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By David Donadio • Jan 23,2009

Only in America could a man like this even find work

Roland Martin is right that Barack Obama is an inspiration, for showing the world what a smart, eloquent black man can accomplish in America. But then there’s the irony of...

By David Donadio • Jan 23,2009

Ha

Television…

By AF Editors • Jan 23,2009

A guest post from Marty Peretz

So our new president has tapped George Mitchell as Middle East envoy. The president is a good man. Mitchell too. But do either of them really believe this will amount...

By David Donadio • Jan 23,2009

Poorly named towns

Some might say her beat is sophomoric, but I wouldn’t mind having Sarah Lyall’s job. Check out her latest in the Times: In the scale of embarrassing place names, Crapstone...

By AF Editors • Jan 23,2009

Celebrating Obama's Achievement

I agree with Jonah Goldberg: I am proud of and excited by the fact that we have inaugurated the first black president of the United States. He wasn’t my first...

By AF Editors • Jan 23,2009

Inaugural address turns a cold shoulder to dissidents

(Here is a sneak peek at an op-ed I submitted. I’ll post an update if it makes it into print.) One day before Barack Obama’s inauguration, a masked gunman shot...