On Obama, History and the Task Ahead (New York Times, Nov. 6, 2008)
Posted by middleeast on 13th November 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Opinion
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Obama, History and the Task Ahead (one of fifteenletters)
To the Editor:
For those of us old enough to remember, the depth of emotion goes beyond overcoming the last eight years. I have cried, I have tried to figure out why and now suddenly realize why: the victory of Barack Obama does something I never thought could ever happen.
It does nothing less for me than heal my chronic young boyhood wound of Nov. 22, 1963. And also the wounds of Bobby and Martin. Only now, half a lifetime later, can I account for the depth of my emotion only by the feeling in my gut that these ancient sadnesses and wounds, which I thought would be part of me forever, finally, in this new beginning time, have been healed.
James Adler
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 5, 2008
Washington Post
Friday, October 17, 2008
Page A24
Critiquing the Final Debate
Letters to the Editor
It was disconcerting after Wednesday’s presidential debate that television commentators spent twice as much time on what Sen. John McCain had said as they spent on what Sen. Barack Obama had said, and they kept saying that Mr. McCain did better than he had done in the previous debates. Who cares? It was obvious that it was Mr. Obama in the last debate who held the initiative, decisively put Mr. McCain in his place for his negative attacks, and stayed poised, clear and presidential.
JAMES ADLER
Cambridge, Mass.
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