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Of Passing and History

I don't have anything to add to Lauren's post about Obama's grandmother, or John Dickerson's lovely piece. But this sentiment from Yale law professor Judith Resnik seemed worth sharing:

As I reflected on the poignancy of the timing of the death of Obama's grandmother, I thought, may this be the day that so many of us think -- would that our parents or grandparents had lived to see this. And may it also be the day that our children and grandchildren will come to take for granted, to assume its naturalness as if it was always obvious that it would come to pass.