Post-Inauguration 2009: Words for How We Feel Now

Following up on the theme of music to commemorate the events of this week, writer and photographer Emily Troutman has pointed us towards this video on her blog:


President Obama: Words for How We Feel Now from Emily Troutman on Vimeo.

Post-Inauguration 2009: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

At the end of a historic week and the start of new adventures in US foreign policy, we offer the following commentary for your consideration:

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Enduring America on The Instant Guide: The US Presidency

Technical problems delayed the posting of this programme, but still wanted to mention BBC World Service's Instant Guide, which offered a history of the US Presidency in preparation for the Obama Inauguration. It was a pleasure to contribute to the programme, especially in light of the history that was about to be made in Washington.

The link will be live until Saturday night.

The Inauguration: The Joseph Lowery Benediction

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In the discussion of the Inauguration, we've been overwhelmed by e-mails from readers praising the Inaugural Benediction by Reverend Joseph Lowery. Lowery, now 87, helped lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955, which brought Martin Luther King, Jr., to prominence. He is a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which helped organise the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and he led the Selma-to-Montgomery march in 1965. More than forty years later, Lowery is still at the forefront of the ongoing quest for civil rights, both at home and abroad.

This wasn't just a prayer, this was a call to unity reaching from the past to look to the future.

[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7pEH37JIgBU[/youtube]

The Inauguration: The Daily Show Tribute (Complete with Bond Villain)

Enduring America's Alternative Inauguration Watch (20 January, 7:50 a.m.): As Dick Cheney attends the Inauguration in a wheelchair, either because he has strained his back or because he doesn’t want to stand up for Obama: “His transformation to Bond villain is complete.”

Jon Stewart: "Are you kidding me?! A wheelchair?!....You might as well get rolled out to Star Wars' Imperial March with a white cat in your lap."

My wife to me (20 January, 11 a.m.): "You really can't make fun of a person in a wheelchair."

Jon Stewart: "Now I realize that humanity has a general moratorium on poking fun at people in wheelchairs. But of course today is a day for making history."

So we're claiming our small part in this destined-to-be-classic review of the day, although Jon also took on Maya Angelou, the Clintons, the President Bushes (elder and younger), some other poet, Reverend Rick Warren, Reverend Joseph Lowery ("the most adorable civil rights legend I've ever seen), and even the Great Barack:

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

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