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11.20.2008 11:24 am

An Editorial Notebook: Impossible expectations of Obama

Barack and Michelle Obama speak with Steve Kroft of CBS' "60 Minutes." (Photo by CBS)

Barack and Michelle Obama on CBS' "60 Minutes"

When a man or a woman shatters a racial, ethnic or gender barrier, the “pioneer” or “groundbreaker” or shatterer of “glass ceilings” inherits the weight of great expectations.

The title “First Black This” or “First…

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05.24.2008 10:00 am

Venezuela and Chavez — An editorial notebook by Gilbert Bailon

chavez.jpgCARACAS, VENEZUELA
Americans might well marginalize President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela as the megalomaniac who denounced President George W. Bush as “the devil” who left the smell of sulfur in the air after he spoke to the United Nations in 2006.
Chávez…

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05.11.2008 8:20 am

Charter Schools: A special Commentary page

Sunday’s Commentary page is devoted entirely to the issue of charter schools, particularly whether they have the potential to improve the education of children in the St. Louis Public Schools district. The material grew out of a recent meeting of the…

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