<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Bailouts for Bunglers <BR><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/opinion/02krugman.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/opinion/02krugman.html</A><BR>(Paul Krugman)</DIV>
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<DIV>Question: what happens if you lose vast amounts of other people’s money? Answer: you get a big gift from the federal government — but the president says some very harsh things about you before forking over the cash.</DIV>
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<DIV>Disgorge, Wall Street Fat Cats <BR><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/opinion/01dowd.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/opinion/01dowd.html</A><BR>(Maureen Dowd)</DIV>
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<DIV>Mr. Obama was less bracing than during the campaign, when A.I.G. executives were caught going to posh retreats after taking an $85 billion bailout. He called for them to be fired and to reimburse the federal Treasury. Now that he has the power to act, Mr. Obama spoke, as his spokesman Robert Gibbs put it, “like that disappointed parent that doesn’t embarrass you in the mall, but you feel like you’ve let somebody down.” </DIV></td></tr></table>