ENERGY POLICY

There's more oil to be had

BY GEORGE F. WILL

What city contributed most to the making of the modern world? The Paris of the Enlightenment and then of Napoleon, pioneer of mass armies and nationalist statism? London, seat of parliamentary democracy and center of finance? 1259033376

HONDURAS

Why U.S. changed its position

BY CARLOS ALBERTO MONTANER

Hondurans are anxious to know what will happen in their country after the Nov. 29 elections. Consequently, a very alert segment of civil society, almost all of them dynamic young people, supported by the magazine Strategy and Business, organized an international seminar on Nov. 12 to examine in depth this bedeviled affair. I participated in the event, but, on my own, because I wanted to satisfy a different curiosity. I'll explain that later. 1259033375

HEALTHCARE

Reform bill a budget-buster

BY DAVID BRODER

It's simply not true that America is ambivalent about everything when it comes to the Obama health plan. 1259033374

MEDIA

Stop Comcast's power grab

BY EDWARD WASSERMAN

e-mail:

`Big media today wants to own the faucet, pipeline, water and the reservoir. The rain clouds come next.''

FPL RATE HIKES

PSC can conduct impartial process

BY ARMANDO J. OLIVERA

On Tuesday, the state's Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold a high-profile workshop on how to strengthen the integrity of the regulatory process. This could not come at a more appropriate time. Florida's residents must have confidence that the PSC is conducting its important work in a fair and impartial manner, without favor toward any party, and making fact-based decisions that serve Floridians.

POLICY

A better-targeted drug fight

BY GIL KERLIKOWSKE

As the demands and distractions of the holiday season approach, I want to remind parents, teens and families about the dangers of drug abuse -- which claims more young people's lives annually than suicides, firearm deaths, or school violence. Despite significant progress in many areas -- overall drug use among high school seniors is down 43 percent since its peak in 1979 -- there are some troubling signals that are cause for concern.

FOCUS ON ISRAEL

Obama's clumsy efforts breed mistrust

BY FRIDA GHITIS

Everyone agrees about the Middle East today.

Everyone agrees that peace looks remote as ever and the process has all but completely collapsed. The Obama administration is strengthening precisely the wrong people as it proceeds with its clumsy efforts to produce peace between Israelis and Palestinians. It's a sad spectacle to watch.