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Sicko as a revelation | What’s the Canadian medical system like, anyway? COMMENTARY Canada might as well be on the other side of the moon for as much as the U.S. press tells us about its health care system. Morton Mintz says he could find only one in-depth article on it, and that was published in 1992. (First in a series) 
Where’s the vigilance? | Have business reporters lost their souls? COMMENTARY How did the business press miss the unraveling of the subprime mortgage market? Martin Lobel writes that news organizations cover business like a horse race these days -- and have forgotten that a vigilant concern for the lot of the little guy, for the greater good, and for economic justice is what leads to the most important financial journalism.
A gliobal plan | Containment as a basis for national security COMMENTARY Yale scholar and author Ian Shapiro proposes that containment, the strategy designed by George F. Kennan in the 1940s to deal with the Soviet Union, be implemented today to cope with the new challenges of terrorism. He sees it as a way for the U.S. to establish a rational, respected, effective foreign policy.
The drumbeat for war | Let's hear from someone besides the neoconservatives about Iran COMMENTARY Reporters should be seeking out experts who actually understand the Middle East -- because the vast majority of them think that attacking Iran would be a huge mistake. Here's an annotated list of some excellent possible sources.
The Iowa caucuses | In the Iowa straw poll, candidates got exactly what they paid for COMMENTARY Romney got 32% of the votes -- but he kicked in 32% of the funding. That's fun and games and democracy at work. (One in a series on the Iowa caucuses.)
Want letters? Go to the Web | No room for letters to the editor but plenty of room for graphics COMMENTARY Gil Cranberg says space is precious and it’s wrong for the Times, of all newspapers, to be squandering it on unnecessary, marginal illustrations, especially now that the paper has shrunk.
One in an occasional series | What do Lance Armstrong and the Jewish World Service have in common? COMMENTARY It’s not just the candidates that descend on Iowa, so do interest groups, some of which don’t often get a chance to buttonhole politicians. (One in an occasional series on the Iowa caucuses)
The endless war | Can American leadership be restored? COMMENTARY Iconoclastic former ambassador Chas Freeman writes that our undefined, seemingly endless 'war on terror' needs to be reassessed from top to bottom.
Second in a series | Craziness in Ames is part of the Iowa caucuses COMMENTARY In one event—the GOP straw poll in Ames, coming up in August—voters have to pay $35 to take part. But not to worry, the candidates often foot the bill. And for sure, the press will cover it.
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