Obama’s Double-Edged Inaugural Message To Mu...
President Elect Barack Obama had a special message to Muslims in his inaugural speech — a double-edged one: Embedded video from...
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Presidency 2.0
I didn’t watch the Inauguration because my power went out at 11:55, so while I won’t have an especially uplifting memory...
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The Revolution Has Ended
While there are many dinners, balls and festivities to come, President Obama has been sworn into office and the White House Web page...
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With a Hand on a Bible, American History Closes, a...
In California at this moment it is 9:50 a.m., but I feel like I have lived a whole day. America 2. America II. America 2.0. America...
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A Magnificent Inaugural Address, A Most Sacred Oat...
What a day. What a thrill. What history! A couple of thousand miles away from the U.S. Capitol, I watched every image and listened...
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Well Done, Mr. President, but Something was Missin...
President Obama has delivered an inspiring and soaring inauguaral address to the people of the nation. Not since Ronald Reagan and...
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Moving Day at the White House
While we have been watching this extraordinary Presidential Inauguration, with over a million people crammed into the National Mall...
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43, Not 44, Have Taken Oath of Office
President Obama said: “Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.” Actually, I think it’s 43, since...
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Lift Every Voice and Sing
Well, it has happened – what seemed only the stuff of movies has become reality: we have an African-American president. As...
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H., Childish Things, and Eleanor Roosevelt
Barack Obama is now the 44th President of the United States. I wanted to share poignant images and sounds of his swearing-in...
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