Obama did not shy from partisan controversy as he spoke here of Sept. 11, 2001, and Americans' readiness to serve after the attacks.I don't know whether Obama himself wrote that last sentence -- he seems to be writing more of his speeches than any candidate since Woodrow Wilson -- but whoever did deserves a reward. Repeat after that Master Card campaign: "Priceless."
"We were ready to step into the strong current of history and to answer a new call for our country, but the call never came," he said. "Instead of a call to service, we were asked to go shopping."
There's Pith in That Patriotism
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Redefining Need
"Can a society which is incapable of protecting individual privacy even within one's four walls rightfully claim that it respects the individual and…
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Mind Out of Joint
These are strange and stressful times for all of us. But I feel simultaneously more prepared and less able to deal with this state of emergency.…
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