goodling, one of "a new generation of evangelicals ushered in by [Jerry] Falwell, who insisted that Christians get involved in politics," shows that evangelicals have "become a fixture in American" political life.

Plus ... Charles Krauthammer on why we shouldn't grant amnesty to illegal immigrants who are already in the United States until we stop others from crossing the boarder.

WSJ: Tawfik Hamid on how Muslims can end "Islamophobia" ... David Ranson and Penny Russell on whether or not the Fed matters anymore.

By Rob Anderson |  May 25, 2007; 9:14 AM ET
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