In the Year One of DO's (During Obama) reign, beginning with his inauguration on January 20, 2009--or even his election on November 4, 2008 -- the baseline of all American history was established. Everything and anything that occurred during his era was historic--new, fresh, different from all that preceded. BO (Before Obama), the 233 years of American life beginning in 1776, or even the years leading to American independence were all insignificant meaningless time, meandering, fuzzy eras until the gods decided to free the country and bring forth Barack  Obama to save the country. And the world. All history begins now; AO (After Obama), the universe will operate on precedent laid down now. Carol E. Lee of Politico has helpfully explained, the present White House administration is rewriting history "with its unprecedented use of 'unprecedented.' " Perhaps it was a sign when President Barack Obama sat down in January to record his first weekly address and announced:...(Read Full Post)