I like this article from Sunday’s Times about Obama’s 26-year-old speechwriter, and not just because he’s cute.

When Mr. Obama’s White Sox swept Mr. Favreau’s beloved Red Sox three games to none in their American League 2005 division series, the senator walked over to his speechwriter’s desk with a little broom and started sweeping it off.

(OK, I just realized I’ve linked to New York Times articles in my last three posts. Need more sources!)

As a U.S. history buff, I like this idea:

[Barack Obama] is more likely to be remembered as the first authentic 21st century presidential candidate–as arguably Theodore Roosevelt was the first 20th century candidate and Thomas Jefferson the first 19th century candidate. As such Obama, like Roosevelt and Jefferson before him, transcends traditional categories we have constructed to analyze and understand presidential candidacies.

My hero Michael Chabon weighs in on Richard Cohen’s guilt-by-association hackjob the other day on Obama.

[Update: “hackjob”? Perhaps I meant “hatchet job.” It’s not like he hacked into Obama’s computer or something.]