Invoking Teddy Roosevelt Obama Finds His Voice

First an admission: just before President Obama followed in the footsteps of Theodore Roosevelt and went to Osawatomie, Kansas, to deliver a populist speech about inequality and the middle class, I had prepared a post criticizing the White House for having the temerity to compare him, at least implicitly, to one of America’s truly great Presidents.
Here is part of what I had written: From a tactical perspective, summoning the ghost of Roosevelt is a clever move. It reinforces the White House line that the Republican Party has strayed from its center-right roots and morphed into an extremist organization populated by firebrands like Ron “abolish the Fed” Paul, Michele “send illegal immigrants home” Bachmann, and Newt “put poor kids to work” Gingrich. On a broader level, though, I am not sure that invoking Teddy Roosevelt is such a wise idea for the White House.

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For the New Yorker, Women Are Invisible: Ms Magazine Pushes Protest | | AlterNet

If you are woman or if you are a father with girl children, this might interest you. You might want to exert some pressure on New Yorker to move into the 21st centry and crack the ceiling. It's about time.
Last evening on the Globe, one of the recipient of the Golden Globe Award, I think won for Social Networking called out to his daughter to see the brilliant women in the audience - that being smart is okay. We need more fathers advocating on behalf of their daughters.

For the New Yorker, Women Are Invisible: Ms Magazine Pushes Protest AlterNet