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MAUREEN DOWD: Can He Unleash the Force?

In mythic tales from “Superman” to “Star Wars” to “Spider-Man,” there comes a moment when the young superhero has to learn to harness his powers. That’s the challenge Barack Obama faces now.

Clearly, the 45-year-old senator is blessed with many gifts. He can write and talk, think and walk, with exceptional grace and agility. ....


http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/06/maureen-dowd-can-he-unleash-force.html


THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: What a Mess


RAMALLAH, West Bank

The Middle East has gotten itself tied into such an impossible knot that Biblical references or Shakespearian quotations simply don’t suffice anymore to describe how impossibly tangled politics has become here. Shira Wolosky, a Hebrew University English scholar, suggested to me that maybe Dr. Seuss, in “The Cat in the Hat,” offered the best way to sum up the Middle East today. ....

http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/06/thomas-l-friedman-what-mess.html