Good speech.
Study questions:
- Which key crises does Obama target in his initial words, and which does he omit?
- Does Obama quote scripture as a believer, or is his quote a concession?
- What does Obama consider science's "rightful place?"
- In which direction will Obama balance the choice between "safety and ideals"?
- Does Obama widen the space for non-belief in the moral majority of American thought by including it among the names of major religions?
- Do the speech's patriarchal overtones and omissions suggest direction for women's rights under his administration?
- Does, and could, the speech live up to the expectation?