Can Obama Win? Not This...

John Cassidy, The New Yorker View original here:  Can Obama Win? Not This...
Is Our Children Learning About 9/11?

Is Our Children Learnin...

A Tufts University study finds that while the District and 20 states do discuss the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in their high school social studies curricula, they don’t have much context or detail. Fourteen states don’t mention the attacks at all in texts that have been updated...

Zoo Babies: National Zo...

It’s baby-birthing mania over at the National Zoo. The zoo’s 5-year-old lion Shera gave birth to a litter of four cubs overnight . The first-time mom is resting comfortably with her new pests. And that’s not all, folks! Baby daddy Luke also likely knocked up...

The President’s B...

Glenn Greenwald, Salon (updated below) This is one of the most impressive and commendable things Obama has done since being inaugurated: President Obama delivered a strong defense on Friday night of a proposed Muslim community center and mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, using a White...

Obama is Entirely a Cre...

Jennifer Rubin, Commentary Excerpt from:  Obama is Entirely a Creature of the...

Rising Tide of Nativism...

Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times See the original post: Rising Tide of Nativism Washes Over...

Obama Stands Up for Gro...

Phillip & Haberman, Politico President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed a controversial plan to build a mosque and Islamic center just blocks from Ground Zero in Manhattan, despite the strong objections of conservatives, the ADL and those who lost loved ones in the September...

Rocknoceros Show on Sun...

See the original post here: Rocknoceros Show on Sunday at Sixth &...

Washington DC Area Coun...

County Fairs in Maryland and Virginia this July, August and September UPDATE: This post was mentioned in Post Now yesterday. You can take the girl out of the small town, but you can’t…anyways, the big, I mean HUGE, social event of the year when I was a kid was the county fair....

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