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Simon Schama Weighs in on Obama

By Bwog Staff on Nov 05, 2008 6 Comments

This morning, in the wake of Obama’s historic victory, the BBC rounded up some its go-to American history experts — a troupe that included Columbia’s Simon Schama and Harvard’s Niall Ferguson (also an early McCain adviser) — to discuss the implications of the race and the results.  The 9-minute discussion concluded that while Obama will […]

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