Archive for January, 2009

Sweet Relief

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

I really enjoyed watching Obama’s inauguration this morning.  It was a great moment in American history, and I was moved and inspired.  His speech was excellent.  He said a lot of things I wanted to hear, and I was delighted that he included “non-believers” among his examples of the diverse creeds found in America.  There [...]

The Woman Who Paved the Way for Obama

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

I was watching the news today looking for coverage of this “pre-inauguration celebration” that apparently went down at the National Mall, and ended up watching a documentary about Obama’s life and political career on MSNBC. Like so many other Obama retrospectives, the documentary made no mention of the single most important figure in [...]

Burton Sees Trees / Rationalizes Evil

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

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