Golf, Gender, and the President
Playing golf is part of playing politics. It might be trivial, but access to the president is not. And those who traditionally do not golf, by default, lose out.
Playing golf is part of playing politics. It might be trivial, but access to the president is not. And those who traditionally do not golf, by default, lose out.
Washington Post | Michael D. Shear | Posted 10.25.2009 | Sports
President Obama headed for the links again Sunday, but this time a woman joined him on the green. Melody Barnes, the president's chief domestic polic...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Style
As the Obamas made their way home from Martha's Vineyard to Washington, DC, the first lady wore stylish open-toe sandals. Yet she was not the most fas...
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 10.16.2009 | Style
*scroll down for video and photos* WEST TISBURY, Mass. President Barack Obama spent his last day on a Martha's Vineyard vacation buying ice cream for...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2009 | Style
The first family did a little Martha's Vineyard tourism on Thursday, beginning with some biking on Lobsterville Beach in Aquinnah. Along for the ride ...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.26.2009 | Style
*Scroll down for photos* After making remarks about the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy on Wednesday morning, President Obama accompanied his family t...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.26.2009 | Style
UPDATE: On Tuesday night, the Obamas stepped out for dinner at the Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs on Tuesday night. Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, Eri...
Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.26.2009 | Comedy
Former president George W. Bush criticized President Barack Obama today for taking such a brief August vacation, arguing that the brevity of his summer break "sends the wrong message to terrorists."
Bill Maher | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy
I've got news for you, Mr. President, the people who think you want to kill their Great Aunt Millie aren't swayed by a photo-op on the golf course. The only sand trap I want to see you get out of is Afghanistan.
TIME | Michael Scherer | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
But that doesn't mean the President always behaves like a gentleman. As in basketball, Obama is a trash-talk enthusiast who tries to get into the head...
Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.16.2009 | Style
President Obama threw the opening pitch at Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star game, but this wasn't his first trip to the pitcher's mound -- nor...
Washington Post | Barry Svrluga and Kathy Orton | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
After winning the AT&T National yesterday at Congressional Country Club, Tiger Woods has done just about everything he wants to in the Washington area...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
In an interview CBS' "The Early Show" broadcast Tuesday Morning, President Obama told anchor Harry Smith that he enjoys golf because it helps him "alm...
Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.28.2009 | Style
President Obama is known for his impeccable manners (see a blog post to this effect by Emily Post's great-great-granddaughter), but during a golf outi...
AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — President Barack Obama took advantage of the summer weather in Washington on Sunday to play a round of golf. Befo...
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 01.30.2009 | Style
KAILUA, Hawaii — A handful of pro-Palestinian activists protested outside President-elect Barack Obama's vacation home on Tuesday and urged a ne...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
An interesting political moment occurred Monday as Barack Obama was set to play golf with a group of friends. A couple approached the President-elec...
Huffington Post | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics
The pool report on Obama's holiday vacation in Hawaii today has some amusing accounts of his spam sushi lunch and a confession that he's not very good...
Chicago Sun Times | SHAMUS TOOMEY | Posted 01.03.2009 | Home
It may say more about the presidents who came before him than about his own skills, but Barack Obama has already cracked the top 10 of the best presid...
Jodi Enda | Posted 10.28.2009 | Style