Smart takes

Posted By Elizabeth Dickinson Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 1:27 PM Share

James J. Carafano says managing the bureaucracy will be first test of Obama's foreign policy.

Jeremy Leggett says the world is dangerously close to reaching peak oil.

The Financial Times warns that Japan's economy is trapped in mediocrity.

Bob McKee thinks the big loser in Thailand's unrest is the economy.

Larry Derfner suggests using U.S. aid money to buy out settlers in Israel.

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