Caroline Kennedy for NEA Chair

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Monday November 24, 2008 · 6:38 PM PST

2008/11/24 · 18:38

Cross posted at Music from a Progressive Heart

Ever since Caroline Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama's presidential candidacy in January 2008, the chattering classes have been speculating about possible roles in an Obama administration: Secretary of Education? UN Ambassador? Vice President?

Notwithstanding her book, Profiles in Courage For Our Time(a sequel to her father's book), the annual Profiles in Courage Award, and hosting the annual Kennedy Center Honors, Caroline Kennedy has been famously publicity-shy. It seems to me she might be equally averse to a high-level cabinet post. So-how about appointing her to head a government agency providing funding to something near and dear to her heart?

I would like to make a modest proposal: Appoint Caroline Kennedy as the next Chairwoman and CEO of theNational Endowment for the Arts.

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President-elect Obama Thanks 7-year-old Blogger

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Tuesday November 11, 2008 · 10:17 PM PST

2008/11/11 · 22:17

This caught my attention on the MSN webpage: Stanislaw "Stas" Gunkel, a second-grader from Chicago's Edison Park neighborhood (on the city's far Northwest side), has received a "thank you" letter from President-elect Obama.

Stas made several pre-election posts on his blog supporting the candidacy of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden. The blog came to the attention of our President-elect, who wrote a most gracious letter to Stas.

The story on Stas, his blog, and his letter from our Next President can be found on the WMAQ website at 7-Year-Old Political Blogger Gets Obama Thank You Letter.

President-elect Obama encouraged Stas to "make a difference everywhere you go." The letter, along with Stas' other posts, can be found at Report from Planet Stas'.

Do pay a visit to Stas' blog. This gifted young man writes much more cogently than many persons five or six times his age. (And I'm not just saying that because he's a fellow violinist!)

Somehow I think he will, indeed, make a difference whereever he goes.

m2violin

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Monday November 10, 2008 · 10:18 PM PST

2008/11/10 · 22:18

Well, this is my first diary here. I decided I'd share my most recent blog post from my blog, Martha M.-Music from a Progressive Heart. I hadn't posted to my blog in close to two years, but felt moved to post after pondering the events of the past week.

And what a week it has been! As I state in the conclusion of my blog post, few would have thought that a "skinny guy from the South Side of Chicago with a funny name" would be elected President of the United States.

This has been an incredible journey for our nation. I know I will always remember where I was, what I was doing on November 4, 2008 at 10pm CST. Read on for one Tulsan's take on this incredible night.

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