Section : American Politics

The Watchman

The administration was sterile. Its pool of ideas had run shallow, and the office of the President was besought by bitter scandals. A recession plagued the economy, ruining a period of uninterrupted growth. All legislation of note came from Congress rather than the White House. The President had exhausted his political influence. While his party base backed his natural successor for the nomination, the rest of America was worried. They did not want another term of the same dry ideas. They wanted change.

A Farewell to George W. Bush

Two key moments of the Bush Presidency stand out. The first is September 11th, 2001 - the image of President Bush standing amidst the rubble of the World Trade Centers, bullhorn in hand; "I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!"

Sarah Palin and U.S. Foreign Policy

In the September/October 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs, Richard Holbrooke wrote about how "the next American president will inherit a more difficult set of international challenges than any predecessor since World War II." That is why John McCain's vice-presidential pick of Sarah Palin demonstrates a disturbing lack of judgment.