In All Things

Various luminaries appear on the jumbotron Colin Powell gets cheers George H W Bush looks old John McCain talks to a very tall man Joe Lieberman is heartily jeered and at some length There is clearly no love lost for Joe Michelle Obama looks amazing The girls are beautiful Dick Cheney is

6am I m late getting started as usual I don the tight lycra heat-holding undergarments my aunt bought me Looking in the mirror I see an obese Sandy Duncan It s not a good moment On the red line from Dupont Circle to Union Station Our third stop Metro Center looks like a sc

President Barack Obama rsquo s inaugural address was surprisingly leaden It did not soar like his Yes We Can speech after losing the New Hampshire primary nor did it chart his plans for governance as did his convention speech in Denver Most strangely it did not seem to capture the history of

This morning the Holy Father sent a telegram congratulating Barack Obama as he assumes the presidency The text was warm and encouraging and can be read here Let s hope the bishops on this side of the pond follow the lead of the Bishop of Rome and recognize the historic moment in which we are li

There may have been a miracle on the Hudson River last week but what is transpiring on the banks of the Potomac River is not a miracle In its way it is better than a miracle Miracles involve divine intervention that overturns the natural order of Creation The inauguration of Barack Obama is a h

What the online press is offering this morning nbsp Slate has the president s speech as written by various readers nbsp The New York Times online nbsp has a similar feature offering readers hope for the Obama administration as well as readers photos of the events nbsp The New Republ

A 30-something African-American man standing outside the U S Capitol talking to his wife From slavery to this Guard I m sorry you can t check books out of the Library of Congress nbsp nbsp nbsp Visitor But I brought my library card nbsp Guard It s not that kind of library

Barack Obama and many Americans spent today trying to follow the example of Dr Martin Luther King Jr by doing some kind of service work for our fellow human beings nbsp Many in Washington D C including this correspondent spent the day in lines and receptions Everywhere you went today the

I ve posted some photos from the Concert on my blog nbsp And if you didn t see any of the concert here s one of the great moments nbsp

How to describe the event at the Lincoln Memorial today hellip it was clearly part rock concert with Bruce Springsteen Bono Stevie Wonder and Beyonce heading up the excitement that had people even out at the Washington Monument dancing and jumping around At times the playlist also veered ndash