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Fifty-Sixth Millionth Couple

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 11.04.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Marriage, Obama Marriage, Michelle Obama, Happily Ever After, Oval Office, New York Times, New York Comedy Festival, Tennis, Date Night, Barack Obama, Couples, Comedy News
Annabelle Gurwitch

The first couple has tried to preserve their "date night tradition." We have too -- maybe we can double? On our most recent date night, we couldn't actually afford to leave our bedroom.

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Growing Pains

Jerry Zezima | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Fruits, Michelle Obama, Home Improvement, Horticulture, White House Garden, Oval Office, Humor, Nature, Vegetables, Food, Gardening, Rhode Island, Barack Obama, Culture, Living News
Jerry Zezima

We have had several delicious meals featuring string beans, jalapenos and parsley, and there will be plenty more when the tomatoes, eggplants, bell peppers and cauliflowers are ready to eat.

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Well, You Wanted Bipartisanship: House Awakens, Votes 429-2 For Oval Office Accountability

Rob Warmowski | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, White House, United States, Signing Statements, Oval Office, Barack Obama, Politics News
Rob Warmowski

Why now? Why did the House allow hundreds of dubious, abusive Bush signing statements in eight years without such an amendment, but can find its courage and love of accountability today?

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Betraying the Idea of America

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barak Obama, President Obama, Oval Office, Honor, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Fourth of July, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andrew Reinbach

This shabby performance is all the more dismaying because abandoning the Bush/Cheney years and all they represent is why Mr. Obama was elected in the first place.

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Nixon's Preference for Aborting Mixed Race Babies Hits Hard in the Age of Obama

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secret Tapes, Charles Colson, Obama, Nixon, Oval Office, Abortion Preferable for Mixed Race Babies, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

In audio tapes from January and February 1973 Nixon shows "ambivalence" about abortion -- except for miscegenation or rape.

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The Audacity of Souter's Successor

Dave Astor | Posted 06.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Supreme Court, Auto Industry, White House, Gop, Al Gore, President Obama, Oval Office, George W. Bush, Scotland, David Souter, Mostly Male Supreme Court, America, Disputed 2000 Election, American Civil Liberties Union, Susan Boyle, Three Branches of Government, Centrism, General Motors, Republican Party, Women Supreme Court Candidates, Hugo Chavez, Britain's Got Talent, Gm, Washington D.C., Congress, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Portuguese Water Dog, Corporations, Iraq War, Youtube, William Howard Taft, Republicans, Aclu, Mapquest, Comedy News
Dave Astor

There are many American women qualified to succeed Souter on the way-too-male court, but Barack Obama has his eye on a guy -- namely, Barack Obama!

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Obama, Caroline Kennedy Play In Oval Office (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Barack Obama President Kennedy, Obama Photos, Oval Office, President Kennedy, John Jr. White House, Caroline Kennedy Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy. Caroline Kennedy White House, Barack Obama, White House Photos, Picture of Obama Caroline Kennedy Oval Office, Obama Caroline Kennedy Photo, Obama, Caroline Kennedy Play in Oval Office, Picture of Caroline and Obama in Oval Office, Pictures of Obama and Caroline Kennedy, 100 Days of Obama With Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy John Kennedy, President Obama Caroline Kennedy, Obama Office Desk Caroline Kennedy, Style News

To mark the President's First 100 Days, the White House released a ton of behind the scenes photos taken by Pete Souza. Some of the photos have alrea...

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Obama is Reset -- Are You?

Marty Linsky and Alexander Grashow | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Closure, Economy, Oval Office, Reset Moment, Clarity, Fdr, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marty Linsky and Alexander Grashow

Like FDR, Barack Obama is a Reset President. His muscular involvement in GM is only the latest example of his view that the current turmoil is not some bump in the road, but a seismic shift.

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck's Dirty Diaper White House Visit (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 04.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leno, The View, Video, President Bush, Oval Office, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Jay Leno, Hasselbeck Leno, Media News

Monday night Elisabeth Hasselbeck told Jay Leno about her January White House visit, including an overshare of all the poopy-diaper details. Hassel...

