assignment #1 LFraser

The article "Radical in the White House" is an article found in the New York Times that was written by Thomas L. Friedman. In this article Friedman writes to Americans about the importance of how far the United States has come with the recent inauguration of our first African-America president. However, Friedman states that "we cannot let this be the last mold we break, let alone the last big mission we accomplish. Now we have to overcome biography, we need to write some new history-- one that will reboot, revive and reinvigorate America." Friedman hopes that President Obama will "swing for the fences" whether it be "grand bargians on entitlement and immigration reform? A national health care system? A new clean-energy infrastructure?" or the "Nationalization and repair of our banking system?" Friedman ends by saying that while we have already made "a radical departure from our past" what we need now is to see now is "how much our future depends on a radical departure from our present."

I found this article very interesting, and sensed Friendman's feeling of bright hope for the future. I believe that more Americans need to feel Friendan's feeling of hope for the future, knowing there may be hard times, but that only means that there are hard times for Americans to overcome.