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A post from Double X writer Vanessa M. Gezari:
Like you, Anne,
I’ve been wondering what kind of big, concrete policy changes will come
out of Obama’s Cairo speech yesterday. The specific programs he spoke
of—far down near the end of the hour-long address—seemed
soft-focus and shallow compared to the gigantic arc of intercultural
understanding traced by his rhetoric. But I want to spend a moment here
on Obama’s language, which, as always, rewards... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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So Barack Obama's historic speech in Cairo is already getting rave reviews. It was, indeed, vintage Obama (if that's not an oxymoron), using his biography as a point of entrance and connection, eschewing what he views as old, false dichotomies, and stressing a pragmatic, hopeful way forward... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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