http://www.newsweek.com/id/223862 2009-11-21T12:00:00Z On June 21, reporter Maziar Bahari was rousted out of bed and taken to Tehran's notorious Evin prison—accused of being a spy for the CIA, MI6, Mossad...and NEWSWEEK. This is the story of his captivity—and of an Iran whose rampant paranoia underpins an ever more fractured regime. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/19/opportunity-cost-studying-healthcare-s-sticker-shock.aspx 2009-11-19T14:39:50Z The new number is $849 billion. That is the cost the Congressional Budget Office has stamped on the health bill now in the Senate, which, spread out over 10 years, would provide medical coverage to some 31 million uninsured Americans. It's an awe-inspiring number, so how to make sense of such a http://www.newsweek.com/id/223345 2009-11-18T12:00:00Z The clerical establishment has become so sick of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that they will not replace him when he dies. http://www.newsweek.com/id/222453 2009-11-12T12:00:00Z Barack Obama hasn't even arrived yet, but Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's new prime minister, has already gotten everything he wanted from the president. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/11/veterans-news-on-veteran-s-day.aspx 2009-11-11T16:01:32Z Seeing as it is Veterans Day, I thought it worth pointing you to a couple of interesting stories concerning veterans: Politico reports that Harry Reid has some harsh words for his GOP colleague Tom Coburn, who has put a hold on a bill that calls for funding for veterans' health care and provides http://www.newsweek.com/id/221632 2009-11-07T12:00:00Z Unraveling the mysteries of Vietnam may prevent us from repeating its mistakes. http://www.newsweek.com/id/221614 2009-11-07T12:00:00Z How the financial crisis could leave Europe even stronger than America. http://www.newsweek.com/id/221458 2009-11-06T12:00:00Z Even if Blair and Brown are fading. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/06/conservative-media-on-ft-hood-shooting.aspx 2009-11-06T11:37:11Z A look at the conservative media this morning shows a variety of approaches to the Fort Hood shooting. While most commentators are interested in addressing the question of Islamic terror, and particularly homegrown Islamism, there's clearly a concern in many quarters to avoid generalizations or overstatements--although others, like Michelle Malkin, have decided to go full-speed ahead. But that caution has not prevented sharp criticism of mainstream media reporting or of President Barack Obama's response to the incident. http://www.newsweek.com/id/220966 2009-11-03T12:00:00Z Historic speeches by visiting American presidents have left an outsize footprint on Berlin.