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On Front Page, Obama Now Being Praised for Reading

Book critic Michiko Kakutani writes that "Mr. Obama's love of fiction and poetry...has not only given him a heightened awareness of language. It has also imbued him with a tragic sense of history ...

Excusing Obama's Forgettable Race Speech: It Was Big on YouTube

Katharine Seelye defended Obama's eloquence: "Mr. Obama's speech in March in Philadelphia on race, for instance, was not instantly quotable, but was memorable for the fact of it and praised by ...

Times Reporter: OK to Be Proud of America Now

Helene Cooper on the "suddenly hip" D.C.: "It's even cool to wave the Stars and Stripes."

Spike Lee: Hand of God Caused Economic Crisis to Get Obama Elected

Controversial filmmaker calls economic collapse that damaged McCain's bid for the presidency 'ordained.'

Michelle Obama, First Recessionista?

The new First Lady's fashion choices may be affordable in the eyes of the media but they still remain out of the budget of many average people.

Gore, Other Apple Directors Face Possible Suit over CEO Jobs' Health

Experts and media pundits say company's board failed to disclose medical condition, neglecting fiduciary duty.

Inauguration Hypocrisy: NYT Chided Bush Gala, but Obamans Free to Party

What happened to the paper's 2005 anti-Bush criticism of a "lavish inaugural celebration in a time of war"?

Neil MacFarquhar, Still Taking Sides in the Middle East

Reporter Neil MacFarquhar sneaks in his trademark Palestinian advocacy in a story about Susan Rice's Senate confirmation hearings.

Not Green: Obama Inauguration Will Generate More than Half-Billion Pounds of CO2

Study that includes planes, trains, automobiles and even horses shows it would take an average American house 57,598 years to produce same carbon footprint.

Spike Lee: DC is 'Chocolate City'

Discussing post-racial inauguration, CNN doesn't call Lee on outdated racial term.
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