Obama Effect
dated 2009-01-13 | posted in columns | topic Politics | permanent link
Pre-Inauguration Intoxication
Immigration officials smiled when we entered the Newark International Airport, taxi drivers chatted , and even New Yorkers held doors open for others on their way in and out.
“Something’s different, “I told Don after our first day in the US for the holiday. And even Don, who admits to being only semi-observant, agreed that “The States seems changed for the better.” And all in the midst of what is certa ...
At Last
dated 2009-01-28 | posted in columns | topic Politics | permanent link
At 4.30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, I huddled between a tree trunk and a woman who had driven through the night from Montgomery, Alabama to Washington, D.C. When I told her I’d flown in from Portugal she said she it was a long way to come, all the way from Spain. Then she looked at me and said, “Honey, you look cold.”
With that she opened her small purse (backpacks were prohibited) and gave me an unopened package that said “Warmers.” She ...