The untold story of how the administration tried to stand up to big agricultural companies on behalf of independent farmers, and lost.
Barack Obama
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, November/December 2012
Act of Recovery
Only one national reporter, Michael Grunwald, bothered to take a detailed look at how well the $787 billion stimulus was spent. What he discovered confounds the Beltway conventional wisdom.
Posted inMagazine, Politics, September/October 2012
The Clintonites’ Beef With Obama
It’s not his policies they complain about but his messaging. Is that fair?
Posted inMagazine, Politics, September/October 2012
Where Credit Is Due
You would think that the first law of presidential campaigning would be to take credit for your accomplishments. And yet the current contest features two men who are unwilling even to bring up some of their most important achievements in office. Barack Obama’s first landmark action as president, for instance, was the American Recovery and […]
Posted inBooks, Government, July/August 2012, Magazine
Young Guns
Obama’s surprisingly strong national security record owes much to a group of youthful aides few Americans have heard of.
Posted inMagazine, March/April 2012, Politics
Clinton’s Third Term
The cover story in this issue, by yours truly, argues that Barack Obama has accomplished so much in his first term (health care reform, the stimulus, turning around Detroit—the list is long, and starts here) that he stands to go down in history as a great or near-great president. But it also notes that most […]
Posted inMagazine, March/April 2012, Politics
Obama’s Top 50 Accomplishments
(Also check out the main article, The Incomplete Greatness of Barack Obama, and the issue’s Editor’s Note.) 1. Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010). It will cover 32 million uninsured Americans beginning in 2014 and mandates a suite of […]
Posted inMagazine, March/April 2012, Politics
The Incomplete Greatness of Barack Obama
He’s gotten more done in three years than any president in decades. Too bad the American public still thinks he hasn’t accomplished anything.
Posted inJanuary/February 2012, Magazine, Politics
What If Obama Loses?
Imagining the consequences of a GOP victory.
