Leonard Pitts on Obama
18 NovObama: not your father’s politician
When you walk around with Barack Obama’s new book in hand, people give you looks.
These are not the looks you get with Dean Koontz or Walter Mosley books, not looks that register and forget in the same moment. No, if the book is The Audacity of Hope, with Obama on the cover, the looks are different. Some lifting of the eyebrows, some lightening of the expression, some change of face that suggests not just recognition, but engagement.
Chertoff whines, and proves he doesn’t get it
18 NovDHS chief says foreign courts inhibit U.S. security efforts
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Friday decried what he described as an “activist” and “left-wing” interpretation of laws in foreign countries, saying it affects the U.S. government’s ability to protect the nation.
Medical director of “pregnancy crisis center” selected to head federal Office of Population Affairs
17 NovUCLA Taser incident – update
17 NovThere is a PDF “report” now available giving the official version of the incident in question. Read it in full at the link above. Excerpt:
UCLA Taser Incident
17 NovOlbermann on the incident: See the Olbermann report, including a clip of the now famous video
Politically motivated language modification?
16 NovUSDA drops ‘hungry’ from annual report
Lack of food will be labeled as ‘very low food security’
The U.S. government has promised that Americans will never be hungry again. But they may experience “very low food security.”
Every year, the Agriculture Department issues a report that measures Americans’ access to food, and it has consistently used the word “hunger” to describe those who can least afford to put food on the table. But not this year.
