Retirement is such a blessing! One unexpected pleasure is the luxury that time permits watching, of all things, speeches. Sunday's anticipated interest in how Senators Obama and Clinton would succeed in satisfying the pundits as well as their supporters was justified by the reality. Their speeches in Selma were terrific!
The time has come to support someone new, someone without the history that complicates decision-making. Today, Nicholas Kristof speaks to the unusual set of experiences that shaped Obama's present perception of reality.
Living in a biracial family with experiences in Thailand as a youngster plus grandparents with openness to a world that was in the process of transitioning to a more open society, promoted his interest in community organization (before law school) and civil rights (after law school).
What he says and how he says it, makes a person believe that it is possible to get on track to a world and society that will act more responsively to its inherent common good. There are too many problems with solutions only amenable to cooperation among people and nations.
Obama does readily accept donations.
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