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The Obama Doctrine: Bend at the Waist
For all the volumes that are filled about the foreign policy predilections of American presidents, a commander-in-chief’s attitude towards foreign affairs can often be captured in a single iconic moment. There’s John F. Kennedy staring into a camera while explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis to the American people; Jimmy Carter scolding… |
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The Obama Way: First Throw Down, Then Throw Up
Former Republican Congressman and Love Boat television star Fred Grandy likes to remind listeners of his Washington, D.C. morning radio program that in politics, “once you throw down, you can’t throw up.”
In other words, once you attempt to take a stand or assert a position of strength, you cannot subsequently back down when… |
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Last Chance in Afghanistan
"If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren't willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize them, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all." – Barack Obama, "The Audacity of Hope"
"… I want the American people to understand that we have a clear and focused… |
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Iran, Infelicitously
If the notion of a providential plan for the United States suffers from a touch of romanticism, it’s not difficult to see where the nation’s poets got grist for their mill.
How does the American Revolution succeed and then produce a stable Republic without the singular leadership of George Washington? What other Commander… |
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A Change is Gonna Come
Eight months into the Obama presidency – as cap and trade languishes in the Congress, health care reform suffers the slings and arrows of a “racist,” “astroturf” opposition and Americans continue to stubbornly cling to their guns and religion – it’s hard to give much credence to the President’s election… |
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Standing Athwart Freedom in Honduras
The Obama administration is a fitful regime. When Iranian protesters took to the streets of Tehran in June to decry a rigged election, the President justified his inaction masquerading as Zen by saying “it’s not productive, given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling.”
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Obama Gets it Right in Ghana … Wrong in America
In the spirit of American meritocracy, even those of us who usually line up in opposition to President Obama owe it to the man to point out when he’s done something right. The President’s speech in Accra, Ghana, last week was just such a success.
What’s most notable about Obama’s July 11 remarks before the Ghanaian Parliament… |
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Iran: Letting a Crisis Go to Waste
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste,” White House Chief of Staff-to be Rahm Emanuel told the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council last November, “… [it’s] an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” In the nearly eight months that have passed since Emanuel made that statement… |
