https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/23/barack-obama-and-the-tragedy-of-american-politics/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:46:42 -0400<![CDATA[I heard very little of that in the president’s second inaugural. In one perfunctory paragraph, he referred to American skepticism of central authority, to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured by government, and to the country’s insistence on hard work and personal responsibility &#8212; before moving on to the unfinished social-justice agenda at vastly greater length.]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:40:40 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/23/barack-obama-and-the-tragedy-of-american-politics-n99508