Barack's first year in photos
Click any of the photos to head to the gallery. All pics by White House photographer Pete Souza.
New Momentum for Immigration Reform
Cross-posted from God’s Politics. Last week, Janet Napolitano delivered her first speech on immigration reform in her capacity as the Secretary of Homeland Security. While she denied that it marked the official beginning of the Obama Administration’s push for immigration reform — “it actually began months ago” — it is significant that up until this …
Links of the Day, October 30
News Following up on Harry Reid’s Senate health-care bill, Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats unveil their $894 billion health-care bill. Here’s the BBC’s coverage. Jon Stewart takes on the White House vs. Fox News battle. A big change is coming to internet addresses: Internationalized Domain Names. Health care Does Focus on the Family fund abortions? …
Links of the Day, October 9
Here’s another pic of Barack and Savita (from the White House Photostream): So freaking cute! News Barack Obama becomes only the third sitting president (and the first since Woodrow Wilson in 1919) to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s his statement in response. And here are some reactions. And the BBC’s coverage. More of my …
Heir to the President?
[from the White House Flickr feed] I love this pic. *** On a separate note, here’s an interesting article in the Economist, about heightened creativity in those who have lived or are living abroad.