The original Patriot Act as a whole infringed only modestly on our civil liberties and did not meaningfully intrude on the privacy rights of law abiding Americans.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Preserve the Patriot Act

If Congress is to show that it can act for the country as a whole, not just for interest-groups, it will have to embrace reform wholeheartedly.

ECONOMIST: Heat and dust

The prime minister said all Europe's economies, whether in the euro or not, needed a swift resolution of the current instability, and the single currency area as a whole needed to act to demonstrate it could "live within its means".

BBC: UK Politics

Of course there will be issues on which a president is free to act without Congress's say-so, and on which the country as a whole will rally to the president.

ECONOMIST: There��s a world waiting for America��s attention

The message seems to be that markets are willing to tolerate a highly imperfect fiscal deal (officially, the American Taxpayer Relief Act), permitting a greater focus on the continued gradual improvement of the world economy as a whole.

FORBES: Markets Continue Healthy Start To 2013