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Opinion - Georgie Anne Geyer

AYERS A MEANINGLESS DISTRACTION FROM REAL CAMPAIGN ISSUES

Thu Oct 9, 7:58 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- The real "man of the hour" at the latest presidential debate was the man who wasn't there. Oh, he was lurking about, hiding behind the stage curtains and troubling people's minds, as we used to say in the Midwest. Sarah Palin, also not seen, was nevertheless devilishly busy researching every moment of the man's checkered past so she could continue to herald his "friendship" with Barack Obama.

  • BAILOUT MUST GO HAND IN HAND WITH REFORM Wed Oct 8, 6:29 PM ET

    QUEBEC -- Winter has come early in this glorious French-Canadian city, which sits like a genteelly aging queen above the St. Lawrence River, fed by the roiling waters of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The winds were blowing December, instead of October, and hail was in the frigid air.

  • CAN AMERICA BE SAVED? Thu Sep 25, 7:59 PM ET

    WASHINGTON -- Lurking behind the infamous $700 billion bailout that is monopolizing our attention these tumultuous days, loom other even more important questions -- deadly serious and historic questions -- that have become, all too suddenly, the true stuff of our new reality.

  • MARKET 'MAGIC' RELIED ON GREED Mon Sep 22, 7:58 PM ET

    WASHINGTON -- In the convulsed carnival of personal greed and public irresponsibility of these last weeks, one picks onself up over one shock, only to be smitten anew by unimagined calamities and biblical afflictions. Where, in all the billions of words written about the billions of lost dollars, is the key to the destitution we may face?

  • FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE NEEDS SHORING UP Thu Sep 18, 7:58 PM ET

    WASHINGTON -- By chance, as the American financial system began falling apart recently, I was watching an excellent "American Experience" television film, "George H.W. Bush." In the rich and varied life story of the 41st president, I inadvertently found some insight into where we are today -- and why.

  • SERIOUS TIMES DEMAND SERIOUS POLITICS Fri Sep 12, 5:45 PM ET

    WASHINGTON -- I am writing this on the seventh anniversary of 9/11. Oh yes, I remember well where I was. I had gone out of my study, taking leave from CNN news, for only a few minutes -- and it happened. Ever the vigilant reporter, when I returned and saw the terrible scenes, I thought the TV set had somehow switched to a movie. You can always trust your watchful press!