1.0 link 100721 <![CDATA[This is a Truly Historic Moment; Let's Savor It]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-s-mcelvaine/this-is-a-itrulyi-histori_b_100721.html As a historian, I am painfully aware of how overused the term "historic" is. But what we are witnessing right now and throughout this presidential election year is the very definition of the word.

For all intents and purposes, Barack Obama has won the Democratic presidential nomination.

Consider the stunning symbolism of the following two chronological parallels:

Senator Obama will give his acceptance speech on August 28, the forty-fifth anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Assuming he wins...

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