Wednesday... what's in store today? Sam Stein: Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood hit back hard on Monday to charges from White House critics that President Barack Obama's economic policies -- focused on leveraging government spending to stimulate demand -- had exacerbated the recession and cons...

Well, storing food and water isn't just for pandemics. We've got 7-9" so far, and more to come (until 5 pm), but that won't stop the pundits. Paul Krugman: One way to look at the international situation right now is that we’re suffering from a global paradox of thrift: around the world, desire...

Saturday punditry. Bob Herbert: The employment situation in the U.S. is, if anything, worse than most people realize. And huge numbers of young people, ages 16 to 30, are being beaten down in ways that could leave scars for a lifetime. WaPo Ombudsman: George Will and global warming. As the debate co...

Monday, and the week begins with troubles in newspaperville (not a good thing). Reuters: The publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News said on Sunday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in an attempt to deal with falling advertising revenue. The announcement comes a day ...

Sunday, and time for the pundits. Frank Rich: “I don’t want to pretend that today marks the end of our economic problems,” the president said on Tuesday at the signing ceremony in Denver. He added, hopefully: “But today does mark the beginning of the end.” Does it? No o...

Wednesday and colder than it should be for the pundits. NY Times: Wrapped inside the economic stimulus package is about $80 billion in spending, loan guarantees and tax incentives aimed at promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, higher-mileage cars and coal that is truly clean. As a s...

Saturday, and time for some weekend reflection punditry. Tobin Harshaw: While President Obama has made it pretty clear he’d like to move on, the idea of prosecuting members of the Bush administration for its counterterrorism programs and other alleged misdeeds refuses to die. Gail Collins: Who...

Sunday punditry... and time for some lessons learned - or not. Frank Rich: The tsunami of populist rage coursing through America is bigger than Daschle’s overdue tax bill, bigger than John Thain’s trash can, bigger than any bailed-out C.E.O.’s bonus. It’s even bigger than the...

Saturday punditry. And not exactly consensus about the tone in DC. Well, this will be written up as an Obama victory, even though the bill is nothing to be proud of [check the list of cuts. Still, a win's a win]. Bob Herbert: It was good to see the president, ordinarily so cool, so accommodating, ex...

Pundits! And a few nutcases. More on public health infrastructure later today, but for those searching for relevance: Mark Steyn: On including STD prevention in the stimulus package. Makes a lot of sense. If we have more STD prevention, it will be safer for loose women to go into bars and pick up fe...