Michael O. Allen

Author: michael o. allen

  • Colson Whitehead, funny guy

    With all due respect to the people whose business it is to find hillarity in our politics–the Stewarts, Colberts, Griers and Feys–I read the funniest bit yesterday on the Op-ed page of The New York Times. It was written by novelist Colson Whitehead. Whitehead, a fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, is…

  • I knew it!

    Warning explicit language: South Park Lampoons O Man! Like liketty split, South Park was`out of the gate with a side-splitting lampoon of President-Elect Barack Obama. A snippet that’ll take you to a link to see the full episode. The episode, which ran on Wednesday, had all the characters who bedeviled us during the campaign: Sarah…

  • ‘Race’ in Obama’s victory

    In the waning days of the campaign, as I struggled to overcome my deep pessimism that this could actually happen, that Americans would actually elect a black man president, I began to let go of my anger for the noxious and dishonorable that campaign he ran against our now president-elect Barack Obama. I have never…

  • The moment

    President-elect Barack Obama Transcript: ‘This is your victory,’ says Obama CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a rally in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, after winning the race for the White House Tuesday night. The following is an exact transcript of his speech. Obama: Hello, Chicago. If there is anyone out there…

  • Editorials: President Barack Obama

    The New York Times: This is one of those moments in history when it is worth pausing and reflecting on the basic facts: An American with the name Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a white woman and a black man he barely knew, raised by his grandparents far outside the stream of American power…

  • Obama wins!

    OBAMA ELECTED 44TH PRESIDENT OBAMA DELIVERS VICTORY SPEECH: ‘WE WILL GET THERE’ MCCAIN CONCEDES: ENDS ‘LONG JOURNEY’ IN PHOENIX OBAMA WINS First African American in highest U.S. office Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune By Maeve Reston and Michael Muskal | 8:05 p.m. The first-term Democratic senator from Illinois defeats Republican John McCain. Reporting from Phoenix…

  • Helen says

    Rosa sat so Martin could walk, Martin walked so Obama could run, Obama is running so our children can fly. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • The last rally

    I voted at 8:37 a.m. today in Ridgewood, N.J. I did not have any problem whatsoever. Meanwhile, the video above was Sen. Barack Obama addressing more than 60,000 supporters in the last rally before today’s voting. Update: A friend sent me e-mail saying “I got out early and voted. I was there almost and hour…

  • On the weekend–images

    (GARETH FULLER, ASSOCIATED PRESS) U.S. Politics Featured in bonfire Festival in England. An effigy of U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, accompanied by presidential candidate Barack Obama, is unveiled by designer Mark Oldroyd ahead of a bonfire night celebration in Battle, England, Saturday Nov. 1. (CHRIS O’MEARA, ASSOCIATED PRESS) U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central…

  • On the road to Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008

    Editor’s note: I am so nervous about the presidential election on Tuesday that I’m almost paralyzed. Certainly here I have been content to let others post instead of writing myself. I hope to summon some of my own words before Tuesday’s voting actually begins (I know boat loads of people have already voted). My friend…