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kelly-tweeddale's picture
Nov.18.2012
NPR's 3-Minute Fiction Contest, Round 9, had one rule: it had to include a U.S. President real or fictional.  It was a great diversion to read these posts amid the latest election.  Each story had to be no more than 600 words (a three-minute read over the radio) which is a challenge in...
aberjhani's picture
Aug.04.2009
With reports that the "honeymoon" phase of Barack Obama's presidency has come to a close, it's probably a good thing that today is his 48th birthday and, because of that fact, he likely can count on some guaranteed TLC from various camps throughout the nation. The following was initially...
raul-ramos-y-sanchez's picture
Nov.07.2008
In January, the U.S. will cross a barrier that many felt would never be breached—in our lifetimes at least. We will inaugurate an African-American president. Yet, this morning I remembered a prediction made back in the sixties. The feminists of that day claimed the U.S. would elect a black male as...