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What’s Wrong With a Little Pre-recording?

By Emily Rutherford - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 5:44 pm

There’s been a minor kerfuffle over a little “cheating” at the inauguration:
The somber, elegiac tones before President Obama’s oath of office at the inauguration…

In Defense of the Boo-birds

By Jesse Singal - Jan 21st, 2009 at 4:08 pm

I definitely get what Jessica is saying in her argument that folks on the Mall shouldn’t have booed former President Bush (that was the first…

Booing Was Bad Form, America

By Jessica Hillyard - Jan 21st, 2009 at 2:06 pm

Whether you watched yesterday’s 56th Presidential Inauguration on TV or on the Jumbotrons placed on the National Mall, there is no doubt about what you…

Historic Coverage

By Jesse Singal - Jan 21st, 2009 at 11:58 am

What’s that you say? You want to see today’s front pages of more than 600 newspapers from around the world? Sure thing.

How Would You Design Obama’s Luncheon Menu?

By Diana Jou - Jan 21st, 2009 at 9:48 am

One of the re-occurring themes of the lead up to yesterday’s inauguration was the life and work of Abraham Lincoln, so it’s fitting that President…

Non-believers

By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 21st, 2009 at 9:15 am

No, I don’t know that atheists should be regarded as citizens, nor should they be regarded as patriotic. This is one nation under God.
–Vice…

It is Time to Leave

By Diana Jou - Jan 21st, 2009 at 12:03 am

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See: Presidential Inauguration Rehearsal

By Diana Jou - Jan 20th, 2009 at 11:00 am

“The ceremony has been regimentally rehearsed with military personnel acting as stand-ins for President-elect Barack Obama and family.”
Ron Edmonds/AP, Times Online UK
Thanks, TLIL.…

The High Points of the Pre-Inaugural Concert

By Emily Rutherford - Jan 19th, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Sunday afternoon, the inauguration celebration began with a concert at the Lincoln Memorial, featuring James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, will.i.am, loads of other famous musicians…

Documenting History’s Minutiae

By Jesse Singal - Jan 16th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Everyone should check out January the 20th.
The group explains:
We’re coordinating a massive journalistic project to document BARACK OBAMA’s inauguration. Observers across the country…

The Future of Historic Memorabilia

By Daniel Strauss - Jan 13th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

Via Romenesko, The Washington Post is planning on printing 2.7 million copies of the paper on Inauguration Day. The word on the street is there…

Obama: The Inauguration — Now Coming to a Screen Near You!

By Lisha Arino - Jan 13th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

Can’t make it to Washington for the inauguration? Bummed that you’re going to witnessing, like, the biggest political event of our lives on your couch,…

Obama’s Other Pastor Choices Don’t Outweigh Rick Warren

By Emily Rutherford - Jan 12th, 2009 at 6:06 pm

Russ just wrote about the good news that Bishop Gene Robinson, an openly gay Episcopalian, will be delivering the invocation at an inauguration-related event at…