With so few articles coming without a charge from the NYTimes these days, this lengthy magazine piece on President Obama's Indonesian upbringing, and reflections on his mother is worth reading!
I liked this paragraph:
“I think this is one reason he’s so halus,” Bryant said of the president, using the Indonesian adjective that means “polite, refined, or courteous,” referring to qualities some see as distinctively Javanese. “He has the manners of Asians and the ways of Americans — being halus, being patient, calm, a good listener. If you’re not a good listener in Indonesia, you’d better leave.”
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