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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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Oh how quickly we forget

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jan 16 2009, 9:32 AM ET Comment

In a largely harmless column, Ramesh Ponnuru notes that Obamaphiles can be "a little creepy."

There is no recent analogue to the madness--er, hopefulness--that has seized Obama's fans.
Hmmm a recent analogue to the madness that seized those who love Obama...Can't think of anything...Straining to come up with examples...



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