Yesterday our nation made history by electing its first African-American president. I’m enormously proud, and humbled, and worried, and excited. Other Americans feel this way too, and it’s been fun to see today’s editorial cartoons, hear songs, and take in how people have relied on sound and image to express what their words cannot.
Here are some great op-ed cartoons as compiled by the Boston Globe- And videos:
Student Views of November 4, 2008
Part of Obama’s magic is his own expressiveness. He is not afraid to inspire and manages to connect with people emotionally without seeming insincere. Those gifts, and his personal history, have hit the mark in a way we haven’t seen in this country in decades.