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The GOP's Phony Honor

Mark Nickolas | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Assault on Middle Class, Karl Rove, Oval Office, Barack Obama Flag Pin, George W. Bush, Middle Class, Obama Oval Office Dress Code, Guantanamo, Andy Card Jacket, Valerie Plame, Andy Card, Dick Cheney, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Torture, Republican Hypocrisy, Hurricane Katrina, Torture, Obama Flag Pin, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Republicans are accusing Obama of disrespecting the Oval Office by not enforcing a coat and tie dress code. What next, a lecture from Karl Rove about obeying the law?

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Shirt of Change

Michael DeJong | Posted 03.04.2009 | Style

Read More: George Bush, Lawrence of Arabia, Moral Compass, Attention Must Be Paid, Oval Office, Gitmo, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Kate Hepburn, Barack Obama, Inherited Crises, Willie Loman, Wire Tapping, Habeas Corpus, Marlene Dietrich, Stem Cell Research, Fighting Terrorism, Shirtsleeves, Rosie the Riveter, Women’s Choice, Roll Up Your Sleeves, The Buck Stops Here, Green Economies, American Families, Hillary Clinton, Darth Vader, Fiscal Recovery, Scarlet O’Hara, Health Care, Global Warming, Torture, Fashion, Chaplin, Style News
Michael DeJong

Obama's brilliant photo of him in a crisp white shirt sans jacket will come to symbolize a new presidential power.

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Are the 14 Million "Found" White House Emails the New Watergate Tapes?

Keith Thomson | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Google, Watergate, Deep Throat, Valerie Plame Wilson, Oval Office, John Erlichman, Forensic Experts, H.R. Haldeman, James Bamford, Barack Obama, Robert Novak, Yahoo, Cia, Richard Nixon, Scooter Libby, Rosemary Woods, Politics News
Keith Thomson

Filling in the gaps in the CIA leak case -- like why Bush administration officials exposed Valerie Plame Wilson's covert operative status -- may be as simple as entering "plame" in an email search.

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From Privilege or General Population ... From Which Come the Best Leaders?

Ambria Miscia | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Bernard Madoff, Leaders, Oval Office, Barack Obama, President Obama, George W. Bush, Politics News
Ambria Miscia

It's hard to regroup in life when all you have time to think about is the ten steps in front of you: food, shelter and basic necessities.

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The President-Elect

Terence Smith | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, President-Elect, Hillary Clinton, William Ayers, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Grant Park, Obama Victory, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, Election Day 2008, Oval Office, Election Day, President Obama, Election, Presidential Results, Obama Presidency, Obama Character, Obama President, Obama Calm, Politics News
Terence Smith

Barack Obama seems to have an almost perfect ear for the American political pulse, a kind of political GPS that tells him where people are and where they want to go.

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McCain's First Day in Office

Brad Mirman | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Comedy, Political Satire, Mccain, Oval Office, Satire, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Joe Lieberman, Ukraine, Politics News
Brad Mirman

"Oh my God! She has... Talking-Point-Syndrome!"

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Conduct Unbecoming: John McCain's Dishonorable Endgame

Gary Cohan | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Oval Office, McCain Maverick, Economic Crisis, Rick Davis, Pow, Bipartisanship 2008, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, Sarah Palin, United States Navy, African-American, Conduct Unbecoming, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Rovian Tactics, Joe Sixpack, Vietnam War, Mob Behavior, Campaign 2008, Republican Party, Presidential Elections, Court Martial, Leni Riefenstahl, Politics News
Gary Cohan

He has now earned the ignominious fate of a public "court martial" in polling places all across America on November 4th.

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Where Have All The Leaders Gone?

Roger Fransecky | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

Read More: The War Within, Markets, Peggy Noonan, Oval Office, Economy, Mccain, Obama, Congress, Murder on the Orient Express, Bush, Bob Woodward, Tom Friedman, Soccor Mom, Bailout, Wall Street, Jack Welch, Sarah Palin, Patriotic Grace, Business News
Roger Fransecky

How do we re-engage the millions of Americans who want to believe in hope and horizons again?

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Obama is Working Hard and McCain is Hardly Working; Yet, Presidential Race Remains Too Close to Call

Mario Almonte | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: James Dobson, John McCain, Oval Office, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News
Mario Almonte

Behind all the glitter of the Obama campaign, the grim reality is that the number of undecided voters is growing.

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