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Yesterday Barack Obama called for a day of service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., and in keeping with the "sacrifice" theme of his new Administration, many heeded the summons, doing good deeds at soup kitchens and homeless shelters. But millions of others just went to the movies. I was one of them. I hadn't seen the three films that topped the weekend box office and was curious to know what was luring the public, in such vast numbers, out of their overmortgaged homes and into the cold. I saw a horror movie, a musical biopic...
...stadium announcer at the old Griffith Stadium in 1956. On opening day, it's tradition here in Washington for the President of the United States to throw out the first ceremonial pitch. So as the announcer, I was down on the field. President Eisenhower was there to do the honors, and I had chatted with him for a couple of minutes. In November of that same year, I got a call from a woman who said, "Hi, I'm calling from the White House. You must have impressed somebody, because they asked me if I'd find...
...paterfamilias of the Kennedy political dynasty had billed the campaign of Barack Obama as his own crusade, perhaps his last given his battle with brain cancer. But Kennedy's image of apparent health was shattered during a celebratory lunch that took place in the Capitol's Statuary Hall in honor of the new President...
...consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment - a moment that will define a generation - it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit...
...also doing her part in wooing the armed forces. She has already made clear that she wants to adopt military families as her special concern. Perhaps that's why the so-called Kids' Inaugural on Monday night, featuring the Jonas Brothers, is being billed as a concert to honor military families. One of the 10 official balls the new President will attend on Tuesday night is the Commander in Chief's Ball (first held by George W. Bush); the largely enlisted crowd will get to attend free of charge in the National Building Museum in downtown D.C. As anyone...