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Obama, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Dangerous Negro

Today in the Huffington Post there’s an article saying that Rupert Murdoch called Obama “dangerous”: “I think Barack Obama would describe himself as a pragmatic leftist but he’s not an extremist,” Murdoch said. “I think he sees himself as a… Read more

lolcats and lolobama

There’s a cute article in Salon this week about the meaning of the lolcats phenomenon. I have to confess, I didn’t get lolcats at first. I guess I’m dumbing down due to the time I spend on the intartubes. But now I think they’re great and I giggle… Read more

Obama and Generation Jones

So, I’ve never heard of Generation Jones — the generation between the Boomers and Gen X — until recently. Generation Jones is presumably named such because they (we) are a generation of Jonesers. We yearn for things. This, I identify with. We were… Read more

NYT analysis of Obama’s victory speech

There’s a nice bit in the NYT blog that discusses the various allusions in Obama’s victory speech. It’s so nice to have a President (elect) who has a rhetorical… Read more

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