U.S. President Obama’s 2010 speech at the UN’s annual opening lacked tangible proposals. For example, he urged progress on the Middle East peace talks, but proffered no proposal. He said Africa could be prosperous agriculturally, but gave no proposal for how. He claimed that corruption in governments of developing countries is a problem, but offered no solution. Pointing to corruption in general diffuses responsibility so talking about it does not shame anyone into making hard choices. Such platitudes belied the president's claim to being an advocate of real change.
The full essay is at "Platitudes Undermine Real Change."
The full essay is at "Platitudes Undermine Real Change."
