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President Obama’s Speech: Soundbites

President Obama’s speech was awe inspiring. I wanted to share the parts that really stood out for me as I listened: “Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make...

Hope…

In just a few hours Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, thus bringing to an end eight years of Republican control. Given Obama’s platform of hope, I’ve got this list of hopes for his presidency: I hope Obama and his...

One Icy River and a Plane

The thing to do downtown over the past day has been to go see what there is to see of US Airways 1549, which was brought down to lower Manhattan and tied off to the seawall just north of the Battery Park City commuter ferry terminal. Obviously the police are keeping...

Imagine…

… John Lennon rolling over in his grave. I realize that Yoko Ono approved the use of Lennon’s voice and image for a One Laptop Per Child message, but that doesn’t make it right. The OLPC mission—creating educational opportunities for the...

Obama Win Tempered By Prop 8 Passage

I’m thrilled to wake up this morning to find that the Republican nightmare of the past eight years is over with the Obama election. However, the elation is clouded by the fact that Prop 8 looks like it will pass in California by a 52% to 48% margin (they are...