Go ad-free with Premium

Showing results for: Barack Obama (page 514)

Salon logo

The two faces of Winston Churchill

Glenn Greenwald
A new book on the British prime minister examines his dark side, relevant in many ways to today
FILE - In this July 15, 2010, file photo U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, speaks during an oath taking ceremony of recruited Afghan soldiers at the Ghazi Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. In comments from Kabul broadcast Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, Petraeus said progress in Afghanistan only began this spring and needs time to take root. "We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaida planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area," he said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File) (AP)

In whirlwind press tour, Petraeus pleads for time

Anne Flaherty
The newly minted war commander urges patience among an increasingly skeptical American public
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about Iraq and Afghanistan at the Disabled American Veterans national convention in Atlanta. As the U.S. winds up combat operations in Iraq this month, a gap is widening between the militaries of both countries and their political masters over whether American soldiers should stay beyond the 2011 deadline for all of them to withdraw. It's the latest potential standoff as the uneasy allies each try to end the seven-year U.S. war without unraveling Iraq's still-precarious security. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

The fear campaign and Social Security

Glenn Greenwald
This year's electoral tactic relies on distracting attention away from their record with -- boo! -- GOP threats
Salon logo

“Big John” Cornyn: Mosque issue will hurt Obama

Associated Press
Junior Texas senator predicts that the President's tolerance stance will be used by Republicans in 2010 elections
Salon logo

Obama: GOP aims to kill Social Security

Erica Werner
The President holds court on the program's anniversary, warns of Republican privatization schemes
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, right, D-Colo., campaigns in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Bennet is being challenged by former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff for his seat in the U.S. Senate in Tuesday's primary election. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) (AP)

Democratic Party elites’ days are numbered

David Sirota
Michael Bennet's narrow victory in Colorado is further proof that the Democratic establishment's grip is slipping

HUD housing policy conference includes no affordable housing advocates

Alex Pareene
Bankers and academics will debate the administration's housing policy without help from, say, community organizers
Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush

What Carter-bashing tells us about Bush-bashing

Steve Kornacki
Will a new generation of Bush-bashers be deriding the 43rd president at the 2036 Democratic convention?
Salon logo

Senate passes $600 million border security bill

Jim Abrams
The new law is designed to help stem the flow of illegal immigrants and illicit drugs from Mexico
Caricatures of Saddam Hussein, left, and President Barack Obama are seen at a boardwalk game Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in Seaside Heights, N.J. The game in the town where the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" is filmed features a caricature of Obama, depicted with exaggerated ears and smile, as a moving target along with likenesses of Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Michael Jackson, The Joker and other characters. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (AP)

Obama figure removed from NJ boardwalk game

Associated Press
The caricature of the president, which offended some patrons, has been replaced by a likeness of George W. Bush
President Obama and Lester Crown

Did top Obama donor carry Israeli message to W.H.?

Justin Elliott
An Israeli general reached out to a rich Chicagoan who is one of Obama's top donors to send a message on Iran
Ben Quayle

Ben Quayle calls Obama “worst president in history”

Alex Pareene
The former veep's son, running for Congress, wants to distract from the news that he co-founded a "dirty" website
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck greets supporters at an election night party in Loveland, Colorado while waiting for results in his race against Jane Norton in the Republican primary election August 10, 2010. Buck was endorsed by conservative Tea Party groups and portrays himself as a Washington outsider. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (© Rick Wilking / Reuters)

Tea Party one step closer to ruining GOP’s Senate hopes

Steve Kornacki
In Colorado, Republicans nominate yet another very beatable candidate
Salon logo

House passes bill to help teachers, public workers

Jim Abrams
The $26M law would protect 300,000 educators and other non-federal government employees from election-year layoffs
Wyclef Jean, right, leaves the electoral office in Port-au-Prince after submitting paperwork to run for president of Haiti.

Why Haiti can’t afford a rap star president

Richard Benjamin
Wyclef Jean wants to be the troubled nation's next president
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Robert Gibbs attacks the fringe losers of the left

Glenn Greenwald
The press secretary's outburst is half Nixonian self-pity and half Hannity/Palin caricature of the left
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama smiles while she visits Marbella, southern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. The White House says first lady Michelle Obama is in Spain for a private trip with longtime family friends. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres) (AP)

Did Michelle Obama go on vacation because she hates her husband (and America)?

Alex Pareene
The first lady's trip riles Maureen Dowd, Mickey Kaus, Matt Drudge and plenty of other bored trolls

“It’s like the damn Planet of the Apes!”

Joan Walsh
Yes, that's Glenn Beck talking about the Obama administration. Discuss. Update: Beck's favorite white nationalists!
Newly confirmed Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan at the White House on Friday.

Actually, Obama couldn’t have done much better than Kagan

Jonathan Bernstein
The soon-to-be Supreme Court justice was probably the most liberal pick that could have gotten through the Senate
President Barack Obama signs emergency unemployment benefits legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 22, 2010, Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Carolyn Kaster)

Unemployment and Obama’s original sin

Steve Kornacki
One of Obama's first major achievements as president may actually have been his undoing
Salon logo

Romer, key Obama economic aide, resigning

Ben Feller, Julie Pace
The departure comes as White House labors to convince the public that the economy is rebounding
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this photo taken June 30, 2010. There was hardly a mention of it in her confirmation hearings last week, but Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan raised hundreds of millions of dollars for Harvard Law School from wealthy donors while she was its dean. She could one day sit in judgment on cases involving some of those same donors. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

The alleged political benefits of moderation

Glenn Greenwald
Despite being the "safe" choice, Kagan is confirmed with fewer votes and less public support than Sotomayor
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg in "The Other Guys"

“The Other Guys”: A late-summer cop-comedy surprise

Andrew O'Hehir
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg play a pair of dunderhead cops in this off-kilter, often hilarious farce
Salon logo

Senate approves $600 million for border security

Jim Abrams
Money will be dedicated to unmanned aerial drones and 1,500 new agents across multiple agencies
« Previous
Page: 514
Next »