Items of Interest

~ WaPo's David Ignatius makes a stupid comment. Hunter points out just how ignorant it was and how irrelevant Ignatius is in his pithy yet eloquent style.

~ Here's an interesting view from The Moderate Voice blog of why Republicans are partly responsible for helping Obama become President. {via]

~ Talk about detective work. People worked really hard on tracking down the photo that was used as the original source of the iconic Shepard Fairey poster of Obama.

~ The NY Daily News has a photo gallery of front page coverage of the Obama inauguration by newspapers around the world.

~ Time has a behind-the-scenes slideshow that has a few different shots from Newsweek's version. Time also has a slide show of people around the world watching Inauguration ceremony and celebrating Obama in other ways.

~ Barbara O'Brien of Mahablog is one of my long-time fav bloggers. I've noted more than once that we seem to channel the same thoughts. Her blog needs some fund-raising attention if you're in a position to help out.