Going into the next several celebratory days, I want to put out a call for brief notes explaining what the inauguration means to you. That covers a lot of ground, but intentionally so. You can answer the question in whatever way you like. Obviously we will not be able to publish all of them. But we'll try to publish a range of different ones over the next few days.

Please try to keep them as brief and concise as possible. Not because there's anything inherently wrong with going long. But we'll want to publish as many as possible. And if they run too long that will be difficult.

If you're interested, send us your thoughts at the comments email linked at the upper right with the subject heading "My Take."