Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
Misrepresenting what I said during an appearance on Countdown this week, NewsBusters claims that I'm trying to deny Glenn Beck his "constitutionally protected free speech." Wrong. What I said is that words have tremendous power -- they can inspire and they can incite. There's a reason you can't shout "fire" in a crowded theater. But even though Glenn Beck is shouting "fire" in a crowded, anxious country, I specifically said that the right response to h

Alex Remington: Of the Heart, Of the Soul, and Of the Cross: A Hip-Hop Road Not Taken
I've already written that I think P.M. Dawn is one of the great, underappreciated groups of the 1990's. They're nearly 20 years removed from their only #1 hit, "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss," which sampled "True" by Spandau Ballet and rode in from left field with new age philosophy, a nonviolent hip-hop influenced by De La Soul and smooth R&B. Their future albums would leave rap more or less behind, but Of the Heart, Of the Soul and Of the Cross was definitely a rap album, albeit one unlike anything released in the years to come. They're hippies, and noteworthy because there rea

Alex Remington: Better: The Malcolm Gladwell of the Medical World Offers His Thoughts on Health Care
Atul Gawande is a doctor who writes for the New Yorker. Or perhaps, at this point in his career, he's a journalist who also happens to be a doctor. He joins an illustrious history of physicians in print, from Maimonides to Anton Chekhov, and he writes in very clear, concise language, following the Malcolm Gladwell paradigm of exploring Big Concepts through small anecdotes and inspiring people. As with Gladwell, the reader has a nagging suspicion that not all the proper logical lines are being drawn between the anecdotes and the argument he's trying to make, but he's certainly a pleasure to read. In his book Better, his grand idea is no less than the systematic improveme

Revisiting The Fed's Bailout Of AIG And The Benefits For Goldman Sachs
A RAY of sunlight broke through the Washington fog last week when Neil M. Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, published his office's report on the government bailout last year of the American International Group. More on Financial Crisis

Efren Peñaflorida Wins CNN Hero Of The Year 2009
CNN -- Efren Peñaflorida, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.