MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18rich.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

White Like Me, by Frank Rich

“What has changed this Inauguration Day, and what has not.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18friedman.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Time For (Self) Shock Therapy, by Thomas L. Friedman

“It’s all about the banks, folks.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18dowd.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Long, Lame Goodbye, by Maureen Dowd

“A farewell from a man who checked out long ago.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18kristof.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Win A Trip You Won’t Forget, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“Want to save the world? Come see it first.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/opinion/18intro.html?ref=opinion

Places He Remembered (various)

“We are shaped by the places we have lived. And Barack Obama has lived in a lot of different places. His memoir, “Dreams From My Father,” recounts formative years spent in Indonesia; Honolulu; Los Angeles; New York City; Cambridge, Mass.; and Chicago. How might these places have helped to mold the man who will be the next president of the United States? What might he have taken away from, say, Jakarta in 1967? Or Columbia University? Six writers who lived where Mr. Obama lived — when he lived there — reflect on those questions.”