"Currency debasement and inflation," declared a gaggle of conservative economists and commentators in an open letter published as a full-page ad in leading newspapers.
Perhaps even more important, I think it also offers a lesson, and even a reproach, to practitioners and commentators in an altogether different field of endeavor: education.
Trevathan's move had fans and commentators in an uproar, calling the dangerous helmet-to-helmet hit a "dirty" play.
"By giving in to protesters, colleges are denying the majority of students their right to hear controversial opinions and drawing their own conclusions about those opinions," said Bob Beckel, a Democratic strategist and commentator, in a recent USA Today online debate.
The measures also extend responsibility for legal violations to news writers and commentators, in addition to a publication's director.
Mr. Hu's visit was the first by a Chinese head of state in a decade, and commentators in each country viewed it as having moved Japan and China toward a closer, friendlier working relationship.
That perception, combined with Election Day violence, American occupation and Iranian influence, left few analysts and commentators in the Middle East declaring the elections a success and Iraq on the road to stability.
In the run-up to the election, cartoonists and commentators in Mexico went haywire, calling you a fascist and comparing you to Hitler, Mussolini and Berlusconi.
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a Muslim editor and commentator in Bangladesh, has a rare virtue -- he champions dialogue and decency in a culture hemmed in by extremism and corruption.
Desai is a frequent speaker at national and international forums and commentator in the media on a wide variety of subjects that include the U.S.-Asia relationship, cultural roots of Asian economic development, regional connections within the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the arts and cultures of Asia and Asian America.
