Let the Sunstein In

Filed Under: American Exceptionalism, Cass Sunstein, Obama's Second Inaugural, Second Bill of Rights

Watershed election presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt do not simply happen on election day. The significance of the election is played out in speeches that illuminate and in policy that transforms. Whether President Obama is a critical …

Oct 16, 2012

Is This Progressivism’s Last Gasp?

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by Brian C. Anderson / 2 Comments

Filed Under: Barack Obama, Charles Kesler, Economic Liberalism, Great Society, I am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism, Political Liberalism, Politics of Meaning, Progressivism, Second Bill of Rights

Some conservative critics of Barack Obama dismiss him as an ineffective, confused president–no surprise, in their view, since his thin résumé showed from the beginning that he was unqualified for the job. Others, much farther to the right, circulate spooky …