AFGHANISTAN

Obama right to take his time

BY JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY

President Obama has made no decision yet on where we are going and what we are doing in Afghanistan. But if the flood of leaks this week is any indicator he has, at least, decided what he is not going to do.

OBAMA

Give us a decision

BY TRUDY RUBIN

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The residents of the Afghan capital are waiting for President Obama -- to make up his mind.

BREAST CANCER

Common- sense care

BY KATHLEEN PARKER

Calm.

That's not a word one hears much these days, but calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new federal report on breast-cancer screening.

SARAH PALIN

Let GOP duke it out

BY DAVID S. BRODER

For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising.

CUBA

Stand firm, America

BY BERTA ANTUNEZ PERNET

Afew weeks ago, Cuban State Security agents beat up on the streets of Havana the internationally known Cuban writer and blogger Yoani Sánchez. The international community condemned the attack.

SAMMY SOSA

Has it made you happy, being white?

By LEONARD PITTS JR.

Dear Sammy Sosa:

Are you happy with yourself now? Are you more confident and self-assured? When you look in the mirror, do you like yourself better, now that you are white?

MIAMI COMMISSIONERS

Sent packing

BY MICHAEL PUTNEY

`IIt's a sad day in Miami,'' Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said with studied solemnity as she opened her news conference announcing the arrest of Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones and the forced resignation of Commissioner Angel Gonzalez. On the contrary, any day corrupt public officials are kicked out of office is a good day. Even better if there are two.