Eric B. Schnurer

Eric B. Schnurer is president of Public Works LLC, a policy consulting firm, and a former policy advisor and speechwriter to several US presidential candidates. He has been teaching a course on “The Future of Government” at the University of Chicago.

Barack Obama, Conservative

Eric B. Schnurer Apr 8, 2009

John McCain’s campaign started calling Barack Obama a socialist last fall as a last-ditch attempt to avoid what by then looked to be near-certain defeat. Of course, at that point Obama was surging because the global financial meltdown had…

The impossible breakthrough: a long road from swords to ploughshares

Eric B. Schnurer Feb 13, 2009

Everyone everywhere these days is decidedly glum that the Middle East isn’t closer to an outbreak of peace. Unlike, say, any other time in the past 50 years. No, make that 5,000. Americans were dismayed by the violence and death in Gaza,…

A legacy of hope but modest change

Eric B. Schnurer Jan 11, 2017

Barack Obama entered the White House on a promise of “hope and change.” He leaves as, to some, the worst president in history, who came close to ruining the country; to others, one of our most brilliant and competent, making the country…

Gender, rapporto tra i sessi, e morale pubblica negli USA

Eric B. Schnurer Nov 19, 2016

Si parla sempre più spesso – e giustamente – del fattore “gender” in politica. Nonostante il crescente uso corrente di questo termine, negli Stati Uniti e altrove, bisogna ricordare che, per la precisione, solo i nomi hanno un “genere”; le…

US economic dilemmas: immigration, inequality, trade and the budget

Eric B. Schnurer Oct 18, 2016

The nationalism, nativism and xenophobia given voice by Donald Trump are understandable reactions to the global changes that are harming many working-class Americans. They are not, however, intelligent responses to them.

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