Congress is set to pass three bilateral trade agreements that would generate substantial job and export growth in an economy that sorely needs both. And while boosting exports by an estimated $13 billion and jobs by 380,000 won't by themselves turn the economy around, their passage could set the stage for much larger gains in years to come.

From the now-failing marriage of Larry and Laurie David come lessons about environmental hypocrisy.

A review of Mark Bowden's Guests of the Ayatollah.

Peopleneed to understand that the stock market is a risky place and that they themselves are responsible, in the end, for their own investments.

Stanley Crouch discusses a number of the year's events in the worlds of literature, politics, and popular culture in order to comment on the American condition.