To the Point

Last week, a celebrated Internet genius committed suicide—having written about the ravages of acute depression. Do 20-year old restrictions infringe on a human right made possible by a rapidly changing technology? 

At a surprise news conference this morning, President Obama said the latest dispute over the debt ceiling is already damaging the economy.

Today’s meeting between Presidents Obama and Karzai was billed as crucial to mapping the end of America’s longest war.   

Vice President Biden today said, “nothing has touched the hearts of the American people’ like the bodies of children “riddled with bullets.” He promised action in Washington, backed by gun owners, like former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, a shooting victim.

Many battles certainly lie ahead for the White House and Congress, so why is there any optimism about possible compromise on immigration reform?

The trial of five men charged with the rape and murder of a young woman is set to start in India. What forces shape attitudes toward women in India? What needs to change?

The least productive Congress gives way to a new Congress today. Who will wield power? Also, the legacy of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Congress may have averted the fiscal cliff, but the deal didn't solve the nation's long-term fiscal problems. What did yesterday's deal accomplish? What's still ahead?