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Hagel on Cuba
After a hearing, senators have a chance to question a nominee in what are called QFRs — Questions for the Record. These are written Q&As. So, Senator Cruz asked Chuck Hagel about Cuba. Hagel has praised Jimmy Carter’s recommended approach to Cuba. Show More Summary
Ed Koch Said He Despised Former President Jimmy Carter More Than Any Other Living Person
One of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch's last interviews before his death on Friday came in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire. The most interesting part of the Q&A came when he was asked who was what living person he "most despise[s]."...Show More Summary
PGA Commissioner: Nothing 'Unique' About Mickelson's Tax Comments
PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem, a former economist in Jimmy Carter's presidential administration, said Phil Mickelson's potential decision to leave California because of the state's high tax rate was "not a unique thing."
"I don't know...Show More Summary
Gallup: Only 39 Percent Have Positive View of America
When people say that Barack Obama is the worst president since Jimmy Carter, they’re not kidding; a new Gallup Poll taken between January 7-10 shows that when Americans were asked whether they had a positive view of the country, only 39% agreed. Show More Summary
The orderly transition of Jay Z and Paul Ryan
In the weeks after President Jimmy Carter lost his re-election bid to Ronald Reagan, when I was a young reporter at the Washington Post, I was assigned to cover a luncheon on Capitol Hill honoring Patricia Derian, Carter’s assistant...Show More Summary
Twenty-three years after leaving office, Jimmy Carter gets big cheer
Twenty-three years after leaving the White House as a defeated one-term president, Jimmy Carter was cheered by a festive crowd at the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.
President Obama And First Lady Exit Motorcade To Walk Along Inaugural Parade Route
Ever since President Jimmy Carter got out of the presidential vehicle to walk along the inaugural parade route in 1977, it has become somewhat of an occasional tradition for newly sworn-in presidents to do the same. During today's inaugural...Show More Summary
President Jimmy Carter -- I'm FIRED UP to See Beyonce!!!
President Jimmy Carter has arrived in D.C. for the Presidential Inauguration... and #39 tells TMZ he's SUPER EXCITED to be in the front row when Beyonce performs the National Anthem. The ex-Prez was walking through Reagan National Airport with his…
An Update on History’s Greatest Monster
Republicans are right- Jimmy Carter is just an awful person: A rare tropical disease called Guinea worm is closer to being eradicated, according to former President Jimmy Carter and other experts. There are now only 542 known cases of Guinea worm left worldwide, as of 2012, representing a 48% decrease from 2011, officials said Thursday [...]
Flashback of the Day
"We are writing to urge your support for a ban on the domestic manufacture of military-style assault weapons." -- Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in a 1994 letter to Congress.
Restaurant inspections, Yany Express
A Norcross Vietnamese restaurant re-opened after having its food permit suspended last week following a second failing routine health inspection. Yany Express, 5495 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, pulled its inspection score up to 100/A after first making a 44/U Jan. Show More Summary
Israel lobbyist denies he called Jimmy Carter ‘anti-Semitic,’ then Al Jazeera host confronts him
Kenneth Marcus is head of Brandeis Center, which defines anti-Israel speech as anti-semitic. He denies he labeled Jimmy Carter anti-Semitic, but Al Jazeera has the proof
Hagel: Jimmy Carter 'Exactly Right' on Fidel Castro, Cuba Policy
In 2002, then-Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel was the only member of the United States Congress to receive a special invitation from former President Jimmy Carter to join him on a trip to Cuba. Mr. Hagel chose not to go, citing scheduling...Show More Summary
Surreal Estate: Georgetown mansion sells for $7 million
Sellers: Gerald and Eden Rafshoon Price: $7 million Details: The veteran TV producer (and White House communications director for President Jimmy Carter) and his interior decorator wife sold their historic mansion last month, setting a 2012 record sales price for Georgetown’s East Village. Show More Summary
Reliving the Left-Wing Terrorism of the 1970s
(John Hinderaker) In many ways, it feels like we are reliving the 1970s, with the awful difference that Jimmy Carter has been re-elected. This story stimulates a sick sort of nostalgia; a hung over feeling, even though New Year’s Eve...Show More Summary
Sunday Talk: The year of living dangerously
Teapublicans began the year (of our lord) 2012 feeling good about their chances of turning President Barack Obama into the next former President Jimmy Carter.
Boasting a field of dreams including the likes of Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry,...Show More Summary
Letter From The Editor: Zero Based Budgeting
It was while doing my time in academia that I was first introduced to zero based budgeting. We learned in a political science class on government finance that the new Governor of Georgia, a peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter, was actually implementing ZBB. Gov. Carter ‘s zero based budgeting created a stir among the states... Continue Reading
Man Behind 47% Video Opens Oppo Firm
James Carter IV, the freelance researcher and grandson of former President Jimmy Carter "who became a minor campaign celebrity after unearthing the now-infamous video of Mitt Romney railing against 47 percent of Americans at a private fundraiser has used his political fame to start his own opposition research firm," BuzzFeed reports.
The SC: Jimmy Carter on Weed, The Science of Color, and How to Copy Cannabis
Former President Jimmy Carter Joins in Growing Chorus of Support for Legal Weed More »