Obama: Words, deeds and destiny

The US is no less than “the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history”. Those were the words of President Barack Obama in his maiden speech to Congress. How could such a nation be kept down for long? If only a mix of fine phrases and homespun anecdotes could get the country out a recession, the US would be well on the way to recovery. And then some. Obama’s speech was light on concrete proposals – $15bn on renewable energy sounds like a rounding error in this era of trillion do...