Opinion - The Christian Science Monitor

Washington - In pursuit of an economic recovery, President Obama has argued that we must transition from an "era of borrow-and-spend to one where we save and invest." It is an appealing concept, especially as the disappearance of surplus assets and historic levels of debt helped transform a garden-variety business cycle recession into a historic collapse. Full Story »

In February 1995, President George H.W. Bush and the Forum for International Policy invited British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and French president Francois Mitterrand to Colorado's Broadmoor Hotel for a reminiscence of their decisions and doubts concerning the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of Germany. Full Story »

New York - Can we talk? Full Story »

Washington - Every once in a while, a television character seems to slide effortlessly off the screen to take up residence in the Zeitgeist. Full Story »

New York - The birthday boy was turning 6, and my own young son and I arrived at the celebration in our somewhat loose definition of party clothes: Full Story »

As US unemployment has surged – the rate reached a 26-year high in October at 10.2 percent – so too has one solution to help bring it down: retraining in fields where jobs are available. Full Story »

Congress and President Obama keep throwing money at the housing industry, hoping its revival will also revive the economy. The industry itself pines for the halcyon days of McMansions on every block and home prices that never fall. Full Story »

Washington - The depth of cynicism behind the Vatican's invitation last month to right-wing Episcopalians "to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of the distinctive Anglican spiritual and liturgical patrimony" is best understood through one of Rome's most high-profile converts, a certain John Henry Newman. Full Story »

Transatlantic loveIn regard to the Oct. 18 opinion piece, "The ally the British love to hate;" I am a fan of the columns written by Walter Rodgers. Yet I am troubled by this column with its tone of negativity leveled toward the British. Full Story »

San Francisco - Approaching a year in office, President Obama is not only waging two wars overseas, he's fighting a serious perception battle at home. It's more serious than an uncivil war of words and far-right rants about socialism and government-run healthcare. It challenges every dimension of the change and reform he promised this country. Full Story »