The Kurds have taken pride in the presidency, viewing it as an acknowledgment of Iraq's diversity after decades of state-ordained orthodoxy about Iraq's Arab identity.
While women's associations welcomed this reflection of women's empowerment, Winston Tubman, the flag bearer of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and Johnson Sirleaf's major rival for the presidency, viewed it as a "provocative intervention" in Liberian politics.
Yet Ross Douthat ("A self-correcting presidency," Views, Sept. 22) thinks that George W. Bush could be the one ultimately "canonized" for his handling of the disaster he had a hand in making?
Roger Algase, New York Still hurting from the Bush years Ross Douthat ("A self-correcting presidency," Views, Sept. 22) has got to be kidding us when he proposes that former President George W. Bush provided fixes for his disastrous war in Iraq and the faltering U.S. economy.
It's possible that like Obama before him, Trump generates sufficiently polarized feelings that rather than views of the economy shaping Americans' views of Trump's presidency, their views of his presidency are instead shaping their perspective on objective facts about the economy ― or at least the way they describe it to pollsters. .
Writer was reminded of Landon's remark when it was said recently that an important task facing Richard Nixon is the task of restoring confidence in his Presidency... View Article Calvin Trillin has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker since 1963, when the magazine published "An Education in Georgia," an account of the desegregation of the University of Georgia.
The presidency is viewed as a largely ceremonial post.
In Tehran today, a Clinton Presidency is viewed as simultaneously reassuring and unnerving.
While this book can be meandering and long-winded, Ms. Goodwin uses the Roosevelt and Taft presidencies to view timely issues through the prism of the early 20th century, prompting us to reconsider the ways political dynamics have, and have not, changed.
Not long ago, a Trump presidency was viewed as an impossibility.
In a live video posted on his website following his channels' removal, Jones called the social media sites "lying bullies" that are afraid of President Donald Trump's presidency and conservative views.
