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A new beginning
Alex Koppelman
At Barack Obama's inauguration, the contrast between the outgoing Bush administration and the incoming one emphasizes a break with the past.
Ted Kennedy suffers convulsions at luncheon
Vincent Rossmeier
President Obama praises stricken senator.
A dance-fest for president No. 44
Andrew Leonard
For a few hours, anyway, the world is working pretty nicely.
“A new era of responsibility”
Mike Madden
Mixing straight talk about dire times with lofty rhetoric about hope and determination, Obama repudiates Bush and vows to get to work.
Fox News: We’re unpresidented!
Gabriel Winant
TV journalist speculates on whether we are we without a president, thanks to Obama's flubbed oath.
Change comes to the Web
Vincent Rossmeier
Just minutes into Barack Obama's presidency, White House site had already received a makeover.
Obama’s speech: A people’s history of the United States
Gabriel Winant
The new chief executive reminded us where our freedom comes from -- it's not Washington.
Barack Obama is president
Katharine Mieszkowski
On historic day, the United States embraces its first African-American president.
Warren’s awaited invocation fails to provoke
Gabriel Winant
The purpose-driven pastor managed to give an invocation without a hint of homophobia.
Obama introduced before cheering throng
Gabriel Winant
The stage is full of dignitaries, while the Obamas spent their last non-presidential moments in the Capitol.
You know it’s high-end Americana when Spielberg praises it
Gabriel Winant
On CNN, Steven Spielberg and Jon Cusack rave about the inauguration.
Screams erupt from crowd as Obama, Bush leave White House
Gabriel Winant
Incoming and outgoing presidents head up Pennsylvania Avenue together.
The way they were
Amy Benfer
Michelle Obama in 1996: "I'm very wary of politics. I think he's too much of a good guy for the kind of brutality, the kind of skepticism."
Cold and beautiful and crowded on the Mall
Alex Koppelman
And I'm within yelling distance of the soon-to-be inaugurated president.
How will the David Gregory theory of journalism apply to the Obama administration?
Glenn Greenwald
The NBC star again proudly touts the role the media played during the Bush era and in the run-up to the war, and promises more of the same for the Obama presidency. But what does that mean?
The impact of Obama’s latest excellent DOJ appointments
Glenn Greenwald
Two of the most vehement critics of Bush's executive power abuses are named to high-level positions, joining "outrage"-advocate and new OLC chief Dawn Johnsen.
The effects of Obama’s refusal to investigate Bush crimes
Glenn Greenwald
Rachel Maddow and Jonathan Turley point out the obvious inconsistency of telling the world that we again are a nation of laws and then protecting the crimes of the Bush era.
Obama and the spirit of Hawaii
Gary Kamiya
On this day when we vow to begin again, a prayer for a sea change in America.
The Obama era starts now
Mike Madden
With goodwill behind him -- and crisis ahead -- it's time for the incoming president to show us what he's got.
The Next American System
Michael Lind
We need a New Contract with the American people, starting with a sweeping program of modernization that echoes Lincoln and FDR.
Obama honors McCain
Alex Koppelman
At a ball given for his former opponent, the president-elect says "few Americans understand [the] need for common purpose and common effort better than John McCain."
Hillary is back
Rebecca Traister
At the Emily's List gala, Hillary Clinton is her old feminist self once again -- only better.
Did Biden have choice between VP, secretary of State?
Alex Koppelman
Jill Biden implied Monday that her husband was offered more than one position in an Obama administration.
No more pardons coming?
Alex Koppelman
President Bush has almost 24 hours of pardon power left, but the White House says he's done exercising it.
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