by epollack | Nov 15, 2008 | Blog
Here are some photos that Marian took on election night at Lola’s restaurant in Detroit, along with some photos the other customers took of us. Marian is the guy in the white shirt and black leather blazer. Gerald is the handsome dude in the white apron …...
by epollack | Nov 12, 2008 | Blog
For months before the election, I kept experiencing these Larry David moments in which I would catch myself angling my Obama button so my fellow (black) passengers on the bus could see it, or hoping that a deliveryman or one of my African-American neighbors would...
by epollack | Nov 11, 2008 | Blog
Now that the election is over, I want to apologize to my Muslim and Arab-American friends, colleagues, and fellow-citizens for not publicly expressing my outrage at the virulent Arab- and Muslim-bashing in which the Republicans were engaged. When The Times contacted...
by epollack | Nov 10, 2008 | Blog
When my clock radio switches on in the morning and I hear the newscaster on NPR talking about President-elect Obama, I smile and get out of bed in a blissed-out mood. Reading The Times with breakfast, I enjoy tracking the cabinet appointments, the Great Puppy Debate,...
by epollack | Nov 9, 2008 | Blog
For my third and final postcard in The Times, I spent election night in Lola’s Restaurant in Detroit. Here’s a link to the version that appeared in the paper, Morning in Detroit, followed by a more complete description of one of the most moving evenings of...
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