(via noahkalina)

a yearning to be citizens

But a new politics of the common good can’t be only about government and markets. “It must also be about a new patriotism — about what it means to be a citizen,” said Sandel. “This is the deepest chord Obama’s campaign evoked. The biggest applause line in his stump speech was the one that said every American will have a chance to go to college provided he or she performs a period of national service — in the military, in the Peace Corps or in the community. Obama’s campaign tapped a dormant civic idealism, a hunger among Americans to serve a cause greater than themselves, a yearning to be citizens again.”

-Thomas Friedman, via NYT. read it all here

new

attaboy, B.

But when his Democratic crowds jeer at the mere mention of Senator John McCain, he offers a gentle scolding, “You don’t need to boo, you just need to vote.”

(via NYT)

wake up, it's today

go and buy yourself the only calendar you will ever need. until 2010, anyway. these are talented people, people.

Callie Shell Obama photos

“Senator Obama was doing press interviews by telephone in a holding room between events. Sometime later as he was getting ready to begin his event, he asked me if I was photographing his shoes. When I said yes, he told me that he had already had them resoled once since he entered the race a year earlier. Providence, R.I., 3/1/2008.”

this is my favorite photo of a politician. ever. it says so much… there are loads of beautiful Obama photographs by callie shell here (and i love the bits of narrative with each photo).

via olive*argyle

absurdity amplified (for voice and piano)

performed/composed by Henry Hey (and Sarah Palin) - http://www.nineteeneight.com/
http://www.ruddermusic.com/index.html

(blog title my own, not Henry's)

i can't seem to stop watching this.