Waiting to meet President Bush. 

President Bush and Governor Engler sign the library's guestbook. 

Library staff prepare for a visit from President Bush and Governor Engler. 

Library staff prepare for a visit from President Bush and Governor Engler. 

Library staff prepare for a visit from President Bush and Governor Engler. 

Library staff prepare a conference room for the arrival of President Bush and Governor Engler. 

Library staff prepare the Community Room for a business summit with President Bush and Governor Engler. 

Library staff prepare the Community Room of the United States for the arrival of President Bush and Governor Engler. 

The library staff prepare for a visit from President George Bush and Governor John Engler. 

The library staff prepare for a visit from President George Bush and Governor John Engler. 

Howard Zinn (1922 – 2010) an American historian and Professor of Political Science at Boston University from 1964 to 1988, died on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. He was the author of more than 20 books. Zinn was active in and wrote extensively about the African-American Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968, civil rights and civil liberties and peace movements. In his best-selling A People's History of the United States, "he concentrated on what he saw as the genocidal depredations of Christopher Columbus, the blood lust of Theodore Roosevelt and the racial failings of Abraham Lincoln.

The Faith of Barack Obama explores the religious background of Barack Obama, examines his relationship with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, and discusses how his beliefs shape his personal and political life. Read this book for an insight into our new president's ideals.  

Doesn't it seem as if partisan bickering dominates politics and government these days? Are we so caught up in red state/blue state, liberal vs. conservative that perhaps we have lost sight of what is really important?

In his first formal television interview, President Obama chose an Arab network to broadcast his willingness to show respect and listen carefully in all conversations engaged with or pertaining to Middle Eastern countries. Read this interview.