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Barack Obama: A primer for foreigners |
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By Bernard-Henri Levy  The major news, of the inauguration and of every day since then, is that Barack Obama is no longer black. Yes, indeed. And so goes the United States. Some people voted for him because he was black and because his election would be the crowning achievement of the long march that began with Martin Luther King Jr.'s "dream" two years after Obama's birth. Some voted against him because he was black and because there remained, despite the unparalleled Cultural Revolution the nation had accomplished in a half-century, reserves of segregationism and racism
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By Jonathan D. Farley  As an African-American, people expect me to be excited by the inauguration of the first black president of the United States on January 20. Of course, symbols matter. A black man could not have ascended to the presidency 40 years ago. But the inauguration of President Barack Obama means considerably less than what the pundits say it means.
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By Paul krugman  Last Sunday President-elect Barack Obama was asked whether he would seek an investigation of possible crimes by the Bush administration. "I don't believe that anybody is above the law," he responded, but “we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.”
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The Paradox of Bush and Obama |
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By Cathy Young  One of the ironies of the presidency of George W. Bush is that the man who campaigned as “a uniter, not a divider” became an extremely polarizing president - until, by the end of his tenure, he succeeded in very nearly uniting the country against him. He leaves office with a 29 percent approval rating, legions of detractors, and some passionate defenders who look to history to vindicate him.
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By Geoffrey Wheatcroft For all of the optimistic predictions about the “End of History” and the universal triumph of liberal democracy, much of the world still does not enjoy democratic government as the West understands it. Yet in the West itself there is another problem: the “democratic deficit,” or the way the political class fails to reflect the wishes of the electorate.
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