On a rainy October night in 2006, I took a cab to the John F. Kennedy library here to conduct a very public interview. As we pulled up, the driver asked, “Who’s on the program?”
“Barack Obama,” I said.
“Oh,” … Read more »
During his campaign, Barack Obama spoke often of the need for open and accountable government. “Too often the American people don’t know who Washington is working for, and when they find out, they don’t like what they hear,” he said … Read more »
“A man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.”
It was not the words, but this transcendent reality that evoked … Read more »
Yesterday, under bright skies and before an estimated crowd of more than a million people gathered on the National Mall, Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office to become the 44th President of the United States. President Obama marked … Read more »
In his first Inaugural, President Barack Hussein Obama delivered one of the most eloquent descriptions of liberalism in history.
Many will focus on the calls for unity, to depict the speech as non-ideological. but make no mistake. President Obama is … Read more »
A Prayer for the Nation and Our Next President, Barack Obama
By The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire
Opening Inaugural Event
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC
January 18, 2009
Welcome to Washington! The fun is about … Read more »
As Barack Obama got to town, one of the first things he did was seek the counsel of past presidents, including George Bush senior.
As W. was leaving town, one of the last things he did was explain why he … Read more »
While campaigning for president, George W. Bush often repeated that he would seek to change the negative and partisan tone in Washington, D.C. “I’m a uniter, not a divider,” Bush would say. “I refuse to play the politics of putting … Read more »
It’s difficult to make the case that the first $350 billion bailout of Wall Street — so-called “TARP I” — fulfilled its goals, unless one argues that the Street would have imploded without it, which is pretty much what Hank … Read more »
As news of the US economy worsens, worries about whether a stimulus could restart the economy are growing. Making matters more complicated is the fact that our 2009 fiscal deficit will exceed 8 per cent of gross domestic product, even … Read more »
