andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 4/7/2009
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A reader writes:
I am a Kenyan man living in Raleigh NC and I happened upon an entry on your blog today. You might find this a bit esoteric but I felt compelled to clarify it:
“And then his father. An African intellectual. Bantu, Masai, Griot type heritage - cattle raiders, lion ...
entertainment.timesonline.co.uk - 4/6/2009
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Exclusive track: Listen to Feel A Change Comin'
On Bill Flanagan: In that song Chicago After Dark...
were you thinking about the new President? Bob Dylan: Not really. It s more about State Street and the wind off Lake Michigan and how sometimes we know ...
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Audio: Bob Dylan on Barack Obama, Ulysses Grant and ...
msnbc.msn.com - 4/14/2009
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Pirates attacked another U.S.-flagged cargo ship carrying humanitarian
aide to Mombassa, Kenya, on Tuesday and the U.S....
Navy destroyer Bainbridge was responding to provide the ship protection, NBC News reported.
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Report: Pirates attack another U.S. ship
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Morning Skim: Dylan on Obama
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... Quantrill. Bushwhackers, Guerillas. Wizard of Oz Kansas. I think Barack has Jefferson Davis back there in his ancestry someplace. And then his father. An African intellectual. Bantu, Masai, Griot type heritage - cattle raiders, lion killers. I mean it’s just so incongruous that these two people would meet and fall in love. You kind of get past that though. And then you’re into his story. Like an odyssey except in reverse. Bonus Bob link : A Kenyan reader writes to Andrew Sullivan to correct Dylan : No one wants to be the one to correct Bob Dylan but Barack Obama’s ...
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