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Islands unlikely as 2nd home for Obama

Presidents Bush I and II enjoyed second homes in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Crawford, Texas. Ronald Reagan unwound by chopping wood on his ranch in Santa Barbara, and Richard Nixon escaped the pressures of the Vietnam War and...

Alpha male for chief of staff

Geoff Elliott | November 08, 2008 AN Australian male meeting Rahm Emanuel in a casual setting is likely to quickly hear about how much he likes Australian health care. On hearing an Australian accent, Emanuel, who yesterday...

Don't forget Bush's accomplishments

I think it is important to mention the fact that I voted for Barack Obama on Tuesday and have been a staunch critic of the Bush administration since Sept. 11, 2001. But to not do President George W. Bush justice for all the he...

Obama chooses 'Rahmbo' as chief of staff

Rahm Emanuel, an aggressive member of the Democratic leadership, yesterday agreed to become President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, a key position for the success of the new administration, after struggling with family...

Baz Bamigboye reveals Tessa Jowell's plan to censor the National Theatre, Robin Williams, Barack...

Hare-splitting at the National Tessa Jowell considered asking David Hare to remove material from his new play, which is opening at the National Theatre on Tuesday and which could prove embarrassing to the Cabinet Minister. I...

Obama has lessons to learn from the past

New Delhi: Barack Obama's call for change during his acceptance speech, a call to change the future of America, but on the road to changing the future he also made history. And now as the 16th democratic president of the United...

'As It Happens' memoir tells stories of headless chicken, talking pig

TORONTO - After interviewing over 10,000 people in all walks of life as host of CBC Radio's "As It Happens," from celebrities and politicians to leading figures in science and sports, Mary Lou Finlay ...

Republicans, The Youth Vote, And The Path To The Future

David Frum has a great article up today at the National Post about the two paths that the GOP could take in the wake of Tuesday’s results: The first choice is the choice on display at the excited rallies that cheered Sarah...

Get your Palin 2012 bumper sticker now!

A colleague just forwarded me an e-mail from the conservative group GOPUSA that included a bunch of offers from its sponsors. Included in the e-mail was this: For the record, my birthday is next month. Just saying.

Equating Clinton's "scandals" with Bush's

In today's New York Times, Maureen Dowd reveals (as always) standard Beltway thinking by writing that Barack Obama "has the chance to make the White House pristine again" -- somethings, she says, we haven't had for 16 years:...