Taking a qeue from William James (and the bible), David Bromwich asks if it’s too late to examine the Obama-Bush presidency. How has the first black president, who promised to return America to “the high moral ground” and by race and rhetoric signaled an allegiance to equality and justice, proven to be the perfect ambassador of the last Bush’s policies? War. Torture. Financial titans. Bromwich lists those advisors and public servants Obama chose to keep or let go and draws conclusions about Obama’s moral compass from the record.
(h/t Marilyn Young for the frame)