Grim Housing Choice: Help Today’s Owners or Future Ones
Some economists and analysts urge a dose of shock therapy that would shift benefits to future homeowners from current ones: Let the housing market crash.

For G.O.P., Tea Party Wields a Double-Edged Sword
As much as the Tea Party fervor is expected to help Republicans in November, it may also create problems for them, and opportunities for the Democrats.

In Britain, Labour Politicians Call for New Look at Scandal
Downing Street’s chief communications officer is being accused again of encouraging reporters to illegally intercept messages when he was editor of The News of the World.