Despite repeated assertions by both Barack Obama and John McCain that their policies would differ significantly from those of the previous administration, virtually no attention was paid during the campaign to the worst feature of the Bush presidency: the determined undermining of America's constitutional framework. In fact, the issue was missing from congressional races as well, even though many of the members of Congress who were seeking re-election had acquiesced in the unconstitutional amassing of executive power. If this is to truly be a new beginning — a chance to address the ... Read More
The Shining City, Rebuilt
March 4, 2008 • By • Leave a Comment
In the 1950s and '60s, Americans were experiencing a new kind of fear: Germany and Japan had been defeated, but they had been supplanted as enemies by an expansive Soviet Union (backed by the combined forces of several Eastern European allies), a newly installed communist dictatorship in China, and a militarily aggressive North Korea. Marxist ideology had gained a foothold in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Leftists argued that communism was the wave of the future, and conservatives feared they might be right; the Soviet Union, the most powerful of these new adversaries, had nuclear weapons. ... Read More
