At times I can barely believe my eyes — is this really our President? I think it is! Here are a few select quotes, but I highly recommend reading the full transcript of President Obama’s address to a historic crowd at Cairo University.
First, some context for the relationship between the U.S. and the Muslim world:
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We gathered in the little house to watch the celebration.  In case you have trouble remembering Obama’s inaugural address, here it is as word cloud, thanks to Wordle.

Here are a couple of my favorite links related to today:
Worldwide celebrations for Obama inauguration
Avaaz’s page on the inauguration
Earthjustice has already come up with a list of five [Read more...]

I got an email From my Representative, Earl Bluemenauer, explaining that he voted against the latest war funding bill. “That’s nice,” I thought… “Good old Earl.” And it turns out that enough representatives decided to start representing their constituents that the House rejected the latest war funding bill.
There’s a lovely map that can show you [Read more...]