Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1771 Most Recommended Opinion en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:44:40 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1771 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_jobs_analysis ap/20091107/us_obama_jobs_analysis AP opinion Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:44:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_jobs_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_jobs_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0a92bd0d0bbc41d1b1ea5b834e728122.obama__dcab121.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=3N85lLO6xLUTdA9Zy6mJTg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/ehousing csm/20091106/ehousing The Christian Science Monitor opinion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Congress and President Obama keep throwing money at the housing industry, hoping its revival will also revive the economy. The industry itself pines for the halcyon days of McMansions on every block and home prices that never fall. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/15493468 thenation/20091106/15493468 The Nation opinion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:33:40 GMT The Nation - The Nation -- There's a very important editorial in The Nation this week that I hope everyone will take the time to read. It's about the wrongful conviction of Anthony McKinney, who's been in prison for thirty-one years for a murder he did not commit. I'm posting the relevant portions below. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucrr/conservativespoisedtorepeathistory ucrr/20091107/conservativespoisedtorepeathistory Richard Reeves opinion Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:58:55 GMT Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- Was George Santayana right when he said that those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/1493148 thenation/20091106/1493148 The Nation opinion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:23:12 GMT The Nation - The Nation -- Thursday's shootings at the Fort Hood army base in Texas -- which left at least 12 people dead and more than 30 others wounded -- were of course the "horrific outburst of violence" that President Obama bemoaned and condemned. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/1096493335 thenation/20091106/1096493335 The Nation opinion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:56:07 GMT The Nation - The Nation -- The announcement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he will not run for reelection is the exclamation point on the utter collapse of the Obama adminstration's Middle East policy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucru/ditheringwhileamericasneezes ucru/20091106/ditheringwhileamericasneezes Ted Rall opinion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:58:28 GMT Ted Rall - Failure on H1N1 Highlights a Bigger Crisis http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/15493400 thenation/20091106/15493400 The Nation opinion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:04:37 GMT The Nation - The Nation -- Don't bring your pitchforks. This is to be our "last stand" to stop health care reform, it's Alamo time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucgg/nogoodanswersinafghanistan ucgg/20091106/nogoodanswersinafghanistan Georgie Anne Geyer opinion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:58:27 GMT Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- A new term is making the rounds in foreign policy circles in Washington these days. It is undeniably clumsy. The term is "the un-Vietnam," referring to a war that has been over for 34 years yet still comes back like an arrow gone wrong when we talk about Afghanistan.