In the legislative chambers, the votes for this ethics makeover were mostly unanimous, though the sarcastic commentary suggested that enthusiasm might not have been what was motivating legislators.
Much commentary suggests that the citizens of Spain and Greece are just delaying the inevitable, protesting against sacrifices that must, in fact, be made.
Last October, an S.& P. commentary suggested that the American government would have three to five years to get its fiscal house in order.
Much of the Russian commentary suggested that the arrests were an effort by dark forces in the American government to undermine Mr. Obama's reset policy.
US commentary suggests that the administration has not yet decided where it is going on the issue, but the outcome of its deliberations will be of major significance, and not just within the US.
But the French are also wary about drawing over-hasty conclusions.When three soldiers were shot dead in south-west France shortly before the 2012 presidential election, early commentary suggested that the suspect could have neo-Nazi links.
As a counterpoint to my recent commentary suggesting that we should disentangle ourselves from Egypt's military, here's the Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens making the case that we need to double down on our support for them instead: What's realistic and desirable is for the military to succeed in its confrontation with the Brotherhood as quickly and convincingly as possible.
Frictions burst into the open in early September after Mr. Luzhkov published his official commentary suggesting that Mr. Medvedev had dithered over plans for a highway between Moscow and St .Petersburg, and also seeming to call for Mr. Putin to return to the presidency.
In LinkedIn's case, an Internet search for "LinkedIn" and "bubble" returns a wide array of commentary suggesting that LinkedIn shares represent a bubble: "Alarm bells are ringing" (The Wall Street Journal), and LinkedIn "will heighten fears the bubble is back" (The San Francisco Chronicle), to cite just two.
