With some form of health care reform poised to be enacted following the passage of a trillion-dollar, pork-filled boondoggle in the U.S. Senate on Christmas Eve, reflection on the course of this policy debate and its broader implication for the trajectory of the Obama administration seem warranted. Whatever results in the coming months on the issue of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ethics’
Liberalism is Dead.
Much like in the United Kingdom, where the Liberal Democrats now comprise a third party, American liberalism is no longer of consequence. The ideological heirs to John F. Kennedy and Harry Truman who once would have freely criticized governmental excess have lost control of the Democratic Party. In their place have emerged leaders who regard their critics [...]
Ethical lapses in Obama administration improve prospects for a Republican resurgence
There was a time when progressivism meant something in the United States. A whole period of U.S. political history is known by many as the “Progressive Era”. Many reform-minded individuals stood up for the whistle-blowers, and championed government accountability. Such figures sought a redress in personal liberty where it was lacking for large segments of [...]
Obama administration vetting process requires greater scrutiny.
The image of Barack Obama as a politician above the typical fray of folly forever present in contemporary political life is speedily being replaced with a more accurate picture of a Chicago suit operating under the the same rules as generations of earlier pols hailing from the windy city. Chicago has its well-known moniker not [...]
