(The Root) — Obama deserves very high but perhaps not superlative marks for his second inaugural address. It had more the character of an inside-the-park home run, not a grand slam. A 9 on my Olympic ...

A few more random inauguration thoughts, starting with: This billion-pixel photo is strangely transfixing, and I spent half an hour looking for people I know. I found myself, looking down (tweeting??) ...