Barack Obama
Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr.: It’s Complicated
If Martin Luther King Jr. had been allowed to live out a normal life—if he hadn’t been cut down by an assassin’s bullet before he […]
President Obama’s Gun Agenda is Too Big
President Obama this week chose to do Something Big about guns. But he should’ve started small. He should’ve started with the bad guys. He should’ve […]
VIDEO: Philadelphia Freedom Band to March at Inauguration
Nearly a dozen member of the Philadelphia Freedom Band will join the Lesbian and Gay Band Association on Monday in marching for President Barack Obama’s […]
Obama to Call for Assault Weapons Ban, Universal Background Checks Today
Today President Obama will reveal his proposal for gun control, surrounded on a stage by a group of children who wrote him letters in the […]
President Obama’s Bad Faith on the Debt Ceiling
So President Obama held a press conference on Monday to lambast and threaten Republican house members about the upcoming debt ceiling debate. “They will not […]
Will Guantanamo Become America’s Auschwitz?
How do you officially end something so arbitrary that it’s never even been formally defined? With American troops gone from Iraq and withdrawal from Afghanistan […]
New York Passes Gun Restrictions; Will the Feds?
The New York Times reports: “Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and lawmakers agreed on Monday to a broad package of changes to gun laws that would expand […]
Jack Lew’s Signature: Just A Long Squiggly Line
There’s a whole pseudoscience devoted to the analysis of signatures. During the presidential primaries, the Daily Beast commissioned a handwriting guru to analyze the candidates’ […]
Obama Apparently Taking NRA “Cops in Schools” Idea Seriously
Following the Sandy Hook massacre, the NRA’s main solutions for curbing gun violence involved putting cops in schools (what about movie theaters, parking lots, and […]
In Defense of the Nanny State
You know what would be awesome? If the United States had a real nanny state. Yes, there are conservatives who would argue that we do […]
Rick Santorum’s Next Move: Defeating Chuck Hagel
Last month: publicly lobbying for the U.S. not to join a treaty that protects disabled people. This month: trying to kill Chuck Hagel’s nomination for […]
Obama Giving Cold Shoulder to Women in 2nd Term
Oh the irony. After Mitt Romney was ridiculed for touting his lame, quasi-offensive hiring practices in the second presidential debate this fall, it seems Obama’s […]
I Admire Chuck Hagel’s Chutzpah
Now that Obama has moved forward with his nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary, the cries that Hagel is an anti-Semite or anti-Israel (or […]
4 Reasons Politicians Should Watch The West Wing on Netflix
“You know you’re like 10 years behind, right?” said the bartender at Chifa on Friday as I breathlessly told my fiancee about the season one […]
Rendell Loves Him, Gay Republicans Hate Him: Obama’s Defense Pick
It looks like Obama’s new Secretary of Defense pick, the former Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, is going to face a tough confirmation fight. First, […]