Historian Paul Johnson wrote this about the President: “. . . the media did everything in its power to build up and sustain the beatific myth of [the President] . . . the media protected him, suppressed what it knew to be the truth about him, and if...
The question of whether Barack Obama is a socialist has never really been answered. Obama supporters and a fawning media have always managed to dismiss it as unfair or irrelevant. In fact, it is neither. An elected official’s political philosophy...
As everyone knows, the results of the first presidential debate are in and over 60% of those polled consider Mitt Romney the clear winner. Barack Obama’s performance was so unimpressive that millions of people around the world wondered how a man...
In August 2011 Bill and Hillary Clinton were with several guests at their home in Chappaqua NY. Bill was trying to persuade Hillary to challenge Obama for the nomination in 2012; Hillary resisted the idea. One of those present later reported that...
President Obama was so delighted with Bill Clinton’s speech at the September Democratic convention that he remarked to the press, “After [Clinton] spoke, somebody sent out a tweet that said “you should appoint him ‘secretary of explaining...
I recently re-read Amity Shlaesʼ wonderful tour de force, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. This time I was particularly struck by the similarities between FDRʼs strategy to win a second term and that of President Obama. Both...
Every day brings new examples of the intellectual deficiencies of people in leadership positions. Consider these examples. The U.S. Senate ignoring its obligation to create an annual budget for over three years (and counting). Congress pressuring...
If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. . . somebody along the line gave you some help. So said President Obama in a campaign appearance, and his subsequent remarks made clear he was continuing his theme that successful people...
