Greg Mitchell: Obama and Jon Stewart Owe It All to...Mark Twain? Preview of Tomorrow's 'TIME' Cover
Submitted: Jul 3, 2008 - Each year for Independence Day, Time magazine presents a "Making of America" special, and in the past has focused on presidents (from Jefferson to JFK), with other icons (Lewis & Clark, Ben Franklin) sprinkled in. This year it makes a real departure, featuring humorist/novelist Mark Twain, coming on Friday.
Managing editor Richard Stengel writes that they picked Twain "because he…

