Barack Obama

Ike and Obama

President Obama has more in common with Dwight D. Eisenhower than any other of his predecessors, says Michael Burleigh.

Into the Melting Pot

Who is and who is not an American? The question goes back to the Revolution. The answer is always changing, says Tim Stanley.

Good Health for America?

America has struggled to reform public healthcare for over 100 years and now has a byzantine, costly system controlled by powerful, money-hungry interest groups. Can President Obama deliver reform?

Battling It Out

Jim Downs says that the Democrats should blame history for the dilemma they face in having to choose between Clinton and Obama for this year’s presidential nomination.