Can’t tell if this is robbery or larceny. I guess I need to hit those MBE flashcards some more.
I guess you’ll do
It’s hard to believe right now, but it was only two years ago — in the spring of 2006, during the midterm elections — that many national Dems were still struggling to persuade themselves that they could win an argument against the GOP on national security. Obama, clearly, suffers from no such confidence deficit. Perhaps more important, he’s saying so. Loud and clear.
If every press conference were like a Tom Waits press conference we’d be a little more than halfway there. - John Dickerson
Fantastic
Tomorrow I will go to the African American cemetery outside of Chicago where my great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, neighbors, and my mother and father are buried. And I will tell them that they were right — that if we studied hard, worked hard, kept the faith, fought for justice, prayed, that this day would come. And it has.
An African American reader of Andrew Sullivan’s blog reacts to Barack Obama clinching the Democratic nomination.
Apropos for today
Fascinating article introducing the concept of social surpluses and arguing that we are currently dealing with one now.
What an interesting time to be alive.