I’d like to know if one day last week President Obama woke up and said, The day before I’m inaugurated I’m going to paint the walls in a homeless shelter to encourage public service. Or if, instead, someone in his campaign said, We’ve got a great idea for a photo-op – then invited the press…

Let’s extend the Obama-Lincoln comparison. Carter finds it troubling. But it’s legitimate given their roots, their inexperience and their unlikely rise to the White House. Of course, we can’t know now whether Obama will be remembered as a great President – or an awful one. Certainly, expectations are higher for him today than they were…

Of course I give President Obama (I love the sound of that) an A+ for his speech. As Carter said in his post, Obama may not match Lincoln as a President (who did?), but he comes close as a writer. Obama’s rhetorical skill is more than an exceptional way with words and a sensitive ear…

All this talk about Obama being Lincoln is getting downright troubling – either our new president’s contracted a bad case of idol worship, or this is a ploy to wrap himself in the cloak of Lincoln because he’s gotten into the business of presidential myth-making even before he’s taken the oath of office. I don’t…