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08.18.2009 4:34 pm

Author says Obama fuels death panel claims by trying to refute them

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Slate.com’s technology columnist, Farhad Manjoo, advises President Barack Obama to stop trying to refute those who warn that the health care bill would create “death panels” — end-of-life tribunals.

Manjoo wrote the book “True Enough,” which he says argues that “modern…

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08.03.2009 10:43 pm

Bill Clinton in North Korea in diplomatic mission to free journalists

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Bill Clinton has arrived in North Korea, the Associated Press is reporting, in a diplomatic mission to win the release of two jailed American Journalists.

The New York Times says the White House has refused to comment on Clinton’s trip. But the…

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03.25.2009 9:24 pm

Media critic: Obama got tougher questions at 2nd press conference

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The media was tougher in its questioning of President Barack Obama at Tuesday night’s press conference than it was at his first, according to the scorecard of media columnist Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post.

Kurtz noted that Obama hasn’t taken…

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01.20.2009 4:13 pm

White House website has new look

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Even as Barack Obama took the presidency Tuesday, the official White House website — Whitehouse.gov– took on a new look. “Whitehouse.gov Has A New Face, And a Blog,” reports techcrunch.com

“There are links to Obama’s Agenda and a Briefing Room where…

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