Politics
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Andrew Breitbart's Dirty Legacy
When Andrew Breitbart died suddenly on March 1 at age 43, it was not surprising that so many commentators said nice things about the man. We still have a strong taboo about speaking ill of the departed, and an early death is a shocking reminder of our own mortality. But there was no excuse for…
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Obama's Day, March 5: Meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012In the morning, the President will meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.Later in the morning, the President will meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu in the Oval Office. The meeting will be an…
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Romney Fails the Leadership Test
If Mitt Romney really wanted to prove that he has what it takes to be president, he would have picked up the phone last week and placed a call to Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke before President Obama had a chance to reach her. If Romney really wanted to prove that he stands for…
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Mitt Romney Projected to Win Washington Caucuses
Mitt Romney is projected to win Washington’s caucuses, with Ron Paul and Rick Santorum neck and neck for second place. From the New York Times: The vote was a nonbinding straw poll and has no bearing on the selection of the state’s 43 delegates. Of those, 40 are up for grabs, but they will not…
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Allen West to Obama: Stop Bragging
Why so many Americans can’t access healthy food: In America, it’s not just eating well that’s solely for the rich. Increasingly, it seems, eating healthfully is also something only the well-off can do. That’s in part because the country’s food system is set up to produce exactly that outcome, says Tracie McMillan, who explores how…
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When 'Sorry' Isn't Enough for Racism
Montana judge Richard Cebull has apologized to President Obama for emailing a disgusting, racist joke at the expense of the president, the president’s mother and Cebull’s own dignity. If I know our high-minded, dignified president, he will accept the disgraced federal judge’s apology. He should not. For any sober, thinking person, the email in question,…
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Environmental Justice: Why It's a Black Thing
On Sunday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will deliver a sermon at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the 47th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. What do clean air and water have to do with issues that surrounded one of the most pivotal events of the civil rights movement? A lot,…
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Obama's Day, March 2: Visiting Service Members
Office of the Press SecretaryDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.Later, the President and the Vice President will meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office. This…
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Obama: I Knew Jeremy Lin First
In an interview with ESPN’s Bill Simmons, President Barack Obama claims he was among the first on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon and explains that, despite being busy, he’s able to keep up with the star New York Knicks player because he forgoes network and cable news and watches Sports Center while working out in the…
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Andrew Breitbart: A Muckraker to the End
Conservative blogger and entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart, who died shortly after midnight Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 43, was insightful, combative and absolutely puckish. He was raised in an affluent Los Angeles family, the son of a restaurateur and banker, and attended Tulane University in New Orleans. In a 2011 interview with WNYC,…