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1. Op-Ed Contributor: Indonesia Is No Model for Muslim Democracy
Indonesias government has failed to protect Christians and other religious minorities from extremist attacks.
2. Op-Ed Columnist: How Change Happens
Private equity is not where we need to be focusing our critical lenses. Is this what the presidential race is going to be about?
3. Op-Ed Columnist: Second Acts for First Ladies
With too few women in office, maybe wives should seize the advantage that sons and daughters do.
4. Op-Ed Columnist: Gates Puts the Focus on Teaching
The Gates Foundation is behind new experiments that aim to help teachers become better at their jobs, not just rate their performance.
5. Editorial: A First Test on the Resolve for Banking Reform
A hearing in the Senate Banking Committee on reforming derivatives is the first test of a new resolve for reform.
6. Opinionator: What Do Spoilers Spoil?
There is an upside to knowing plot twists in advance, isn't there?
7. Editorial: The Wal-Mart Corruption Case
A lawsuit brought by shareholders in Wal-Mart Stores against the companys executives and directors is tailor-made for the kind of wrongdoing being alleged.
8. Opinionator | The Stone: Philip K. Dick, Sci-Fi Philosopher, Part 2
The writer's sprawling 8,000-page "Exegesis" harkens back to the future with the second-century Christian Gnostics.
9. Editorial: Environmental Protection Agency and the Spruce Mine
The agency will appeal a federal judges ruling that overturned its decision to protect miles of streams in West Virginia. This is exactly the right move.
10. Opinionator | Draft: The Most Comma Mistakes
Rules about when to use and not to use commas are legion. But certain errors keep popping up.
11. Campaign Stops: Obama and the New Freedom
The president should look to Woodrow Wilson more than Franklin Roosevelt as a model for his re-election campaign. Seriously.
12. Room for Debate: How Did This Happen?
What kind of regulation would have prevented the latest Wall Street disaster, when JPMorgan Chase lost billions of dollars?
13. Editorial: To Tan or Not?
There is hard evidence of the damage that tanning beds can do, especially when people are exposed at a young age. Too many young people arent getting the message.
14. Taking Note: Grover Norquist Compares Schumer Legislation to Nazi Policy
The president of Americans for Tax Reform compared Chuck Schumer's tax-dodger bill to Nazi policies.
15. Letter: Legalizing the Use of Medical Marijuana
Readers react to an Op-Ed essay by a judge who says use of marijuana for easing pain should be legal.
16. Letter: Keystone Safety Measures
The president of TransCanada says the Keystone pipeline will safely provide oil.
17. Letter: Israels Draft Deferments
Agudath Israel of America says the controversy over draft deferments for full-time students of Torah is a red or perhaps better, blue and white herring.
18. Letter: Another Standing Ovation?
A reader says its a case of people who have no way to judge what theyve seen.
19. Letter: Letter Grades for Banks
A law professor suggests a grading system to help consumers.
20. Opinionator | Anxiety: The Anxiety of Unemployment
As the months of unemployment pile up, a life once defined by order and security has become wracked with uncertainty.
21. Op-Docs: For the Uninsured, the Wait for Health Care
A composite day in the life of patients at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif.
22. Opinionator | Disunion: Westward, Ho!
In the midst of war, Lincoln approved the Homestead Act, opening vast tracts of the country to settlement.
23. Opinionator: Entitlement Reform For the Entitled
The richer you are, the older you should have to be to collect Social Security and Medicare benefits.