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The Unyielding President and the State of our Disunion

The Unyielding President and the State of our Disunion

In the wake of the massacre in Massachusetts, Barack Obama had essentially two choices when it came to the way he approached his State of the Union speech, and the policies that would follow from it.  He could accept the ...Read more

The House Healthcare Bill:  Seriously Folks

The House Healthcare Bill: Seriously Folks

President Obama’s three objectives for a healthcare reform bill are – or were – that it cover every American with healthcare insurance, that it control costs, and that it be deficit-neutral. The bill that passed the US House of ...Read more

The Road Untraveled: Obama and the Middle Way

When Barack Obama was elected President last year, many public policy paths lay open to him. As a Democrat, Obama naturally did not turn to the laissez-faire right. To the far left, lay the trail of European-style socialism. ...Read more

At the Crossroads in Afghanistan: The McCrystal Report

Over the weekend General Stanley McCrystal, reporting from Afghanistan, was on the big screen at the White House Situation Room asking for more troops. He offered the President options for additional American forces ranging from 10,000 up to 40,000. ...Read more

At the Crossroads in Afghanistan: Testing the President's Judgment

President Obama and his advisers are right to realize that they are at a perilous crossroad in Afghanistan. The path they take from here will determine the landscape of American foreign policy going forward, it will impact world events ...Read more


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