President Obama talked about the importance of fathers and family in his weekly address this morning. It makes me happy that we have a President who is inclusive of all types of family dynamics when he talks about a holiday devoted to celebrating family. More » Obama’s Father’s Day Address Is Inclusive And Awesome is a post from Mommyish - Parenting Imperfect.
94-year-old anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is responding to medical treatment after "a few difficult days" in the hospital, South African president Jacob Zuma told parliament on Wednesday. He said he was happy with Mandela's progress,...Show More Summary
Happy birthday, federal gas tax! Yes, on this day in 1932, President Herbert Hoover signed the Revenue Act of 1932 authorizing the first federal gasoline tax. It was the first gas tax on a federal level but not the first gas tax in the country: all of the states at the time had their own [...]
Perhaps this old song from John Lennon played in President Obama’s head as he gave his recent speech at The National Defense University. It's decent yet misguided naivete went through mine as I read about The President's views on our...Show More Summary
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Kid President has been exciting his YouTube fans for a while now thanks to his young but motivational speaking style and dapper dress code. With Mother’s Day upon us the young YouTube star has taken to the social video sharing platform to deliver a new speech. This time around little Robbie Novak delivers a speech [...]
I’m spending the weekend with my mother, so You have to do without my words of wisdom for the time being. So enjoy the Mothers in your lives today. Here’s the President’s Proclamation for this year; Today, sons and daughters all across America come together to honor the women who raised them. Whether single or [...]
Kid President has a message for all the moms out there.
Tributes to mom from "Tavis Smiley" guests including Jay Leno, President Jimmy Carter, Hilary Swank, Sidney Poitier, Alicia Keys, Carly Simon, Stevie Wonder and more!...
Happy Tuesday. The Boston Herald is reporting that the Tsarnaev family received over $100,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits from 2002 through 2012. We're 100 days into President Obama's second term and he has yet to move any piece of his legislative...
"April Fools' on all y'all," says Mr. Kid President himself, Robby Novak, in this video released by the Obama administration today. The 9-year-old took his rightful spot at the presidential podium at the White House today to have a little fun. Show More Summary
Today, President Obama signed into law a a continuing resolution that, Bloomberg exp lains, “locks in $85 billion in spending cuts he opposes.” It is interesting not only because a few days ago he was happy to scare everyone about the...Show More Summary
Summary: There are the cases where being transparent is bad, but there is a happy medium between putting your address and times of day you will be home on a site and showing the interaction between you and your friends on Kid President's March Madness video. Show More Summary
I failed to mark James Madison's birthday yesterday, but not to worry: over at Millard Fillmore's Bathtub, Ed Darrell noted the occasion with a lengthy post replete with links: March 16, Freedoms Day - How to Celebrate James Madison? By way of belated celebration, let me one last link. Show More Summary
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Happy Pi Day! Tonight's guests include: Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (D) Connecticut Pastor David Bullock, national spokesperson of the Change Agent Consortium, president of the Detroit Chapter of Rainbow PUSH coalition and the Highland Park chapter of the NAACP. He was also one of t …
Happy International Women's Day!
Today, we celebrate women's efforts and achievements in political, social, and economic sectors across the globe.
We are so fortunate to live in a country where our pro-choice president works to protect and expand women's reproductive freedoms. Show More Summary
1. No, Barack Obama didn’t cry wolf on sequestration — Jamelle Bouie looks back at exactly what the president said. 2. Today was a big day in filibusters. Here’s Steve Benen on why Senate reformers are saying, “Told you so.” … Continue reading ?
On this day in 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Four days later, the new Texians at the Alamo didn't survive the siege by the unimpressed Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna and is troops. We remembered, but didn't fare any better at Goliad. More than 350 Texas Republic soldiers who had surrendered there were massacred. That really...
Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama is showing his softer side. The man who was known in his first term for his cool, detached style has been crying, repeatedly. It started the day after his re-election when a teary and happy president told campaign volunteers, "I'm so proud of you guys."