For Some, Business Almost as Usual
By IAN URBINAWashington workers commuted around road closings, train cancellations and crowds of tourists.
January 21, 2009 Editorial Observer
In Washington on Inauguration Day
By FRANCIS X. CLINESThe sound of a simple chant O-ba-ma! calmed even the most restless crowds on Inauguration Day.
January 21, 2009 Op-Ed Contributor
Free the Blue Room
By DEBORAH NEEDLEMANTo revive the spirit of Camelot in decorating the White House, the Obamas need to show reverence for the past without living in it.
January 21, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist
Exit the Boy King
By MAUREEN DOWDNot since Klaatu landed in a flying saucer on the Ellipse has Washington been so mesmerized by an object whirring through the sky.
January 21, 2009
Obama Has No Quick Fix for Banks
By EDMUND L. ANDREWSAdministration advisers have cautioned that they would not be rushed.
January 21, 2009
Abroad, Many Hope for ‘New Chapter’
By SHARON OTTERMAN and ALAN COWELLMany outside the U.S. saw the transition as a signal for a new manner of international behavior.
January 21, 2009
Obama Is Sworn In as the 44th President
By CARL HULSEAfter being sworn in as the 44th president, Barack Hussein Obama called on Americans to confront “our collective failure to make hard choices.”
January 21, 2009
Impressive Crowd in City Used to Pomp
By DAVID STOUTThe gathering on Tuesday was sure to take its place in Washington legend as one of history’s great crowds.
January 21, 2009
Few Protesters at Inauguration
By JOHN M. BRODERProtesters, a fixture of every inauguration since President Nixon’s in 1973, were few and scattered as Barack Obama assumed the presidency.
January 21, 2009 A Portrait of Change
In First Family, a Nation’s Many Faces
By JODI KANTORThe new president was sworn in while surrounded by a clan that redrew the image of the first family.
January 21, 2009
Epic Campaign Divided Family, Then United It
By SHAILA DEWANFor four generations of a black family from Florida,the inauguration was a single-dose antidote to decades of racial discrimination that they had taught their children to overcome.
January 21, 2009 Washington Memo
Obama Embarks on His Honeymoon. The Question: How Long Will It Last?
By ADAM NAGOURNEYHow much patience does the country have for turning the ship of state around, no matter how much it likes its new president?
January 21, 2009
Black Airmen, Frail but Proud, Hail Another Pioneer
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYEIt was a long road to the inauguration for the members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the legendary all-black fighting force.
January 21, 2009
2 Confirmed for Economy and for National Security
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and HELENE COOPERThe Senate on Tuesday confirmed only two members of the president’s national security and economic teams, the bedrock of his new administration during the economic crisis and two wars.
January 21, 2009
From a Festive Crowd Come Chants and Tears
By MARK LEIBOVICHMany in the inaugural crowd on Tuesday spoke of their own recognition of shock, an identifiable moment in which Barack Obama’s presidency suddenly became real.
January 21, 2009
Optimism in Washington, but Pessimism on Wall St.
By JACK HEALY and ZACHERY KOUWEDespite widespread optimism about President Obama, the major indexes plunged more than 4 percent on Tuesday.
January 21, 2009
Out of Many Televisions, One Common Experience
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSONNobody wanted to be alone at the moment a black man took the oath of office.
January 21, 2009 This Land
At a School in Kansas, a Moment Resonates
By DAN BARRYAt Junction City Middle School, students watching the inauguration never snickered, but watched wide-eyed.
January 21, 2009
‘From Slavery to History’: Americans Witness a Day of Clarity
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERGRare are the moments in history when it is clear that history is being made. On Tuesday, in a thousand unseen moments, people knew.
January 21, 2009
A Long Day Steeped in Pomp, History and Emotion
By JEFF ZELENYBarack Obama experienced a dash of disbelief on the day in which he formally became the president.
January 21, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist
Radical in the White House
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMANMy most fervent hope about President Obama is that he will be as radical as this moment that he will put everything on the table.
January 21, 2009 Op-Ed Contributor
Questions for Mr. Geithner
The Op-Ed page asked seven experts in finance and economics to pose the questions they would like to hear Timothy Geithner answer when he appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.
January 21, 2009 The TV Watch
A Day Best Captured by Image, Not Narrative
By ALESSANDRA STANLEYFor many a historic event, being there is the next best thing to watching it on television. The inauguration of Barack Obama was the exception.
January 21, 2009
At Inaugural Balls, Only One Couple Mattered
By JULIE BOSMANAfter a day of photographs and handshakes, the president and first lady endured nearly seven hours of ball-going.
January 21, 2009 About New York
A Proud Day for Black America, and for the Rest of the Nation, Too
By JIM DWYERHundreds of people gathered in the plaza outside the state office building on 125th Street in Harlem to watch the inauguration of President Obama.
January 21, 2009 Editorial
President Obama
In his Inaugural Address, President Obama gave Americans the clarity and the respect for which they have hungered.
January 21, 2009 News Analysis
Speech Spanned History and Confronted Bush
By DAVID E. SANGERThough couched in indirect terms, Barack Obama’s address was a stark repudiation of the Bush era.
January 21, 2009
Kennedy ‘Feeling Well’ After Seizure
By SCOTT SHANESenator Edward M. Kennedy, who is ill with brain cancer, was awake and talking in the hospital.
January 21, 2009 A Call for Change
Rejecting Bush Era, Reclaiming Values
By DAVID E. SANGERThough couched in indirect terms, the inaugural address was a stark repudiation.
January 21, 2009
A Few Rough Patches for a Presidential Oath
By ADAM LIPTAKFor a couple of smooth-talking constitutional experts, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and President Obama had a hard time getting through the constitutional oath of office.
January 21, 2009
