From this week’s New Yorker: “On May 26, 1996, Mariana Cook visited Barack and Michelle Obama in Hyde Park as part of a photography project on couples in America. What … [Keep reading >>]
On Sunday, 2:30 EST (11:30 PST) the big Lincoln Memorial concert. HBO only for TV but (apparently) on NPR.
Beyonce,
Mary J. Blige,
Bono, Garth Brooks,
Sheryl Crow,
Renee Fleming, … [Keep reading >>]
Fellow Countrymen:
At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than … [Keep reading >>]
Very very good article on the role Californians played in the Obama win — much more than you’d think for a state that was never in play, and got little … [Keep reading >>]
“Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.
From California to Maine, … [Keep reading >>]
Ryan Lizza’s New Yorker piece on the back story of the Obama campaign will be first morning reads for you political junkies. He was also on Terry Gross on … [Keep reading >>]
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60 Minutes interviews 4 Obama principles two hours after the acceptance speech. Pretty interesting. … [Keep reading >>]
Emerging from Hell: “Once More the Stars”
“Through a round aperture I saw appear
Some of the beautiful things that Heaven bears,
Where we came forth, and once more saw the stars.”
- Last … [Keep reading >>]
