http://www.newsweek.com/id/223785 2009-11-21T12:00:00Z For inspiration, Obama looks to Reagan. http://www.newsweek.com/id/223826 2009-11-21T12:00:00Z Wearing a white kurta and a blue turban, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 77, appeared relaxed on the eve of his state visit to Washington, which takes place this week. Many Indians worry that the Obama White House, unlike the previous two American administrations, may tilt toward China http://www.newsweek.com/id/223786 2009-11-21T12:00:00Z The soft bigotry of high expectations. http://www.newsweek.com/id/223736 2009-11-20T12:00:00Z What do teachers' unions think about being vilified by everyone from Newt Gingrich to Al Sharpton? http://www.newsweek.com/id/223693 2009-11-20T12:00:00Z I will be 83 next month, and I find myself wanting to get across a few things I've learned during these years. Most people seem not to know them; many of my contemporaries appear to have forgotten them. Troops should be limited to one deployment. That was the rule for most American soldiers during http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/20/footballing-obama-experiences-the-wonders-of-slow-motion.aspx 2009-11-20T11:12:20Z If President Obama was looking for another way to differentiate himself from President Bush, he just found it. When it comes to sports, you might recall Bush as an avid mountain biker. He also showed off some lightening-quick reflexes that one time that would give him an edge in dodgeball, and http://www.newsweek.com/id/223508 2009-11-19T12:00:00Z For what seems like forever, I have waited for The Princess and the Frog. This is the first Disney animated film about an African-American princess, and this delightful fairy tale couldn't come at a better time, what with the two little African-American princesses who live in the White House. The http://www.newsweek.com/id/223507 2009-11-19T12:00:00Z Woodrow Wilson's foes called him an ideologue, a hypocrite, and a coward. His admirers thought he was the hero who put forth the best hope for the world. Teddy Roosevelt labeled him a "prize jackass"; when Wilson died, eulogists compared him to Icarus. Today Wilson inspires feelings that are just http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/18/this-week-in-conservative-media-health-rationing-and-mammograms.aspx 2009-11-18T13:46:49Z The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Monday said women in their 40s should stop routinely having yearly mammograms, and older women should have them only every other year , recommendations that have divided the medical community (“It’s crazy—unethical, really,” Harvard radiologist Daniel B. Kopans told The Washington Post ), left a whole lot of women confused, and riled conservative commentators, as well as just about everyone else. What happened? As Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey writes , “What a difference six months—and a health-care overhaul proposal—can make!” Just a few months ago there was a concern over a slight dip in the number of mammograms, and alarm bells were sounded. Why the about-face? Money, writes Morrissey. “If the administration gets its way, the government will be paying for a lot more of these exams when ObamaCare passes. That will put a serious strain on resources, especially since many of the providers will look to avoid dealing with government-managed care and its poor compensation rates.” The motivation, in short, will be to cut costs, not save lives. Morrissey raises a question likely to come up more in the future as health care continues to be debated: “Barack Obama predicated his ObamaCare vision on the notion that increased prevention would save costs. Suddenly, his administration is for decreased screening and prevention.” http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/18/john-thune-probably-not-the-next-big-thing.aspx 2009-11-18T10:16:08Z Perhaps as an antidote to Sarah Palin's media domination over the last two weeks, frequent Palin critic David Brooks offered on Thursday a different presidential contender for 2012: South Dakota Sen. John Thune. And Tuesday, Washington Post political guru Chris Cillizza picked up the tune . "For months—if not years—the Republican/conservative smart set has been looking for a fresh face on which to hang their hopes and dreams," Cillizza wrote. South Dakota Sen. John Thune may be that person."