Politics

Jo Freeman writes, " I did have my Obama moment. It was late at night on a dark DC street, but I didn’t have to wait for hours in the cold, or be crushed by a crowd, or even buy a ticket." more »

John Malone writes: Born in a remote Ethiopian village, Amha had been sold by his father to a traveling trader, survived in the mean streets of Addis Ababa and now stood with his adopted father witnessing a historic event on the Mall. more »

Jo Freeman writes:  African-Americans achieved a visibility at the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee not seen in the memory of anyone there, and perhaps not ever on the national level. more »

Jo Freeman writes, "Eight groups had been given NPS permits for 'first amendment activity' on January 20. I paused at a media check-in to shed a tear for the seat on the press riser that I didn’t get and went on my way." more »