The Presidents and the Press
In light of the recent seizure of AP journalists’ phone records, we examine more than 100 years of Post articles that reflect the changing relationship between the White House and the media.
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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Post Perspective on Healthcare
“Just about every American can cite a personal example of the staggering benefits—and equally staggering costs—of today’s medicine. Here’s mine …” writes Frederick Allen in our September/October 2012 issue. But were the staggering costs always there? Is today’s medicine better than it was 50 or even 60 years ago? After reading our archival pieces below, ... More
Fixing Our Healthcare System
We spend more money per patient than any other country, yet we are less healthy by far. How did our healthcare system become such a wreck? And what is to be done?
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The Post Produces a President
As Obama is re-elected for a second term, we look back on the 1958 article that is responsible for bringing his father to the U.S.
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Obama’s Rockwell
Is there an artist in the house? Illustrations from America’s most beloved magazine hang proudly in the Oval Office.
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Obama Wins Nobel for Peace
For the third time in its history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its Peace Prize to an American president in office. What are your thoughts on the Peace Prize? Who would you have nominated for the award this year?
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President Obama to Speak at NAACP
President Obama will be in New York on July 16 speaking to a crowd of 10,000 people. While he has addressed much larger groups, rarely has he spoken on such a significant occasion: America’s first black president will be giving the keynote speech at the 100th birthday celebration of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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Obama’s Economic Stimulus
President Barack Obama, intent on gaining bipartisan support for his economic stimulus package, traveled from the White House to Capitol Hill for a meeting with congressional Republicans. What would Ben Franklin say about President Obama’s get-together with the opposition in Congress? Here’s what he once said: “If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest ... More
President Obama’s Inaugural Parade
What would he think about military units marching in close formation past the reviewing stand, their officers’ chins tucked in, smartly saluting a civilian whose only uniform in life was the one issued by his high school basketball team? Here’s what Ben Franklin would say: “Been thither, done that.” During the winter of 1755-56, Ben ... More
America’s First Black President Barack Obama
What would Benjamin Franklin say about America’s first black president? Here’s what he’d say: “I told you so!” Franklin, after all, both created the job of president and promoted the abolition of slavery, so Barack Obama’s inauguration represents the final conjunction of two of Franklin’s most significant contributions to life in America. Franklin first proposed ... More
Stumbling Into Socialism
“‘Capitalism is doomed,’ said a recent headline, quoting the Secretary of Agriculture. English, French, German, and American critics have written the same thing before, during, and after every panic or economic crisis that capitalism has experienced in the last two centuries.” States the editorial “Stumbling into Socialism” from the July 20, 1935 issue of The ... More
The Spenders
“‘How much cash and credit of the United States Government has been spent since March 4, 1933?’ I finally asked a very high-placed official. He answered calmly enough: ‘I do not know. I do not suppose anybody knows.’” The discussion was quoted in the editorial The Spenders from the August 8, 1936 issue of The ... More
Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms
Inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous “Four Freedoms” speech delivered to Congress on the eve of World War II, Norman Rockwell created four paintings depicting simple family scenes, illustrating freedoms Americans often take for granted.
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