Maya Angelou

Follow this link to see an excellent CBS segment on the historic importance of Obama’s election to the White House, with a moving poem recital by Maya Angelou.

Casting votes vs. counting votes

Eye-opening story here (in Rolling Stone) about the insidious operation the GOP has in place for throwing out as many as a sixth of a state’s votes — particularly if they come from the sorts of people most likely to vote Democrat. Like Stalin said: it’s those who count the votes who control the election.

The American political divide

This article by Jonathan Haidt seems to me the most sensible thing ever written on the political divide in the U.S. (Thanks to Mike for the pointer.)