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Obama's Hundred Days

By Nate Gillespie · 15 years ago

April 29 isn't a date that would normally stand out on the calendar. This year it falls on a Wednesday, almost but not quite marking the end of the month. We suspect that most years, ...

This March marks the 76th anniversary of one of the most important turning points in American history. On March 4, 1933, new President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed to the world that "the only thing we ...

Daylight Savings

By Nate Gillespie · 15 years ago

Anybody else sleep right through the shift to Daylight Savings Time this year? Anybody else find out they were supposed to have "sprung forward" only after showing up an hour late for Sunday brunch? (Sorry ...

We Are What We Read?

By Nate Gillespie · 15 years ago

What is your favorite book? What are you reading right now? Do your answers to those questions tell us anything meaningful about who you are as a person? Or is the book in your hand ...

President Barack Obama – What Does it Mean?

By Nate Gillespie · 15 years ago

This January, Barack Obama became the President of the United States.It was truly a remarkably moment in our history, for a wide variety of reasons. Obama’s inauguration marked a dramatic reversal in our national politics, ...

Obama’s Speech: How Does it Stack Up to History?

By Nate Gillespie · 15 years ago

In January, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States, taking his oath of office on the steps of the Capitol before what is believed to be the largest crowd ever to witness ...

American History in Obama’s Inauguration Speech

By Nate Gillespie · 15 years ago

As anyone who saw a campaign poster in 2008 could surely tell you, Barack Obama is all about change. Change in the White House, most profoundly in the simple, yet stunning, fact that we now ...