Barack Obama and many Americans spent today trying to follow the example of Dr Martin Luther King Jr by doing some kind of service work for our fellow human beings nbsp Many in Washington D C including this correspondent spent the day in lines and receptions Everywhere you went today the

I ve posted some photos from the Concert on my blog nbsp And if you didn t see any of the concert here s one of the great moments nbsp

How to describe the event at the Lincoln Memorial today hellip it was clearly part rock concert with Bruce Springsteen Bono Stevie Wonder and Beyonce heading up the excitement that had people even out at the Washington Monument dancing and jumping around At times the playlist also veered ndash

Obama T-shirts 5 nbsp T-shirts 5 nbsp Get them now -- they re gonna be 10 tomorrow nbsp Obama T-shirts 5 nbsp How can there be VIP tickets to a free event It s lucky my father-in-law is not here nbsp If my father-in-law were here he would have those line jumpers han

Obama s speech from Baltimore yesterday nbsp Here s a link to the transcript nbsp

Slate com this morning reports on the news being reported around the country Among its offerings is Maureen Dowd s column in the New York Times today which nbsp compares the incoming president with the outgoing one nbsp One seems small and inconsequential even though he keeps insisting he