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	<title>bRaYtOwN &#187; Obama</title>
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		<title>Obama the Muslim!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This foolishness of Obama being a secret Muslim, like the hoopla over the so-called &#8220;Ground Zero Mosque,&#8221; only serves to take perfectly innocuous (yea even noble) ideals of faith and defaming them to the point that the mere mention of the words &#8220;Islam,&#8221; &#8220;Muslim&#8221; or &#8220;mosque&#8221; conjure up anxiety. The real issue is not whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Clarifying Moment</title>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/03/24/a-clarifying-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I were this incisive&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Date!</title>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/03/19/healthcare-save-the-date/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Rachel Maddow for this clear and honest articulation of the good (however limited) that will come from the Healthcare Deficit Reduction Bill (that&#8217;s what it is, not really &#8220;healthcare reform&#8221;) and when those without might expect to reap the benefits&#8230; My guess is the reason opponents have argued so vehemently against the passing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonvoter</title>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/09/nonvoter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine sent this to me yesterday. I wish I had it before the election. I would have sent one to everybody!]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;And We Will</title>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/05/and-we-will/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of this semester, I am requiring that all my students learn the following portion of then-Candidate Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Yes We Can&#8221; speech—which he delivered in New Hampshire (8 Jan 2008) as the &#8216;worse&#8217; concession speech of all time&#8230; [9 min, 07 secs] &#8220;We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope Full-term</title>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2008/12/22/hope-full-term/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally made print! Today I received my complimentary, advanced copy of Christian Century for a contribution I made to the article &#8220;What&#8217;s Changed?&#8221; (December 30, 2008 Vol. 125, No. 26, p. 20). I was in quite prestigious company—sandwiched between leaders of this and that. It was quite an honor to be invited to comment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Alice Walker, with Love, to the President-elect</title>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2008/11/11/from-alice-walker-with-love-to-the-president-elect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 5, 2008 Dear Brother Obama, You have no idea, really, of how profound this moment is for us. Us being the black people of the Southern United States. You think you know, because you are thoughtful, and you have studied our history. But seeing you deliver the torch so many others before you carried, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Grabs Headlines&#8211;November 5, 2008</title>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2008/11/11/obama-grabs-headlines-november-5-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://melvinbray.com/2008/11/11/obama-grabs-headlines-november-5-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A view of the many newspaper front covers from around the world on November 5, 2008.]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter from a Friend</title>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2008/11/07/a-letter-from-a-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dear friend of mine just sent this to me. I offer it in part as the beginning of an answer to my blog-friend Aerin&#8217;s gracious and largely rhetorical inquiry&#8230; Hi Friends, Today I was reading an article in US News &#38; World Report about the historic significance of Barack Obama&#8217;s election. In it, journalist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks for the Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2008/11/07/thanks-for-the-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melvin Bray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aerin, thanks for the dialogue. I wrote this last week about today&#8230;The Day After As the 2008 Presidential campaign draws to a close, I&#8217;ve become increasingly less concerned about the specific outcomes of election night and more concerned by what we will have positioned ourselves to accomplish the day after. What are our prospects for [...]]]></description>
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