39th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (1977–1981)
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column at National Review Online draws some interesting parallels between the Obama administration’s current predicaments and those of the 39th president. In 1979, after two full…
Gene Healy of Cato writes here about Obama’s Libyan intervention (another instance where he thumbed his nose at the law) and argues that it wasn’t a success at all. Lots…
As Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal watches the Obama administration’s response to the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine, he realizes he’s seen this movie before. As of…
… by suggesting to fellow liberals that Barack Obama “wasn’t ready” for the presidency, like-minded scribes such as TIME’s Joe Klein are running with the theme. Klein’s latest column takes…
In this Cato post, economics professor Steve Hanke compares presidential administrations back to Ike on their “misery index” results. Obama hasn’t (yet) created as much misery as Jimmy Carter, but…
This Wall Street Journal editorial looks at Obama’s “jobs plan” of a $5,000 tax credit for small businesses that hire workers. Jimmy Carter did the same thing as unemployment rose…
Hot Air has a post by someone calling himself Coldwarrior who worked in the CIA during the Reagan years: Unlike the previous Carter Administration, who saw us as the reason…
Commander Hood expands the Obama as Hoover thesis that states Obama is confusing high taxes and protectionism. Let me say something to those —my father included — who say it…
Cone and Medved take different looks at leadership, or the lack thereof. In yesterday’s N&R, Cone writes It is a dangerous moment for the nation and the world because ultimately…
One can only hope that those who continue to revere Jimmy Carter as a model ex-president ? when he has been perhaps the worst ex-president in American history, far worse…
You just knew that Jimmy Carter wouldn’t be able to keep his mouth shut about Katrina: The first warnings came in 1979 while I was president, when top American scientists…
Kerry and Edwards believe, or at least talk as if they believe, all the socialistic, anti-growth blather that made the US such a basket case during Jimmy Carter’s presidency. Larry…