`GOING ROGUE'

Attitude and blame

BY ELLEN GOODMAN

You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don't mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for Going Rogue.

SARAH PALIN

Woman of substance?

BY CAL THOMAS

I'm sure I would like Sarah Palin if I got the chance to meet her. We share many things in common. She is still married to her first spouse, as am I. She has a Down syndrome son. I have a brother with Down syndrome. We share the same faith and we both like the outdoors. She is conservative on economic and social issues, and so am I.

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.

CUBA

Freedom has no double standard

BY JOE CARDONA

Among the few things that Cubans can count on after 50 years under the rule of the Castro brothers is the subhuman, Draconian methods with which the regime lashes out against those who dare disagree.

COLLEGE ADMISSION

All aren't able

BY PATRICK J. BUCHANAN

As George W. Bush famously asked, ``Is our children learning?''

THANKSGIVING

Julia will have a place at our holiday table

BY JO ANNE BANDER

While my excitement bubbles as I plan our family Thanksgiving, which will reunite many who were together in Brockton, Mass. in 1969 a month before I married, I am still trying to digest the fact that Julia Child has been reincarnated with Meryl Streep's face while the November 2009 Gourmet is the last that will grace my prep table.

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.