The coverage of some of the peripherals surrounding the inaugural the last few days was, to say the least, the kind of solipsistic nonsense that gives celebrity its bad name.
There on Oprah were Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, intellectual lightweights, talking about themselves as if this historic moment offered insight into their holiness.
And there were others — both on the celebrity shows (Oprah, GMA) and the news programs.
It was enought o turn me sour to the whole thing.
And then I catch Beyonce on GMA this morning before leaving for the gym. She was truly proud and grateful to play the smallest role in the Obamas' moment and the nation's history that I can put the pretentious nonsense aside and focus on what yesterday really says about us and where we as a nation are headed.
It reminded me, as someone wrote on Facebook, that America needed a celebratory day like yesterday.
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Hank Kalet 