Friday, February 13, 2009—It may not seem like that big a deal, but at our age, just getting out onto the street again is kind of a thrill. Our Vol. CCLIII, No. 10 is being distributed right now. Fortunately, not all the sidewalks in town look like the one at right today. But even if they did, our stalwart distribution crew would no doubt take it in stride.
In other self-referential news, a pdf (2.8 MB) of our previous issue has just been posted here. In it, we cover the Inauguration we feared might not happen, noting that Obama’s address to the nation echoed, among other things, Stephen Colbert’s roast of #43 some time ago, and included a rare appearance by one of our favorite Revolutionaries, Thomas Paine. In News Briefs, we note with appreciation Jill Lepore’s reference to our paper in her splendid New Yorker piece, “Back Issues,” which reviews Marcus Daniel’s book, Scandal & Civility.