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He Gave His Daughter a Kindle and Filled It With Books Jan. 18, 2017
The first time I met Barack Obama was in early 2006, when he was still a U.S. senator. He had come t... Read More
The Comforting Fictions of Obama's Farewell Speech Jan. 13, 2017
Watching President Barack Obama's soaring 2008 Democratic National Convention speech in Denver, I ne... Read More
Goodbye to One Selfie President, Hello to Another? Jan. 13, 2017
On Feb. 12, 2015, President Obama made a selfie-stick video for BuzzFeed. You may remember it —... Read More
Saying Goodbye to Obama Jan. 12, 2017
We will miss him. We will miss his intelligence and restraint; his dignity and diplomacy; his effort... Read More
Would We Rather Elect a Wacko Than a Woman? Jan. 11, 2017
The anecdote is so perfect, so polished, so delicious that it doesn't matter whether it is precisely... Read More
Government by Faculty Lounge Subject to Repeal Jan. 06, 2017
President Barack Obama went up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to counsel congressional Democrats on ho... Read More
Petty Partisanship From an Exiting Obama Jan. 06, 2017
I don't know about you, but I feel a strong sense of optimism in the air. However, neither President... Read More
Obama Made America Cool Again: Lifted More Minds Than Hearts Jan. 06, 2017
WASHINGTON — The euphoria explosion at Barack Obama's inauguration eight years ago flew in wit... Read More
The Titanic Has Set Sail Jan. 05, 2017
Over the New Year's weekend, President Barack Obama's chief policy adviser and closest strategist, V... Read More
A Recipe for Economic Growth in the New Year Jan. 05, 2017
With the beginning of a new year comes the hope for change. There is so much we could wish for ̵... Read More
The Risks of Repealing Obamacare Jan. 05, 2017
Much of politics is not about solving problems. It's about decrying problems while blaming your oppo... Read More
Apologies to Israel, but Help Is on the Way Dec. 30, 2016
I am not surprised at President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry's parting insults to ... Read More
Cultural Winners and Losers of 2016 Dec. 30, 2016
Populism took the elites by surprise in 2016, so a review of this year's cultural winners and losers... Read More
The Real Obstacle to Peace Dec. 30, 2016
Shortly after Benjamin Netanyahu won his bid for re-election as prime minister of Israel in March 20... Read More
What's Trump up to on Foreign Policy? Dec. 16, 2016
What is President-elect Donald Trump up to on foreign policy? It's a question with no clear answer. ... Read More
The Russians Are (Not) Coming Dec. 16, 2016
Shortly before the presidential election, Donald Trump publicly announced that the election was rigg... Read More
The Collapse of the Political Left Dec. 09, 2016
It's been a tough decade for the political left. Eight years ago, a Time magazine cover portrayed Ba... Read More
Obama's National Security Report Card -- Unsatisfactory Dec. 09, 2016
In his speech at MacDill Air Force Base, President Obama bragged that he has made America safer whil... Read More
It's Obama, Not the American People, Who Won't Listen Dec. 02, 2016
You have to give President Barack Obama credit for one thing: consistency. Nothing is ever his fault... Read More
The Arc of History Doesn't Always Bend Toward Justice Nov. 24, 2016
History is on our side. That's a claim Barack Obama has made frequently, in his two successful campa... Read More
