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"If Obama were in any sense mediocre, he would be forgotten by now. He is, in fact, a remarkable human being, not perfect but humanly stunning, like King was and like Mandela is. We look at him, as we looked at them, and are glad to be of our species. He is the change America has been trying desperately and for centuries to hide, ignore, kill. The ( Read more... )

I often think that posts I mark "friends" should have been "just me" instead, but this time I feel the other way around. I believe something I observed privately needs to be "held up," as the UUs are fond of saying ( Read more... )

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The Edwards withdrawal is sad, but the Giuliani withdrawal and the Huckabee poor finish are both delightful. I know it will probably jinx things to say it out loud, but I find myself peeking out from around my huge wall of cynicism, daring to fantasize about a McCain-Obama match up, a presidential campaign in which *neither* candidate is a crook, ( Read more... )

It appears that things are coming together just fine for T'giving at church. Cuebel made arrangements to "borrow" the table decorations and to keep the tables up from the last all-church event, so set-up (spearheaded by holmes) should be fairly easy. Holmes found a ride for Grace. Grace, in turn, made the contacts regarding shut-ins and folks who ( Read more... )

Looking a bit into mid-19th century American history, I stumbled upon a fascinating quotation from Abraham Lincoln's own hand. I had previously been aware that civil liberties such as habeas corpus and freedom of speech had been better maintained in the Confederacy than in the Union during the war years, but it was startling to read Lincoln's ( Read more... )

I just learned that the naturalization we are doing on Friday for Worldfest will involve 650 new citizens. That's over twice as many as we've ever had before. We will be in Whitney Hall instead of out on the Belvedere this year, so heat won't be a problem, but I think it's neat when people just wander into the ceremony, and they are less likely ( Read more... )

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Natural Health, Nov-Dec, 2003, by Joseph Bailey