| Barack Obama has been compared to everybody from FDR to James Baldwin. But now let's add Pope John Paul II. John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope in some 400 years, and he was Polish. Obama is the first African-American presidential nominee of a major party and will hopefully be the first African-American president of the United States. When each man was born, the prospect of his achieving what he achieved was slim to no |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
