RE: Steve J.: “misanthropicus writes “yet Glibama’s Columbia thesis in political science is under padlock.” No it isn’t. It was tossed out a LONG time ago. These aren’t kept by Columbia.”

Steve: “Si non e vero, e ben trovato”, remember?
1) The thesis ain’t been tossed out, the school formaly declined to make it available.
2) Even if the thesis was tossed out, mister Obama (who so generously made public so many details of his life & his travails in his majestic works), could be that obliging to let us have a peek at it, couldn’t it? He was asked… we still wait…

I expect either answer from you:
a) the thesis in ternational relations written in 1983, by an opossum who runs for US presidency in 2008, is not important, it’s the bridge-building abilites of that opossum that matter,
b) yeah, sure, anytime, but the problem is, Michelle tossed it out by mistake (should have done the same with her Princeton oevre).

Your turn, dude. And remember “Si non e vero, e ben trovata” – in this case the translation is “EEL”.