Parsing Barack Obama’s legacy
One wishes author had a touch more compassion for the man who fulfilled the dream
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Is Obama’s plan to cure cancer a ’moonshot’? Or a ’Pluto-shot’?
Joe Biden is ’mission control’ in a fight to cure cancer once and for all. Anne Kingston on why that is a flawed enterprise.
At his final State of the Union, Obama breaks the fourth wall
At his last annual address to Congress, Barack Obama stared down Americans and took aim at fear—in the form of Donald Trump
Barack Obama (transcript): ’Our brand of democracy is hard.’
For the record: The U.S. President’s final State of the Union Address
Obama’s ’common-sense’ gun plan—and the too-common response
Barack Obama’s White House announcement of executive actions over sale and possession of guns inspired tears. And gun sales. And partisan ire.
Obama: ’We do not have to accept this carnage as the price of freedom’
For the record: Transcript of U.S. President’s remarks on gun-safety reform
How Obama missed his chance to break a ritual around mass killings
People in the United States accept firearms and gunplay as essential, albeit occasionally regrettable, elements of what it means to be American.
Obama: ’The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it.’
For the record: The U.S. President’s prepared remarks on America’s war against ISIS
What to expect from Barack Obama’s Oval Office address on ISIS
Barack Obama has clearly failed in his goals to degrade Islamic State. Will tonight’s speech dictate a new way forward?
Barack Obama: ’We have come to Paris to show our resolve’
For the record: Remarks by President Barack Obama at the First Session of COP21