Newser - Opinionhttp://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 23:00:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44314/sorry-us-mumbai-is-not-about-you.html?refid=rss_all_defaultUS pundits have portrayed the Mumbai attacks as the 9/11 of India, a terrorist test of Barack Obama, and a deliberate attempt to go after US citizens abroad. "Sorry, it is not always about America," writes Indian native Isaac Cheriyathu in SpliceToday. Devastating, yes. But this was a domestic attack on India, one of countless such assaults over the years. "Just because you weren't paying attention until now does not make it any more significant."http://www.newser.com/story/44314/sorry-us-mumbai-is-not-about-you.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 03 Dec 2008 20:17:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44285/costello-show-peeks-into-rockers-heads.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOn most talk shows, musical guests are relegated to the end of the program, with only a word or two of interview after a performance. But this week Bravo is premiering a new talk show hosted by Elvis Costello that takes another tack: It places musicians front and center, chatting about such rock esoterica as Laura Nyro's tempo changes, Heather Havrilesky writes in Salon.http://www.newser.com/story/44285/costello-show-peeks-into-rockers-heads.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 03 Dec 2008 13:27:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44234/nader-obama-should-pitch-a-worldwide-carbon-tax.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe cap-and-trade system Barack Obama favors to deal with climate change won’t work, Ralph Nader and Toby Heaps write in the Wall Street Journal , and it’ll lead to “trade anarchy.” Any unilateral action we take must be global; otherwise, companies will simply relocate, taking jobs and emissions with them. China and other developing nations will never accept a cap-and-trade system, but they might be OK with a global carbon tax.http://www.newser.com/story/44234/nader-obama-should-pitch-a-worldwide-carbon-tax.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 03 Dec 2008 12:26:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44236/in-dc-corral-the-big-3-dare-congress-to-shoot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Big Three, their creditors, the unions, and Congress are locked in “a standoff worthy of a spaghetti western,” writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. “But none really wants to pull the trigger.” In the end, there’s little doubt Congress will step in, but lawmakers know they must get concessions from all parties first. Do the Big Three’s latest proposals fit the bill? Here’s how they break down:http://www.newser.com/story/44236/in-dc-corral-the-big-3-dare-congress-to-shoot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 03 Dec 2008 8:50:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44233/only-pakistanis-can-stop-the-violence-friedman.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn 2006, thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets in weeks of protests against Danish cartoons that satirized the Prophet Muhammad. Yet after 173 people were shot dead in Mumbai, apparently by Pakistani killers, the response in the streets was silence. If Pakistan is to become a viable state, writes Tom Friedman in the New York Times , then its citizens must collectively "isolate, condemn, and denounce publicly and repeatedly the murderers."http://www.newser.com/story/44233/only-pakistanis-can-stop-the-violence-friedman.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 03 Dec 2008 7:59:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44226/saving-detroit-its-now-or-never.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIf Congress is going to save America's auto industry it needs to quit the grandstanding and finger-pointing and take action right now, Tom Walsh writes in the Detroit Free Press . The Big Three have submitted their survival plans as requested, Walsh writes, and the figures show they aren't bluffing—they really will collapse without help.http://www.newser.com/story/44226/saving-detroit-its-now-or-never.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 03 Dec 2008 7:00:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44204/kmiec-as-vatican-ambassador-is-no-insult.html?refid=rss_all_defaultDouglas Kmiec’s possible appointment by Barack Obama as ambassador to the Vatican shouldn’t raise any hackles and—pro-lifers' views to the contrary—would not be an insult to the church, Henry Farrell writes on Crooked Timber. “Kmiec continues to state his opposition to abortion,” Farrell writes. He supported pro-choice Obama for the express purpose of curbing abortions, because he considered the president-elect a better choice than McCain.http://www.newser.com/story/44204/kmiec-as-vatican-ambassador-is-no-insult.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 02 Dec 2008 18:22:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44169/top-foreign-fiction-of-2008.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOf 340 new works of foreign fiction and poetry translated for US audiences this year, NPR has culled five of the best into a list: Senselessness , by Horacio Castellanos Moya: A Latin American freelance writer is hired by the Catholic Church to edit sinister documents in this compact dark comedy.http://www.newser.com/story/44169/top-foreign-fiction-of-2008.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 02 Dec 2008 16:40:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44187/zell-clueless-about-journalism-and-democracy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSam Zell may or may not turn the Tribune Company around, but his ownership has crippled “real newsgathering,” Peter Osnos writes in the Daily Beast. “If Tribune goes down, he will still be very rich,” Osnos continues, “but he will have presided over the evisceration of some of our best newspapers.” While Zell understands newspapers must make money, he ignores the commodity they sell: the news.http://www.newser.com/story/44187/zell-clueless-about-journalism-and-democracy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 02 Dec 2008 15:37:01 CST