Obamarama
Barack Obama came to
Washington promising sweeping changes in the way Washington did business. As the first African-American president
he proposed a bold new agenda to match his historic election victory. However, his first year in office can
perhaps be summed up by the phrase, Washington has changed Barack Obama more
than Obama has changed Washington.
This site is still in its
early stages. It will become more
developed over time.
The
significance of the 2008 election
Maps of
2008 electoral college
Is
2008 a realigning election?
The
¡°new¡± politics in practice
How
New is Obama¡¯s New Politics?
The
Great Recession
Causes
of the Financial Crisis and the Great Depression
The new tone in foreign
policy
Obama¡¯s Speech on relations with Islam
White House foreign
policy page
Nuclear
Weapons
Obama¡¯s speech on nuclear disarmament
Global Panel Calls for
Steep Nuclear Cuts
Russia
Iran
Obama¡¯s
speech on Iran¡¯s nuclear program
Dubious Assumptions
about Iran
North Korea
Obama
says test violates law
North
Korea¡¯s Bomb Test Message
The
Wars in the Islamic world
Obama¡¯s Speech on relations with Islam
Obama¡¯s Nobel Acceptance Speech
Shooting
Gnats with Machine Guns
Afghanistan/Pakistan
Obama¡¯s Surge in
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Myth v. Fact:
Afghanistan
Annotate This! President Obama's Afghanistan Escalation Speech
Iraq
Obama
statement of Iraq policy
Health
Care Reform
The
truth about the US health care system
Why
the Obama health care reform plan is failing
Climate
Change
Global
Warming Facts and Figures
Five Reasons Why
the Copenhagen Summit Failed
Semi-official
White House Climate Change Report (the White House won¡¯t put on its website)
whitehouse.gov go to the source
Obama¡¯s
State of the Union (critical review)
The Bush Presidency
Bush
Watch Page: my website on the Bush presidency
Holy
War, Plutocracy, and the New Absolutism in the Bush Presidency: notes toward a book on W
My Publications on the U.S. Presidency and Foreign
Policy