Last week he appeared, for a moment, to be conceding to internal Democratic Party pressure by disinviting most of the guests , limiting the celebration to family and close friends. But that soon turned out to be some kind of head fake.
NBA players began to go on strike last August after Jacob Blake, a black man, was shot by police seven times in front of his kids, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
When Sanders was leading in the primaries, Obama worked to organize the other rival candidates to drop out and back Biden, making it impossible for Sanders to win. He then persuaded the democratic socialist senator to drop out of the race. The three-memoir author is erecting a garish monument to himself on Jackson Park, which community activists argue will wreak havoc on cherished green space and a fragile ecosystem, as well as upon the legal scaffolding for the very idea of the public interest we wrote about this late last year.
In addition to his appalling Vineyard manse, Obama is also planning to live in an additional ecological monstrosity in Hawaii — owned by close crony Marty Nesbitt, chair of the Obama Foundation board — and developed for the Obamas. Not surprisingly, the sellers paid a substantial sum to the state to grant a loophole , which will keep the seawall in place for another fifty-five years. In Hawaii, beaches are considered a public responsibility and extensive laws exist to protect them, but such easements to property owners are unfortunately common.
Community members have been protesting the loss of the surrounding beach, demanding that Nesbitt take down the seawall. Instead, the state is allowing he — and the Obamas — to expand it. Like most people with way too much money , the Obamas own way too many homes for the health of the planet. With the obvious exception of Trump, who has used his ex-presidency mainly to whine about his personal grievances and fuel far-right conspiracy theories, Obama might be even less public-spirited than many other modern ex-presidents.
All of them are war criminals who faithfully served the capitalist class when in power. With regards to recent presidents, George W. Bush debuted at 36th place in but jumped 7 places this year to spot 29; and Barack Obama rose two spots to break into the top 10 presidents this year. Ulysses S. Grant also seems to be on track for a kind of redemption: He rose 13 places to number 20 this year, a jump that Brockell of the Post attributes in part to a spate of sympathetic biographies that give him more credit for the Reconstruction.
Andrew Jackson fell from number 13 to number 22 this year, perhaps a sign that historians are taking his well-documented role as the engineer of a genocide against Native Americans more seriously.
Rather, the results can serve as a springboard into deeper discussions about what makes a successful leader and the tricky task of evaluating historical figures. Yet even with an expanded group of scholars, prejudices endure. At least 12 men on the list enslaved people during their lifetimes, including Washington, Grant, Thomas Jefferson ranked 7th and James Monroe ranked 12th.
Harding against the bad choices he made in his personal life. Among other faults, he espoused racist views and was not a full-throated supporter of equality for African Americans. Nora McGreevy is a daily correspondent for Smithsonian. She can be reached through her website, noramcgreevy.
Abraham Lincoln left claimed first place, while William Henry Harrison right came in 40th.
0コメント