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“My husband is not the Secretary of State. I am.”

I love her!
I once read that she was the real organizer in Bill Clinton’s rise to political power. But, of course, Bill Clinton has the charisma. They are the epitome of a power couple.
But, watch this:

Even this highly-driven woman needs to struggle out of her husband’s shadow.

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“Depth/s of Winter”

“Depth of winter”.
The phrase that caught my attention. Bill Clinton used this phrase in his 1993 Inaugural Address:
“This ceremony is held in the depth of winter. But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the Spring.”
Barack Obama used the same phrase in his Victory Speech yesterday:
“What began 21 [...]

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The First Black President

So, Barack Obama is the 44th American President. Congratulations, America!
But is Barack Obama the first black President?
In my heart, I fully agree with Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison when she wrote in her 1998 New Yorker essay that Bill Clinton is America’s “first Black President. Blacker than any actual black person who could ever be [...]

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