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President by design

Has there ever been a President of the United States so invested in the power of great modern graphic design as President Obama? From his campaign’s “Hope” paraphernalia to these new logos for two of his proposed programs for stimulating the economy, Obama is bringing fresh design to what is normally a parade of antiquated D.C. stuffiness. [...]

4 March 2009 | Comments |

Instructions for Obama's Robot

I like this post from Kottke that aptly represents the new Obama administration’s openness through the content of the new whitehouse.gov’s specialized text file — called robot.txt — that, when called upon by a search engine, tells it what it can and, in this case, more importantly, what it cannot include in it’s search results.

20 January 2009 | Comments |

A Slight Adjustment

One of the things about the experience of covering election night from inside the bubble of a TV studio is that one becomes slightly paranoid that the entire event has been staged for the cameras: a cruel Truman Show kind of experiment, the illusion to be broken only once one leaves the premises and is interrupted by [...]

5 November 2008 | Comments |

Pride

After a long, arduous wait, finally, a President I can believe in. Congratulations, Preseident-elect Obama. Congratulations, America. You’ve made the right choice.
Tonight, I love my country more than, I think, I ever have before.

4 November 2008 | Comments |

The Race Card

From the start, there have always been two separate but equal questions about race in this election. Is there still enough racism in America to prevent a black man from being elected president no matter what? And, will Republicans play the race card? The jury is out on the first question until Nov. 4. But [...]

13 October 2008 | Comments |

What if He Loses?

The Obama campaign has been the anti–O.J. trial, a 24-hour ongoing drama about a black man cast not as a problem but, potentially, as the solution
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, “What if he Loses?”

10 October 2008 | Comments |

The Gloves

Yes, folks, it, indeed, appears that the gloves are coming off in the waning hours of the 2008 race for President of the United States. These final weeks are a test of character, sort of a national Milgram experiment where we see, when given the chance and the implicit permission to do whatever needs to [...]

8 October 2008 | Comments |

Edification

Two take-away quotes from an article in The New Yorker entitled “The Choice”. The negative:
The longer the campaign goes on, the more the issues of personality and character have reflected badly on McCain. Unless appearances are very deceiving, he is impulsive, impatient, self-dramatizing, erratic, and a compulsive risk-taker. These qualities may have contributed to his [...]

6 October 2008 | Comments |