Eschew On This

by Editor
January 24, 2013 at 8:20 am

http://www.smartertimes.com/758/eschew-on-this

From Charles Blow's column on President Obama's inaugural: "This speech eschewed seasonal issues — economic ups and downs, international conflicts — for the everlasting concepts."

From the White House transcript of the speech: "A decade of war is now ending. (Applause.) An economic recovery has begun. (Applause.)"

Maybe Mr. Blow had nodded off by that point in the speech, just as his Times editorial page colleague Andrew Rosenthal apparently missed the gun control reference.