Showing results for: Barack Obama (page 557)
Stem cell division
Peter Dizikes
The growing blue state-red state gap over this research shows that science has serious economic and political muscle in America today.
But seriously, folks…
Mike Madden
President Obama and Wanda Sykes get laughs -- and conservative outrage -- at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
It’s time for Obama to listen to his mama
Frances Kissling
The president has promised to increase religion's influence on policymaking. He should honor the late Ann Dunham by strengthening the wall between church and state instead.
Alan Keyes’ letter from Notre Dame jail
Alex Koppelman
The conservative politician was arrested Friday for protesting President Obama's upcoming appearance at the school.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
From swine flu to malaria, how jetliners can spread disease. Plus: Is the air on planes really as dirty as we think?
Obama can’t fix the military commissions
Denny LeBoeuf
The president won't be able to tweak the unlawful and inconsistent system for prosecuting Guant
Obama is Spock: It’s quite logical
Jeff Greenwald
Our president bears a striking resemblance to the rational "Star Trek" Vulcan whose mixed race made him cultural translator to the universe.
“Nuclear weapons are not Kalashnikovs”
Susanne Koelbl
Prior to his meeting with Obama, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari discusses his country's nuclear arsenal, failed peace talks with the Taliban and the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.
Rove, Plouffe reenact “Mean Girls”
Vincent Rossmeier
During a discussion Monday, the two political strategists gave their audience lessons on how to behave like teenagers -- and not much else.
The $1 trillion game of chicken
Andrew Leonard
The day of the stress test results cometh. We know the banks will need more capital. But how are they going to get it?
The Wingnut explains how the GOP can win back moderates
Glenallen Walken
Our undercover conservative columnist answers a question from a voter who wants to know when it will be OK to pull the lever for Republicans again.
The need of the most powerful to turn themselves into victims
Glenn Greenwald
Whatever motivated the prosecution of two AIPAC officials, unfair oppression of that group in the U.S. wasn't it.
What the White House knew about Souter
Mike Madden
Justice David Souter's upcoming departure wasn't entirely a secret in Washington. The administration had already started planning for a Supreme Court vacancy before the news broke.
Supreme Court Justice Anita Hill?
Tracy Clark-Flory
The law professor is a Vanity Fair author's top pick.
Getting all Hugo Chavez on the hedge funds
Andrew Leonard
Wall Street investors are moaning and whining about President Obama's attack on speculators. For supposed smart guys, they're not too hip to what's happening.
The Supreme Court pick of Obama’s dreams
Joe Conason
Sonia Sotomayor, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals judge who comes from working-class Puerto Rican roots, is everything the president could desire.
America’s necessary dark night of the soul
Gary Kamiya
We need to investigate the Bush years, even if it means tearing the country -- and ourselves -- apart.
Are you scared yet, America?
Mike Madden
House Republican leader John Boehner gets a little carried away with a new Web video designed to freak you out about President Obama.
Obama: Chrysler’s bankruptcy forced by hedge fund speculators
Andrew Leonard
"I don't stand with them," the president says of the lenders who refused a deal. "I stand with Chrysler's employees, management and suppliers."
Yes, Virginia, it was a hate crime
Joan Walsh
GOP Rep. Foxx calls the gay-bashing murder of Matthew Shepard a "hoax." Is she lying or just ignorant?
Mr. Calm
Mike Madden
With swine flu now added to the many challenges confronting his 100-day-old administration, President Obama displayed a reassuring competence.
Cheney’s painful war for torture
Gene Lyons
President Obama must fight back against the former vice president by launching investigations into the Bush administration's interrogation policies.
Farewell to the American Century
Andrew Bacevich
Americans have perpetuated a mythic version of the past that never even approximated reality and today has become downright malignant.
Obama versus the hedge funds
Andrew Leonard
The game of chicken over Chrysler's future is going down to the wire. The endgame will tell us a a lot about how the White House and Wall Street match up.
Page: 557