Our grand strategy should focus not on a threatening culture or the rise of another state, but on managing these fault lines and avoiding any sudden eruptions of conflict along them.
Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."
He inherited a horrible situation with this economic crisis, but he has not flinched. And his confidence inspires us and helps to generate confidence because we see him carrying on.
On May 7th, 2003, I testified at a hearing before the House Committee on Small Business regarding the diversion of federal small business contracts to...
Digging deeper into the results of the Walter H. Capps Center's "First 100 Days" poll some interesting figures stand out. As I mentioned in Monday's ...
Perhaps the most encouraging action so far has come from the East Wing, where Michelle Obama has been speaking out about the importance of real, fresh food, home cooking and gardening.
Suddenly, it feels like Spring! Supreme Court Justice David Souter is expected to resign as we hold our collective breaths for the appointment of a f...
Last November, immediately following the presidential election, Wade Clark Roof, director of the Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Pu...
Just Binyam Mohamed and the Yemeni doctor, Ayman Batarfi have been cleared for release. At this rate, of course, it will take decades to close Guantánamo.
There was much to celebrate this week, as we marked the remarkable achievements of Obama's first 100 days. A high point: Michelle Obama sending a resounding message about making service a regular part of our lives by volunteering at a food bank, even though we are months away from Thanksgiving. On the other hand, there was the depressing, banking-industry-led Senate defeat of a measure offering relief to America's struggling homeowners. Coming up: Thursday's announcement of the results of the bank stress tests. Early indications are that at least some of the banks are going to need another infusion of capital. With apologies to Justice Scalia, "Fleeting expletive" no! It's time for Americans to draw the line in the sand and say that if bankers are not going to side with us when we need help, we're not going to side with them when they do.
Well, if there's news containing an "s" word, it's likely included in our latest show - a lively round up of lots of news.
On Thursday at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, I reviewed President Obama's first one hundred days in office.
"The Presidential Scorecard: The First 100 Days" is obviously choreographed by the same people who can make war sound like a college football game and almost anything ordinary sound significant.
In 1993, Bill Clinton signed "Don't Ask Don't Tell" into law. And 16 years later, the gay community has a friend in the White House again and it looks like we are going to get another turn at bat.
The steps taken so far on coal-fired power plants are definitely putting the U.S. on the right track toward clean energy.
War is war. I recommit myself to speaking loudly for pacifism. I want the troops out of Iraq and brought directly home with no stopovers in the historic quagmire that is Afghanistan.
It's been a momentous time for America and our new president, who has restored the faith of many in our nation and our government.
Everywhere there is the obvious, almost pained, inability to criticize Obama on his first hundred days. Here's the reasonable question to ask of a person who is universally loved: Is he a fake?
Conducting a review and assessment of President Obama's - or any president's - first 100 days in office is a completely arbitrary practice. There are...
During his first 100 days in office, President Barack Obama and Congress have taken critically important steps to improve the lives of America's disad...
Obama's mastered the art of calming the jangled nerves of his countrymen. Now his economic policies need to restore them fully.
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