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...Obama as Messiah image has only become more prevalent in the months since his election. He now enjoys an 83 percent approval rating, 22 and 15 percentage points higher than his two immediate predecessors, George Bush and Bill Clinton, respectively. As throngs of supporters estimated at 1.8 million descended upon Washington, D.C. for the Second Coming (I count myself among their ranks), Obama as Messiah has reached a fever pitch...
...this reflected in the fact that 56% voted him in. Still, at no point was messianic fervor in evidence in Ashtabula County. The voters in my county were more in a “show me the money” than a “the Second Coming is upon us” mode...
...home. It is a reminder that while I haven’t seen my room in days and don’t know what sunlight feels like anymore, I’ll always have a place at Lamont. There’s a certain sense of comfort and relief, upon returning from dinner, to find my carrel exactly as I left it. Also, it forces me back to the library after dinner, when all I want to do is curl up and take a nap. The truth is, no one wants to be at Lamont for days. That unshowered, unkempt...
...known as the Boston Miracle. Yet there was a direct connection between the Harvard based initiatives and the subsequent organizing efforts of the late eighties that involved first white mainline Episcopal, Unitarian and United Church of Christ churches, and then the Black churches in the nineties in focusing upon the explosion of violence related to the crack epidemic...
...visit a friend in Berlin on my way to Madrid, and all around me these words are emblazoned above a photo of Hillary Clinton. “Man, I hope he wins for a couple of reasons,” I think, convinced my experience with Europeans would hinge upon his victory.Upon my arrival in Spain, I followed the election eagerly, like so many around the world. But for the time being, it’s just far-off news. What’s been put in front of my face steals my attention: the graffiti on the walls...