Posts Tagged obama

To Govern By Fear Or Inspire Through Leadership

January 20, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
Inauguration Day / Photo Michael Foley If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them. - Tao Te Ching, 66 For the past 8 years, the US has been governed by fear. Fear that the world is [...]

Obama: For Prime Minister?

November 1, 2008 by Ian MacKenzie
Why oh why can’t Obama run for Prime Minister instead of President? As Lawrence Martin said in a recent column, Obama is “an American politician with a Canadian mindset. Or at least what has generally been considered a Canadian mindset.” Which is all the more bizarre when you discover that we just re-elected a Conservative [...]