Archives for 30 June 2006
The Tour is still dope
It was just after Miguel Indurain’s reign over the Tour de France and just before Lance Armstrong’s dominance. Team Festina was battling with Bjarne Riis and Jan Ullrich’s Team Telekom; my friend rooted for Telekom, I rooted for Festina. I had just started to ride serious distances at serious speeds on a serious bike when [...]
What lack of experience?
Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, concentrating on International Relations, from Columbia University;
Doctoral degree in Law, summa cum laude, from Harvard University;
First African American president of the Harvard Law Review;
Community organizer in Chicago;
Lecturer on constitutional law at University of Chicago;
Illinois State Senator from 1997 to 2004;
United States Senator from 2005 to 2009 (?)
