Obama at Selma: His Best Speech Yet?
Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge 50 years later (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
What greater expression of faith in the American experiment than this, what greater form of patriotism is there than the belief that America is not yet finished, that we are strong enough to be self-critical, that each successive generation can look upon our imperfections and decide that it is in our power to remake this nation to more closely align with our highest ideals?
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…America is not some fragile thing…
I’ve not yet found the time to listen to Obama’s Selma speech from the other day, but I am intrigued by what I’ve been reading about it. (UPDATE: I found an opportunity to listen. Time well spent!)
Finally I Hear a Politician Explain My Country Just the Way I Understand It — (James Fallows at The Atlantic)
Selma March Commemorated By Politicians Who Support Gutting of Voting Rights (Chris Kromm at The American Prospect)
A Manifesto for Blue America’s Values – (Michael Tomasky at The Daily Beast)
Obama Goes to Selma and Picks a Fight — (Jonathan Chait at NYMag)
Here’s the (32-minute) video:
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