Barack Obama: nice guy in a nasty world

As he prepares to leave the White House, the world seems a vastly different place than it was when Obama was first elected, and the dreams of progress are largely a bitter joke.

Though he helped to steady a slumping American economy, Barack Obama's accomplishments have been meagre, argues Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

December 7, 2016

OTTAWA—It’s hard now to remember the sense of global excitement and hope that accompanied Barack Obama, the first black United States president, when he arrived in London in early 2009 for a G20 summit that marked his first major appearance on the world stage. His election was celebrated by man...

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