U.S. Presidents

STUMBLING TOWARD DAMASCUS – JOEL KLEIN

  Syria Obama and Syria: Stumbling Toward Damascus The President’s uneven Syria response has damaged his office and weakened the nation. It’s time for one more pivot By Joe Klein @JoeKleinTIME       Sept.Send to Kindle <img src=”http://timeswampland.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/42-51235628.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1″ alt=”President Barack Obama walks along the colonnade of the White House from the residence to the Oval Office to start his

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THREE-AND-A-HALF MORE YEARS OF OBAMA !

  September 11, 2013 Three-and-a-half More Years of Obama! By J.R. Dunn So the Syria “crisis” is reaching its culmination.  Syria’s WMD’s are likely to be placed under the control of its patron, Russia, perhaps even with the cooperation of other disinterested, responsible states such as Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela.  The world’s only superpower, for

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THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD PRESIDENCY

  COMMENTARY The Citizen of the World Presidency Elliott Abrams  Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national-security adviser in the administration of President George W. Bush. He is the author, most recently, of Tested by Zion,

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THE CLINTON-ERA ROOTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

  August 12, 2013 The Clinton-Era Roots of the Financial Crisis Affordable-housing goals established in the 1990s led to a massive increase in risky, subprime mortgages. By PHIL GRAMM AND MIKE SOLONMr. Gramm, a former Republican chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, is senior partner of US Policy Metrics and a visiting scholar at the

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GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY DEDICATION

  GEORGE W outclasses Barack and Bill, without even trying ◀ ▶ Former president George H.W. Bush, left, applauds with Laura Bush after former president George W. Bush‘s speech during the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) President Barack Obama listens as former

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KRAUTHAMMER – THE BUSH LEGACY

  Charles Krauthammer The Bush legacy By Charles Krauthammer, Apr 25, 2013 The Washington Post Clare Boothe Luce liked to say that “a great man is one sentence.” Presidents, in particular. The most common “one sentence” for George W. Bush is: “He kept us safe.” Not quite right. With Bush’s legacy being reassessed as his

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THE IRAQ LIBERATION ACT OF 1998, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

  March 19, 2013 Notable & Quotable The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, committed the U.S. to removing Saddam Hussein from power. From the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, Oct. 31, 1998:   Since March 1996, Iraq has systematically sought to

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RONALD REAGAN, THE GREAT NARRATOR

  Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Complete Package Ronald Reagan, the great narrator. Fred Barnes February 18, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 22 In February 1981, President Reagan was searching for ways to win support for spending cuts. He’d been president less than a month. The national debt was closing in on $1 trillion and

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT PRESIDENT

  The following two articles on Abraham Lincoln give us an insight into the great man and president that he was.   The second article is a quote from his Second Annual Message of December 1, 1862.     February 13, 2013 A Lincolnian Economic Primer for Obama Abe’s approach was to provide rules of the road

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