Politics

Can’t get enough MJ? Well, September 27th, tickets will go on sale for “Michael Jackson: This Is It”, a film documenting Jackson’s final three months of rehearsal prep scheduled for a two-week release on October 27th. From CNN: “Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, and genius…

Mr. President, when you say one thing and backpedal because some people might get their feelings hurt, the people who bought into your hope and change thing are going to put their shoe in you the fastest way they know how: A Twitter hashtag from your faithful constituents. Root pal Elon James White decided to…

After years of heartbreak and disappointment, Troy Davis is finally getting a chance to have evidence heard in his case after being denied a fair trial since he was arrested almost two decades ago. It should never have taken the American justice system this long to act. Troy Davis was unjustly convicted and sentenced to…

From the Washington Post: Acknowledging that the Middle East peace process is in a “rut,” President Obama nonetheless voiced confidence Tuesday that a breakthrough can be achieved — and he thanked Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whom he hosted for meetings at the White House, for playing a constructive role. “There has been movement in the…

Troy Davis, whose death row case has won the support of international luminaries from Susan Sarandon to Jimmy Carter to Desmond Tutu, has faced near-execution many times. And each time he’s been granted a last-minute delay—last fall’s stay came just two hours before Davis was scheduled to die. On Monday, the Georgia man was granted…

From Main Street Monroe: Robert David Sanders “Bob” Novak (February 26, 1931 – August 18, 2009 was a syndicated columnist, journalist and conservative political commentator who wrote the longest-running current U.S. syndicated political column (45 years, as of February 2008).Over his career, Novak became well-known as a columnist (writing Inside Report since 1963) and as…

From the ABC News: The Los Angeles Times tracked down the artist of the evocative, unflattering depiction of President Obama as The Joker from The Dark Knight and he may not be whom you pictured. Firas Alkhateeb, a 20-year-old senior history major at the University of Illinois, took a TIME cover photo of the President…

From CNN: A man toting an assault rifle was among a dozen protesters carrying weapons while demonstrating outside President Obama’s speech to veterans on Monday, but no laws were broken. It was the second instance in recent days in which weapons have been seen near presidential events. Video from the protest in Phoenix, Arizona, shows…

Media outlets have gingerly approached the question of whether the virulent and over-the-top town hall meetings over health care are thinly disguised venting sessions in which right-wing whites express their frustration and sense of dislocation over the election of the first black president. Following quickly on the heels of the out-in-left-field, birther conspiracy theorists, the…

It’ll take President Barack Obama more than a couple of town hall appearances to get his health care reform proposals back on track because health care isn’t the only thing that needs tweaking—he needs someone on the team to help him figure out how to get his mojo back. Obama has aides for every occasion:…