Jessamine Cheng writes for Democracy Chronicles from Queens, New York. 
Obama’s inauguration a boon for businesses (via AFP) Tucked behind a tidy souvenir shop storefront on the ground floor of an office building one block from the White House, t-shirts, sweatshirts, buttons and a vast assortment of inauguration paraphernalia is staged for an onslaught of purchasing. Over the course of the weekend, which culminates...
