I've been posting on Facebook more than my blog, but this is worth posting twice (at least). From Obama's acceptance speech (video | transcript):
I'm hopeful because of you.

The young woman I met at a science fair who won national recognition for her biology research while living with her family at a homeless shelter - she gives me hope.

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I understand that a lack of freedom of speech is a legal/political issue in other countries and the U.S. is thought of as a country with freedom of speech. Yet there is a lack of freedom of speech in the U.S. that is social and cultural. Here's what we can't talk about in "polite society" (generally only among very trusted small groups):( Read more... )