When opinion makers say President Obama shares blame for sequestration because he hasn’t been able to “lead” Republicans toward consensus, they conspicuously never explain how a President — who’s not very popular with Republicans — might do that.
Fortunately, in the White House briefing room today, we heard one tongue in cheek, but nevertheless educational suggestion. Couldn’t Obama just kidnap John Boehner and Mitch McConnell and set surrender on taxes as a ransom for their release? Read More
Female high school student gives testimony before the Connecticut state legislature on how she overcame shyness. Legislature gets caught on live mic saying. “If you’re bashful I got a snake sitting under my desk here.”
This John Cassidy piece in The New Yorker is the best piece of analysis I’ve read of the Woodward debacle. He does Woodward the justice of honoring what he does as well as anyone else in Washington — which is get access to many of the people at the center of the most consequential historical events of our times. What’s less clear is what perspective or insight or analytical heft he brings to these narratives. Or as Cassidy put it more eloquently … Read More
Having worked at Taco Bell briefly in High School I can’t say I’m totally surprised horse meat in the Tacos.
Andrew Cuomo delayed fracking in New York State after conversation with enviro and former brother-in-law RFK Jr.
A photo essay on President Obama’s multi-continental family tree.
This is the photo that really stands out to me. You can see that Obama looks like his maternal grandfather maybe more than anyone else.
Staunchly anti-gay rights British Cardinal admits inappropriate “sexual conduct” in the face of gay sex accusations. Cardinal Keith O’Brien is Britain’s highest ranking Catholic.