- Maira Kalman is a Genius Artist Maira Kalman’s NY Times image-blog on “The Inauguration. At Last.” is enormously beautiful. You really ought to take two minutes to view it.
- New Eras Word on the street is that Obama’s speechwriters wrote his speech 3 times and then he re-wrote the whole thing in his own words, his own flavour. These are the ones I liked best, as I watched: From President Obama: “What the cynics have failed to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them.” […]
- Obama’s Speech Cloud Thank you, LA Times.
- Sweet Obama Graffitti, Batman I found this photo because it was posted by a pretty good cyclist named Lance that I follow on Twitter. I like it. (Who cares if it was likely just photo-shopped?) from @lancearmstrong’s Twitpics
- My People React to the News I’m not sure which is my favorite reaction: 1. Filippo’s “oh mamma mia,” or 2. The bit about Obama being a real postmodern, 3. Obama encapsulating what non-Americans understand as the American dream. From ABC International News: In Italy, Romans on the street this morning were openly excited by the results. Drinking their coffees and […]
- I Remember Making “the Switch” I remember saying in the days and months following 9/11 that I wanted to design a t-shirt. It would read: “Gas ain’t cheap, honey, but this country is fueled by fear.” It bothered me. (Those were the days when gas was cheap, and Americans overused it as much as we do today.) I remembering strongly […]
- “We cannot walk alone,” the preacher cried. In case you missed Obama’s speech last night, here is an excerpt from his conclusion–which, incidentally, includes two references to Scripture. I found the speech to be a good mix of inspiration and pragmatism. You can read the whole transcript here, or watch the video here. “…it is that American spirit, that American promise, […]
- Obama’s Speech; MLK’s “I Have A Dream” Anniversary I am very interested to hear Obama’s acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination on Thursday evening, 8/28. As far as I’ve heard, Obama’s speech falls on the 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream.” This is no small thing. It is sure to be not-your-average-political-blah-blah, in my view. Barack inspires hope, a hope […]
- “There Has Never Been Anything False About Hope” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY&hl=en] I am for Obama for many reasons, not least of which is because I have hope that he can tidy up the outrageous mess that has become of U.S. foreign policy. He is hope inspiring. (Hat tip to Brian for the music video/speech. I almost cried, to be honest.) “It was a creed written […]