Politics
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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,…
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Watch This: Obama's New 'Hipster Fedora'
The economy is looking up, so it’s harder to make the old “bad leader” argument. It’s not surprising, then, that Republicans are back to the “he’s stuck up”-themed criticism of President Obama. And they’re still doing it with a straight face. Last week Obama was a “snob” for wanting all Americans to have the opportunity…
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Obama's Day, March 1: Campaigning in the Big Apple
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.Later in the morning, the President will travel to Nashua, New Hampshire. The departure from the South Lawn and the…
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Back to the Future, Starring Rick Santorum
In Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox’s character, Marty McFly, takes a sleek DeLorean to spin back three decades to 1955. Now we’re watching a new version of the movie, and one of the stars is Rick Santorum. Instead of regressing just 30 years, the former Pennsylvania senator — whose austere ideas on government…
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Loose Ball: NFL Is King, but Obama Is Prez
With its revenue, TV ratings and popularity continuing to grow unabated, the NFL is in its own galaxy compared to other sports leagues. NFL games accounted for 23 of the 25 most-watched telecasts last fall, and a total of 37 games drew at least 20 million viewers each. A Harris poll taken earlier this year…
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Living While Obama: Standing Ovation
President Barack Obama received a standing ovation while addressing the United Auto Workers’ National Community Action Program Legislative Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel on Feb. 28 in Washington, D.C. Obama told the union members that his administration’s decision to save the auto industry was good for the economy. He also said, “As long…