Two Perspectives on Barack Obama - March 2011
Two very different perspectives on President Barack Obama.
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Oedipus and Ordinariness:
A Meditation on Barack Obama by Rudolph Lewis  I suppose we, the nation, will get a clearer sense of
Mr. Obama between
now and November 2012. Much more so than what we thought we knew and
understood before November 2008. Or at least what we refused to acknowledge,
that is, excessive racial pride can blind one to the truth of things. The
Greeks warned us so long ago that hubris was a fault. They passed down to us
kindly through the ages the character Oedipus as a poetic reminder. Here I
do not propose to be Mr. Obama's analyst. I possess no talent and training
for what is Oedipal and what is not Oedipal.
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President Obama: More Than Meets the
Eyes by Vanessa Davis Griggs  Before
Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United
States, our country faced major challenges, domestically and abroad. Economists said
we were on the brink of a second Great Depression. Abroad, the United States
was viewed mostly unfavorably. Even before taking office, President Obama
began working to stop the excessive bleeding of jobs, collapse of companies
and financial institutions, and afterward, attempted to repair the distrust
and to reset relations with people around the world.
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