http://mindyourmanners.vox.com/library/posts/tags/politics/page/1/ Do You? en Vox Fri, 09 May 2008 16:04:59 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss politics http://mindyourmanners.vox.com/library/post/the-impossible-obama.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Scio, Scio) http://mindyourmanners.vox.com/library/post/the-impossible-obama.html?_c=feed-rss http://mindyourmanners.vox.com/library/post/the-impossible-obama.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 May 2008 16:04:59 -0700 I have been working at a new job recently, and I have had little energy for blogging. But today I took the time during lunch to pen a few thoughts on the Barack Obama problem. Additionally, my wife found my first gray hair this evening. 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