I find it interesting how hard it is to please the critics of Presidents. Let me give you some examples. Democrats mocked George Bush for being a flip-flopper after he famously said, “Read my lips: No new taxes” then he agreed (with the Democrat-controlled Congress) to the biggest tax increase in American history. Later, Democrats […]
I’ve read a few articles recently that discussed President Obama’s new foreign policy principles. He has committed himself to working with other countries in carrying out international objectives. This is supposed to be a change from the George W. Bush era when the United States acted in a unilateral fashion. Frankly, I’ve read the articles,
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President Barack Obama’s pick to be our newest Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, is at the same time both a predictable choice and a surprising one. Here’s what I mean: Ms. Kagan has a liberal world view, which is totally unremarkable. The President is left of center, so it only makes sense that he wants
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One thing I sometimes tell my history students is that generally when a country/kingdom has a conflict with another power, the citizens rally around their leader (at least over the short term). That’s why sometimes in history leaders have started trouble. If they are feeling the heat from their people, a little war here or
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Here’s something that is hardly a newsflash: George W. Bush is not currently very popular. This was not the case in the past and—surprisingly—it might not be the case in the future. Consider the presidency of Harry Truman whose popularity was remarkably low at times, yet he is widely admired today (especially among
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