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Barack Obama

IrishAyes

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3. History and context are everything, indeed.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 10:49 AM

Jan 2014

Beautiful OP; sorry it took so long for me to get to it. I've been up to my ears in alligators the last few days, fine now. This is something to read and digest slowly and return to often. Thank you.

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On and off the road with Barack Obama (Remnick | The New Yorker) [View all] struggle4progress Jan 2014 OP

you get a rec JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #1

+1 n/t jaysunb Jan 2014 #2

History and context are everything, indeed. IrishAyes Jan 2014 #3

Same here. Thanks s4p. This is a profound piece. n/t freshwest Jan 2014 #4