About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
Barack Obama Archive
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“There there Angie, things with Greece are going to work out.”
Posted on May 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsCaption contest! -
Remarks of President Obama Marking Nowruz (March 20, 2010)
Posted on March 19, 2010 | 1 CommentFor Immediate Release March 20, 2010 Remarks of President Obama Marking Nowruz Today, I want to extend my best wishes to all who are celebrating Nowruz in the United States and around the world. On this New Year’s celebration, friends and family have a unique... -
NYT’s The Caucus Blog: Trick-or-Treating at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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May 29: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on May 29, 2009 | No CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the President Obama’s speech on the new White House cybersecurity strategy is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): NYC – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC –... -
Newsweek: A Highly Logical Approach
Posted on May 17, 2009 | 1 CommentInterview with Barack Obama Newsweek, May 25, 2009 And the last movie you saw? Now, movies I’ve been doing OK [with] because it turns out we got this nice theater on the ground floor of my house … So Star Trek, we saw this weekend,... -
NY Times: In First Family, a Nation’s Many Faces
Posted on January 21, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe New York Times, January 21 2009: For well over two centuries, the United States has been vastly more diverse than its ruling families. Now the Obama family has flipped that around, with a Technicolor cast that looks almost nothing like their overwhelmingly white, overwhelmingly... -
Happy Obama Day!
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Obama’s People (New York Times Magazine)
Posted on January 14, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe New York Times Magazine has a great online feature called Obama’s People, showing pictures of some of the members of the new administration and his allies in Congress. There’s a slideshow and some narration by Narav Kander (photographer), and Kathy Ryan, the Times Magazine’s... -
Mr. Miyagi to Obama: “Big Ups, Playa!”
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Barack Obama on ‘Check Please’ (August 2001)
Posted on January 7, 2009 | 1 CommentApparently in early 2001, David Manilow, one of the creators of “Check, Please!” sold his idea for a food TV show to Chicago’s WTTW. One of the early episodes, filmed in August 2001, featured a young state senator named Barack Obama, who was one member...
