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Obama Soars in Oslo

December 11, 2009 – 11:01 am

President Obama’s Nobel speech is winning praise from all quarters, and rightfully so. The speech was magnificent, beautiful in places and driven by a message challenging international diplomats and intellectuals to unite their ideals with a recognition of the world as it is.
The president also, in the midst of controversy over why he received the [...]

By Ed Walsh (WHWG) | Posted in Presidency | Also tagged | Comments

Echos of Faulkner on the Mall

January 19, 2009 – 12:33 am

I was struck by a phrase in President-elect Obama’s remarks to the throng who’d gathered for today’s “We Are One” extravaganza at the Lincoln Memorial.  After saying that few generations have confronted the kind of challenges we face today, and warning that meeting these manifold challenges will take not months but years, Obama asserted,
“But despite [...]

By Vinca LaFleur (WWW) | Posted in Inauguration | Also tagged , | Comments