Michelle Obama

August 26, 2008 - 6:30am
OPINION

Convention Sketchpad: Day one

Check back tomorrow morning to view my sketchpad for day two of the Democratic National Convention, and go to my national blog to follow convention coverage by cartoonists from around the country.

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August 25, 2008 - 5:53am

Today's convention schedule

The Democratic National Convention will be called to order at 5:00 PM EST today, with a theme of "One Nation."  Featured speakers include Michelle Obama, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), former President Jimmy Carter, and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, who will introduce a tribute to her uncle, U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). 

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January 18, 2008 - 4:21pm

*Sigh* It's Nuh-vad-uh...

Alas, the multiple mispronunciations of our fair state's name continues.

Michelle Obama, wife to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), fell into the same trap as so many today pronouncing Nevada with an "ah" like "yawn" instead of an "a" like "attack ad."

Click here to watch the good students of UNR correct the mispronunciation.

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