Inauguration | Inauguration
Apr.08.2013
Humbly pitching:
AMERICAN GALAXY: Celebrating the People and the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave / Remembering the Union's Faith Foundation / A Loving Higher Purpose for the People: http://uwachuku.googlepages.com/americangalaxy + http://ugowach.tigblog.org/post/503605 + http...
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Jan.22.2013
Like many people who watched the Presidential Inauguration, I found myself moved by its historical significance, size and magnitude, as well as all the pomp and pageantry. Yes, it could be derided as nothing more than an extravagant display, particularly for a country wrestling with so many...
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Jan.22.2013
Richard Blanco was unknown to me until his appearance at yesterday's inauguration. More fault me. However, he certainly made me sit up and take notice, and others of my acquaintance have praised both his work and his presentation. Here is a sampling of his poetry.[DE]
"My face, your face, millions...
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Nov.09.2012
Happened across, in a ``junk'' store, always among the best places to find unexpected literature as well as unxpected anything, Russell Freedman's 1987 book ``Lincoln: A Photobiography.'' Winner of the Newberry in the category of literatre for young adults. Alas, not a young adult but sped through...
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Sep.30.2012
Sundays are news days. That is, the best Sundays are. When there is little or no running around to do other than buying the Sunday Times, the day is spent reading news sites online and catching up with the world that I choose to...
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Feb.06.2011
Ronald Reagan's first inauguration as president in 1981 had Californians in a tizzy, especially Republicans. But Democrats, too, as I can attest.
As a Californian, I hotfooted it over to my only well-connected Republican friend and begged for tickets to the Kennedy Center California Ball and...
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Jan.30.2009
It was smaller than I had imagined. I had pictured a big ancient black leather Bible (Abe's Good-Book). A bright crisp blue day in January, the history and transition of a people.
I had left home, or so I'd dreamed. Gone away, far away from my place of birth. As on a journey, I now look behind,...
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Jan.30.2009
It might have been the shortest honeymoon this side of a drunken Britney Spears careening off of quarter poker video games in Vegas. I’m talking about Barack Obama’s relationship with the press after his Inauguration as the 44th President of the United States. His hands- off grace period might even...
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Jan.29.2009
I was asked to contribute my thoughts on the upcoming inauguation of Pres. Obama. My piece was chosen to be published in a WeBook anthology. The contribution is below.
My thoughts on the coming presidential inauguration take me back to the moment that I began to fear living in the United States....
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Jan.27.2009
It's been a week since the inauguration and I'm still trying to recover. So much hoopla during a time when the economy is suffering. So much money spent. Billions. I have trouble fathoming that amount. It's beyond my comprehension. I hope a good bit of it was funneled to workers who need the...
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