Maraniss's biography, of the three biographies of Mr. Obama I have read (not including the two autobiographies), does the most exploration of Mr. Obama's putative Columbia years. It is quite fascinating to see that while Mr. Maraniss discusses Mr. Obama's fall 1983 course work, and his spring 1983 Sun Dial article, in some detail (at p.449-463), and even mentions a Spanish class Mr. Obama is supposed to have taken in the fall of 1981 with a Mr. Ron Sunshine (see p. 432-33), nowhere does Maraniss mention anything about any course work Mr. Obama is supposed to have taken in the spring of 1982!
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