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Posts Tagged ‘mile high stadium’

Who’s Got Next?

By Denis Campbell • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: Features
As the evening closed to orchestral strains from the film ‘The American President’ playing in the background, there was not one fictional note in Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s acceptance speech before a crowd of 90,000 people at Mile High Stadium. Reflecting on the tone, all I could think of was the archetypal movie line, “now [...]


A Line From My Family’s First Home To Obama’s Speech Last Night

By Charley James • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: Features
by Charley James
In Ken Burns’ landmark documentary The Civil War, the first episode opened with writer Shelby Foote saying, “You can’t understand America without understanding the Civil War and the role race has played throughout our history.” In watching Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in Denver last night, my mind drifted back to my childhood when [...]