If anyone has mp3s of old Tony Kornheiser podcasts, please email me at amadmin@eveningmelancholy.com. I listen to these shows while I work but the only ones available now are from April through June of 2008. So, if you have access to any more, please let me know. Thanks!!

to get used to the reality of all of this. It’ll probably get easier when President Obama f*cks up for the first time and the lovefest comes to an abrupt end.

I’m glad this whole election process has ended.

I’m glad the man I wanted to win came out victorious.

I’m glad not only for the victory, but for the fact that it was a sizable victory so that arguments bemoaning voter fraud or “hanging chads” would fall on deaf ears.

I’m glad my octogenarian grandfather who had to endure the inhumanity of being forced to ride in the back of the bus, enter buildings through the back doors and watch movies from balconies will (God willing) see a black man walk through the front door of the White House as the president of the United States.

I’m glad that Americans made a choice that should now open doors to the rest of the world, welcoming dialogue and diplomacy.

Overall, I am truly glad to be an American right now. And although Michelle Obama got in trouble for saying something similar, for the first time in my life, I am truly proud of my country — moreso than ever before.

Having said all that, I am now watching our new president to see if he can truly bring about change. The test has begun, and for the next few years, it will be fraught with peril and challenges that perhaps none of us could foresee.

It is my hope that our new president will meet these challenges face to face and deal with them in the same way he dealt with the challenges of his campaign — with poise, intelligence and determination.

You took what should have been the most boring and repetitive debate, and made it the absolute best. You finally got the questions most people really care about but haven’t gotten answered out on the table. THANK YOU!